Deceit definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DECE'IT, 1. Literally, a ... My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Job 27. 2. Stratagem; artifice; device intended to mislead. They ... by guile, fraud or oppression. Their houses are full of deceit. Jeremiah 5. Zeph. I. 4. In law, any trick, device ... 2005) n 1: the quality of being fraudulent [syn: fraudulence, deceit] 2: a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation, deceit, deception] 3: the act of deceiving [syn: deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ...
Self-deceit definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SELF-DECE'IT, n. [self and deceit.] Deception respecting one's self, or that originates from one ... to the person who holds it [syn: self-deception, self-deceit] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Self-deceit Self`-de*ceit", n. The act of deceiving one's ...
... s 1828 Dictionary GUILE, n. gile. Craft; cunning; artifice; duplicity; deceit; usually in a bad sense. We may, with more successful ... adjective • guilefully adverb • guilefulness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. treachery, deceit; cunning or sly behaviour. Derivatives: guileful adj. guilefully adv. guilefulness ... E. wile. See Wile.] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile ... mirmah; dolos): "Guile" is twice the translation of mirmah, "fraud," "deceit" (Ps 34:13, "Keep .... thy lips from speaking guile"; PS 55:11, "deceit and guile," the Revised Version (British and American) "oppression (margin ... the New Testament of dolos, "bait," hence, generally, "fraud," "guile," "deceit"; Septuagint for mirmah (Isa 53:9, English Versions of ...
... 3.0 (2005) n 1: a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation, deceit, deception] 2: the act of deceiving [syn: deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation] 3: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive ... Etymology: ME f. OF or LL deceptio f. decipere (as DECEIT) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deception De*cep"tion, n. [F ... was of course room for vast deception. --Motley. Syn: Deception, Deceit, Fraud, Imposition. Usage: Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and ...
... syn: cheat, cheating] v 1: deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ... cheat, rip off, chisel] 2: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey] 3: engage in ... 1. to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud 2. to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice 3. to elude or thwart by or ... law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cheat Cheat, v ... stratagem, fraud, wile, blind, catch, swindle, snare, trap, pitfall, artifice, deceit, chouse, piece of finesse, bit of knavery, piece of ...
... accomplish a purpose. Hence in a bad sense, deceitfulness or deceit; fraudulent skill or dexterity. Discourage cunning in a child; cunning ... n. --adj. (cunninger, cunningest) 1 a skilled in ingenuity or deceit. b selfishly clever or crafty. 2 ingenious (a cunning device). 3 US attractive, quaint. --n. 1 craftiness; skill in deceit. 2 skill, ingenuity. Derivatives: cunningly adv. cunningness n. Etymology: ME ... using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft. Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape ... 1. Craft, art, shrewdness, subtlety, artifice. 2. Craftiness, craft, artifice, deceit, deception, subtlety, intrigue, chicane, chicanery. Moby Thesaurus Byzantine, Daedalian, Machiavellian ... craft, craftiness, craftsmanship, crafty, crooked, cunning, cunningness, cute, daedal, dainty, deceit, deceitful, deceitfulness, deep, deep-laid, deft, deftness, delicate, designing, ...
Fraud definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FRAUD, n. [L. fraus.] Deceit; deception; trick; artifice by which the right or interest of ... French, from Latin fraud-, fraus Date: 14th century 1. a. deceit, trickery; specifically intentional perversion of truth in order to induce ... the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. If success a lover's toil attends, Few ask ... give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat ... N-COUNT [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Deceit, deception, duplicity, imposition, imposture, guile, trick, cheat, chouse, artifice, stratagem ... confidence man, conversion, conveyance, counterfeit, cozenage, craft, craftiness, credibility gap, deceit, deceitfulness, deceiver, deception, defrauder, delusion, diddle, diddling, disguise, dishonesty, ...
... artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit. The chief priests and scribes sought how they might take ... or vessel. b an aircraft or spacecraft. 4 cunning or deceit. 5 (the Craft) the brotherhood of Freemasons. --v.tr. make ... artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices. You have that crooked wisdom which is ... tact, aptitude, aptness, expertness, readiness. 2. Artifice, artfulness, shrewdness, guile, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, subtlety, cunning, craftiness. 3. Art, handicraft, trade, employment ... control, coordination, coup, craftiness, craftsmanship, craftwork, cunning, cunningness, cute trick, deceit, deceitfulness, deftness, design, device, deviousness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, dodge ...
... trumpery] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) trompery deceit, from Middle French, from tromper to deceive Date: 15th century ... s 1913 Dictionary Trumpery Trump"er*y, n. [F. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to deceive. See Trump to trick.] 1. Deceit; fraud. [Obs.] --Grenewey. 2. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Falsehood, deceit, imposture, humbug, deception. 2. Trash, rubbish, stuff, frippery, worthless finery ...
... and his kingdom is a kingdom founded upon lies and deceit. The doctrine of Satan therefore corresponds in every important particular ... attack upon the moral sense, man is constitutionally guarded against deceit, and is morally culpable in allowing himself to be deceived ... attack broke against a loyalty to truth which made self-deceit, and consequently deceit from without, impossible. The lie was punctured by the truth ... evil. Here the same ever-present and active falseness and deceit are exhibited. When he is called "the god of this ...
... to the person who holds it [syn: self-deception, self-deceit] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. deceiving oneself esp. concerning one's true feelings etc. Derivatives: self-deceit n. self-deceiver n. self-deceiving adj. self-deceptive adj ... 1913 Dictionary Self-deception Self`-de*cep"tion, n. Self-deceit. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Self-deception involves allowing yourself to ... misinterpretation, misunderstanding, outwitting, overreaching, phantasm, pipe dream, putting on, self-deceit, self-delusion, snow job, song and dance, spoofery, spoofing, subterfuge ...
... invalid 5. archaic to while away intransitive verb to practice deceit; also to give a false impression < appearances can deceive > • deceiver ... 2 tr. be unfaithful to, esp. sexually. 3 intr. use deceit. 4 tr. archaic disappoint (esp. hopes). Phrases and idioms: be ... f. OF deceivre or deceiv- stressed stem of deceveir (as DECEIT) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deceive De*ceive", v. t. [imp ... deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See Capable, and cf. Deceit, Deception.] 1. To lead into error; to cause to believe ...
... in the conversation and intercourse of life; double-dealing; dissimulation; deceit. 3. In law, duplicity is the pleading of two or ... believed he was guilty of duplicity in his private dealings. = deceit Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Dissimulation, chicanery, guile, deceit, deception, hypocrisy, circumvention, artifice, Machiavelism, double-dealing, falseness, fraud, perfidy ... ambivalence, artfulness, artifice, bad faith, biformity, bifurcation, conjugation, craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, dichotomy, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, dissemblance ...
... 1913 Dictionary Wrench Wrench (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness, renken to ... 144. See Wring, and cf. Ranch, v. t.] 1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.] His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not ... AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See Wrench, n.] 1. To pull with a ...