All 6 Uses
deceive
in
Jane Eyre
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- "Yet," said she, "I am afraid it is a mistake: my thoughts deceive me.†
p. 274.1deceive = lie or mislead
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you.†
p. 357.8 *
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you.†
p. 357.8deceived = lied or misled
- I was wrong to attempt to deceive you; but I feared a stubbornness that exists in your character.†
p. 363.4deceive = lie or mislead
- I had to deceive a fine ear: for aught I knew it might now be listening.†
p. 368.5
- Not to deceive myself, I must reply — No: I felt desolate to a degree.†
p. 414.1
Definitions:
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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)