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Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

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  1. a. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
  2. adj. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
  3. adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
  4. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. Trench. Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close.
  5. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress withfalse opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from oureyes. Trench.Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in someforeign key, postponing the final close.
  6. j:100 s. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true s. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently