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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·cep·tive a.  Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
    Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes.   --Trench.
 Deceptive cadence Mus., a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close.