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† deˈceptible, a. Obs.
[? a. obs. F. déceptible or directly f. L. type *dēceptibilis: see -ble.]
Apt to be deceived.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 1 Humane nature; of whose deceptible condition..perhaps there should not need any other eviction. Ibid. i. iii. 8 An erroneous inclination of the people; as being the most deceptible part of mankind.
Hence deceptiˈbility.
1665Glanvill Sceps. Sci. i. 6 Considering the shortness of our intellectual sight, the deceptibility and impositions of our senses. 1837Carlyle Diam. Necklace Misc. Ess. (1888) V. 162 A fixed idea..has produced a deceptibility..that will clutch at straws. |