Deceitful
De‐ceit″ful (?), a. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Deceitfully
De‐ceit″ful‐ly, adv. With intent to deceive.
Deceitfulness
De‐ceit″ful‐ness, n. 1. The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.2. The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices.3. Te...
Deceitless
De‐ceit″less, a. Free from deceit. Bp. Hall.
Deceivable
De‐ceiv″a‐ble (?), a. [F. décevable.] 1. Fitted to deceive; deceitful.The fraud of deceivable traditions. Milton.2. Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.Blind, and thereby...
Deceivableness
De‐ceiv″a‐ble‐ness, n. 1. Capability of deceiving.With all deceivableness of unrighteousness. 2 Thess. ii. 10.2. Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a ...
Deceivably
De‐ceiv″a‐bly, adv. In a deceivable manner.
Deceive
De‐ceive″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deceiving.] [OE. deceveir, F. décevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. S...
Deceiver
De‐ceiv″er (?), n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16.Syn. — Deceiver, Impostor. A deceiver oper...
December
De‐cem″ber (dē̍‐sĕm″bẽr), n. [F. décembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten.] 1. The twel...
Decembrist
De‐cem″brist (?), n.(Russian Hist.) One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexande...
Decemdentate
De′cem‐den″tate (?), a. [L. decem ten + E. dentate.] Having ten points or teeth.
Decemfid
De‐cem″fid (dē̍‐sĕm″fĭd), a. [L. decem ten + root of findere to cleave.] (Bot.) Cleft into ten parts.
Decemlocular
De′cem‐loc″u‐lar (?), a. [L. decem ten + E. locular.] (Bot.) Having ten cells for seeds.
Decempedal
De‐cem″pe‐dal (dē̍‐sĕm″pē̍‐dal), a. [L. decem ten + E. pedal.] 1. Ten feet in length.2. (Zoöl.) Having ten feet; decapodal. Bailey.
Decemvir
De‐cem″vir (?), n.; pl. E. Decemvirs (#), L. Decemviri (#). [L., fr. decem ten + vir a man.] 1. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.☞ The title of decemvirs was giv...
Decemviral
De‐cem″vi‐ral (?), a. [L. decemviralis.] Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.
Decemvirate
De‐cem″vi‐rate (?), n. [L. decemviratus.] 1. The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.2. A body of ten men in authority.
Decemvirship
De‐cem″vir‐ship (?), n. The office of a decemvir. Holland.
Decence
De″cence (?), n. Decency. Dryden.
Decency
De″cen‐cy (?), n.; pl.Decencies (#). [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. décence. See Decent.] 1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior;...
Decene
De″cene (?), n. [L. decem ten.] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.
Decennary
De‐cen″na‐ry (?), n.; pl.Decennaries (#). [L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.] 1. A period of ten years.2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten n...
Decennial
De‐cen″ni‐al (?), a. [See Decennary.] Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. Hallam.
Decennial (2)
De‐cen″ni‐al, n. A tenth year or tenth anniversary.
Decennium
‖De‐cen″ni‐um (?), n.; pl.Decenniums (#), L. Decennia (#). A period of ten years. “The present decennium.” Hallam. “The last decennium of Chaucer's life.” A. W. Ward.
Decennoval
{ De‐cen″no‐val (?), De‐cen″no‐va‐ry (?), } a. [L. decem ten + novem nine.] Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. Holder.