Definition of Deceivable

1. a. Fitted to deceive; deceitful.

Definition of Deceivable

1. Adjective. Able to be deceived; gullible. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Deceitful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deceivable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deceivable

deceaser
deceasers
deceases
deceasing
decedent
decedents
deceit
deceitful
deceitfull
deceitfully
deceitfulness
deceitfulnesses
deceitless
deceits
deceiv'd
deceivable (current term)
deceivableness
deceivably
deceive
deceived
deceiver
deceivers
deceives
deceivest
deceiveth
deceiving
deceivingly
decelerate
decelerated
decelerates

Literary usage of Deceivable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... deceivable (rare). fallow, a. uncultivated, unplowed, un- tilled, lea, ley or lay (Eng.). Antonyms: cultivated (see CULTIVATE). false, ai See UNTRUTHFUL ..."

2. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1763)
"thrums, hair and other deceivable thing!, into and w'tth'm or upon the faid broad woolen clothes, the faid broad woolen clothes be much ..."

3. Commentary Upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Furthermore, the nature of man is called corporeal, because he being deprived of celestial grace, is only a certain deceivable shadow or image. ..."

4. Shakespeare Illustrated by the Lex Scripta by William Lowes Rushton (1870)
"... them as deceivable things. Ros. My lord, you once did love me. Ham. So I do still, by these pickers ..."

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