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7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb be false to; be dishonest with
verb cause someone to believe an untruth
originFrom Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.
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