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deceiver|dɪˈsiːvə(r)|
Forms: α. 4 deceiuour, 4–5 deceyuour(e, -or, 5–6 -ar, 6 deceyuer, deceauer, 7– deceiver. β. 4–6 dis-: see deceive.
[a. AF. decevour = OF. deceveur, earlier deceveor, f. stem of decev-oir; subsequently taking the form of an Eng. derivative of deceive v.: see -er1 2.]
1. One who (or that which) deceives; a cheat, impostor.
1382Wyclif 2 John 7 Many deceyuours [1388 disseyueris] wenten out in to the world. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. i, What are all temporale þinges but deceyuours. 1483Cath. Angl. 101 A Dissauer, deceptor. 1535Coverdale Job xii. 16 Both the deceaver, and him that is deceaved. 1555Eden Decades 313 An Italian deceauer who had before deluded the kynges of Englande and Portugale. 1634Milton Comus 596 Hence with thy brew'd enchantments, foul deceiver! 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. v, The passions are at once our masters and our deceivers.
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1624W. Hall Man's Gt. Enemy in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 199 Deceiuer-like, hee said, Yee shall not dye. |
