Hyphenation of deceive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word deceive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-ceive

Definitions of deceive:

1.	Be false to Be dishonest with
2.	Cause someone to believe an untruth The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

Synonyms of deceive:

verb	lead on, delude, cozen, victimize, victimise
verb	betray, lead astray, misinform, mislead

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.