"deceyte" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛːˈsæi̯t(ə)/, /dɛˈsɛːt(ə)/, /dɛ-/, /di-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French deceite, from Latin dēcepta; compare deceyven. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|deceite}} Borrowed from Old French deceite, {{der|enm|la|dēcepta}} Latin dēcepta Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} deceyte, {{enm-noun}} deceyte (plural deceytes) Forms: deceytes [plural], deceipte [alternative], deceite [alternative], deceyt [alternative], desceipte [alternative], desceite [alternative], deseyt [alternative], deseyte [alternative], deseite [alternative, Late-Middle-English], disceite [alternative, Late-Middle-English], disceyte [alternative, Late-Middle-English], dyssayte [alternative, Late-Middle-English], dysseyt [alternative, Late-Middle-English], desayt [alternative, Northern], desayte [alternative, Northern], dessait [alternative, Northern], dessayte [alternative, Northern], dyssaytt [alternative, Northern], desate [alternative], desaytt [alternative], dessate [alternative], dissate [alternative]
  1. Deception or deceit:
    Deceitfulness; the tendency to deceive.
    Sense id: en-deceyte-enm-noun-S8JTeSak Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Deception Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 54 16 4 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 6 2 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 5 2 10 Disambiguation of Deception: 33 33 33 0
  2. Deception or deceit:
    An instance of deceit; a deceptive action.
    Sense id: en-deceyte-enm-noun-u3nlK3S7 Categories (other): Deception Disambiguation of Deception: 33 33 33 0
  3. Deception or deceit:
    A phantasm; a deceptive image.
    Sense id: en-deceyte-enm-noun-HLxZB5B- Categories (other): Deception Disambiguation of Deception: 33 33 33 0
  4. (pathology, rare) Gangrene, necrosis. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-deceyte-enm-noun-YL27wBxi Categories (other): Pathology, Thinking Disambiguation of Thinking: 12 24 10 53 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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