deceive
verbocorrente nei dialoghi
- //dɪˈsiːv//
To trick or mislead.
verbo
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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.
I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]
Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”
Etimologia
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.
Forme
- passato
- deceived
- participio passato
- deceived
- participio presente
- deceiving
- 3ª persona singolare
- deceives