Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
deceive .
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Examples
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The time device apparently was not deceiv ed by Linyaari cloaking.
Massage 2010
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For surely there must be a place of torment for that young girl who deceiv-ed me
Love is Teasing 1999
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Kittredges air so smilin 'an' deceiv-in 'I be powerful feared he'll cheat the King o' Terrors himself.
His "Day In Court" 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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In the portrait of San-ja-ka-ko-kall (the deceiv ing wolf), where he is represented at full length, with several others of His family around him in a group, there will be seen a fair illustra tion of these and other customs of these people.
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841
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: As the CAFC held the 1995 Molins case, the intent requirement is "specific intent to ... mislead [] or deceiv [e] the PTO."
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: As the CAFC held the 1995 Molins case, the intent requirement is "specific intent to ... mislead [] or deceiv [e] the PTO."
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: As the CAFC held the 1995 Molins case, the intent requirement is "specific intent to ... mislead [] or deceiv [e] the PTO."
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There are many vain talkers and deceiv - ers, whose mouths ought to be stopped.
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Many have been deceiv - ed, and probably many more will be in lime ta come.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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And yet would I lay a wager, that with all thy diftruft, thou wert as well deceiv - ed again, as thou hadft been impofed upon by the beautiful Callippe, the lovely Gabrias, and the olivine Theoclea, when thou waft all confidence«
Private history of Peregrinus Proteus, the philosopher Wieland, Christoph Martin, 1733-1813 1796
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