deceivedeceivedeceivesdeceiveddeceivingverb (deceives, deceiving, deceived)spellingRemember! When the sound is (which rhymes with ‘be’), there is a spelling rule: I before E, except after C so you spell deceive with EI (not IE).to deliberately make somebody believe something that is not true: She deceived me into thinking she was a police officer.You're deceiving yourself if you think he'll change his mind.
# verb. - (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. * I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne