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单词 deceiving
释义 I. deceiving, vbl. n.|dɪˈsiːvɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb deceive; deception.
c1400Rom. Rose 1590 Withouten any deceiving.1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xviii. 25 Than the Englisshe lordes..for doubte of deceyuyng..kept styll the two trompettis pryuely.1568Bible (Bishops') 2 Pet. ii. 13 Delighting them selues in their deceiuings.1833Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound Poems 1850 I. 171 For in my mind Deceiving works more shame than torturing.
II. deˈceiving, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That deceives; deceitful, misleading, fallacious.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xlvii. 87 This fals dissavand warldis bliss.1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. ii. 260 Manie deceyuing promises of life.a1653Gouge Comm. Heb. xiii. 5 Covetousnesse is a deceiving sin.c1793Telegraph in Spir. Publ. Jrnls. (1799) I. 26 The most deceiving tongue.
Hence deˈceivingly adv.
14..Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 143 Hydynge deceyuaundly wikke wiþ medelynge of good.c1440York Myst. xiii. 140 At carpe to me dissayuandly.1888Harper's Mag. Oct. 806 To listen appreciatingly even if deceivingly.
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