deceptive
/dɪˈsɛp.tɪv/
DꞮSƐP · tɪv (2 syllables)
English
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Definition
Likely or attempting to deceive.
Etymology
From Middle French déceptif, from Latin dēceptīvus, from dēcipiō (“I deceive”).
Example Sentences
- "deceptive practices"
- "Appearances can be deceptive."
- "[…] others declare that no Creature can be made or transmuted into a better or worse, or transformed into another species […] and Martinus Delrio the Jesuit accounts this degeneration of Man into a Beast to be an illusion, deceptive and repugnant to Nature;"
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