deceive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause someone to believe an untruth

   The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

2. 2
   verb

   To trick or mislead.

   It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.

3. 3
   verb

   be false to

Etymology

From 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.