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deceivable (s.xii1)
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deceivable (s.xii1)

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decevable,  desceivable;  decevabel,  decewable  (desonable)  
  FEW:  decipere 3,25a Gdf:  decevable 2,440a GdfC: ∅ TL: decevable 2,1244 DEAF:  decevoir (decevable)  DMF:  décevable  TLF: ∅ OED:  deceivable adj.  MED:  deceivable adj.  DMLBS: ∅

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1deceitful: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Tant est cist siecle faus, cheitis e deceivables  Rom Chev ANTS 741
( MS: s.xiii )  pellacis: desonable (l. desevable)  TLL ii 117
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Mensonge est fause significacioun de voiz oveke deceyvable entente  BRITT ii 214
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  losenganz et decevable conseils  Ancren1 184.32
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  pellacis: (L) decewable  TLL ii 80
2uncertain: 
( MS: s.xiv )  ambiguum: decevabel  TLL ii 59
♦fallible, unreliable: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Decevables chevals (Latin: Fallax equus) a salut  Camb Ps 53.XXXII.17
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1300 )  Fortune est variable, Mensungere e decevable, E se change cum le vent  Rom Phil 180
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Mes la femme, ki plus fieble esteit E plus changable (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) decevable) en sun endreit Ke humme  Lum Lais ANTS 122
3fake, substandard: 
( 1386-87 )  ordeigné fuist [...] q’ils ne deargentont tielx choses qe sount desceyvables, sur peyne de paier al chaumbre [...]  Goldsmiths 220
( 1403-04 )  mettre due punissement & redresse en les overaignes defectives & deceivables  Rot Parl1 iii 536
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