Makes someone believe something false; tricks or misleads someone deliberately.
From Latin 'decipere,' combining 'de-' (off, away) and 'capere' (to take), meaning 'to take away from the truth.' It entered English through Old French in the 13th century.
The Latin root literally means 'to take away,' which reveals ancient people understood that deception works by removing the truth from someone's mind rather than just adding falsehood—a psychological insight that still holds true.
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