All 3 Uses of "deceive" in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

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All 3 Uses

deceive
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Very well, then; is a PREACHER going to deceive a steamboat clerk?†
Chpt 28

deceive = lie or mislead
is he going to deceive a SHIP CLERK?†
Chpt 28 *
"No, my boy," says the old gentleman, "I'm sorry to say 't your driver has deceived you; Nichols's place is down a matter of three mile more.†
Chpt 33

deceived = lied or misled

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(1) (deceive)
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)