Meaning

1 senses
  1. To deceive oneself.

Origin

From self- + deceive.

From self- + deceive.

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Forms

self-deceives, self-deceiving, self-deceived, self-deceived
Base formself-deceive · to self-deceive
3rd person singularself-deceives
Present participleself-deceiving
Past simpleself-deceived
Past participleself-deceived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyself-deceive
he, she, itself-deceives

Past simpleLesson

all personsself-deceived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave self-deceived
he, she, ithas self-deceived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill self-deceive

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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