Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DECEITFULLY

DECE'ITFULLY, adverb In a deceitful manner; fraudulently; with deceit; in a manner or with a view to deceive.The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully ...

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DECEITFULNESS

DECE'ITFULNESS, noun1. Tendency to mislead or deceive; as the deceitfulness of sin.2. The quality of being fraudulent; as the deceitfulness of a man's practices.3. The dispositi...

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DECEITLESS

DECE'ITLESS, adjective Free from deceit.

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DECEIVABLE

DECE'IVABLE, adjective1. Subject to deceit or imposition; capable of being misled or entrapped; exposed to imposture; as, young persons are very deceivable2. Subject or apt to p...

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DECEIVABLENESS

DECE'IVABLENESS, noun1. Liableness to be deceived.2. Liableness to deceive.The deceivableness of unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:10.

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DECEIVE

DECE'IVE, verb transitive [L to take asid, to ensnare.]1. To mislead the mind; to cause to err; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose on; to d...

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DECEIVED

DECE'IVED, participle passive Misled; led into error; beguiled; cheated; deluded.

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DECEIVER

DECE'IVER, noun One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.I shall seem to my father as a deceiver Genesis 27:12.

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DECEIVING

DECE'IVING, participle present tense Misleading; ensnaring; beguiling; cheating.

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DECEMBER

DECEM'BER, noun [Latin december from decem, ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March.]The last month in the year, in which the sun ent...

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DECEMDENTATE

DECEMDEN'TATE, adjective [Latin decem, ten, and dentatus, toothed.] Having ten points or teeth.

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DECEMFID

DEC'EMFID, adjective [Latin decem, ten, and fido, to divide.]Ten-cleft; divided into ten parts; having ten divisions.

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DECEMLOCULAR

DECEMLOC'ULAR, adjective [Latin decem, ten, and loculus, a little bag or cell.] Having ten cells for seeds.

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DECEMPEDAL

DEC'EMPEDAL, adjective [Latin decem, ten, and pes, a foot.] Ten feet in length.

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DECEMVIR

DEC'EMVIR, noun [Latin decem, ten, and vir, a man.] One of ten magistrates, who had absolute authority in ancient Rome.

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DECEMVIRAL

DECEM'VIRAL, adjective Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.

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DECEMVIRATE

DECEM'VIRATE, noun1. The office or term of office of the decemvirs or ten magistrates in Rome, who had absolute authority for two years.2. A body of ten men in authority.

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DECENCY

DE'CENCY, noun [Latin to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for.]1. That which is fir, suitable or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form, in social intercour...

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DECENNARY

DEC'ENNARY, noun [Latin from decem, ten, and annus, a year.]1. A period of years.2. A tithing consisting of ten freeholders and their families.

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DECENNIAL

DECEN'NIAL, adjective [Latin as above.] Continuing for ten years; consisting of ten years; or happening every ten years; as a decennial period; decennial games.

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DECENNOVAL

DEC'ENNOVAL, adjective [Latin decem, ten, and novem, nine.] Pertaining to the number nineteen; designating a period or circle of nineteen years.

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DECENNOVARY

DECEN'NOVARY, adjective [Latin decem, ten, and novem, nine.] Pertaining to the number nineteen; designating a period or circle of nineteen years.

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DECENT

DE'CENT, adjective [Latin decens; Fr. decent]1. Becoming; fit; suitable, in words, behavior, dress and ceremony; as decent language; decent conduct or actions; decent ornaments ...

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DECENTNESS

DE'CENTNESS, noun Decency.

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DECEPTIBILITY

DECEPTIBIL'ITY, noun The quality or state of being capable or liable to be deceived.

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DECEPTIBLE

DECEP'TIBLE, adjective That may be deceived.

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DECEPTION

DECEP'TION, noun1. The act of deceiving or misleading.All deception is a misapplication of the established signs used to communicate thoughts.2. The state of being deceived or m...