All 5 Uses of
deceive
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- The king's disease,—my project may deceive me, But my intents are fix'd, and will not leave me.†
Scene 1.1deceive = lie or mislead
- Do you think I am so far deceived in him?†
Scene 3.6deceived = lied or misled
- —Come, bring forth this counterfeit module has deceived me like a double-meaning prophesier.†
Scene 4.3
- You are deceived, my lord; this is Monsieur Parolles, the gallant militarist (that was his own phrase), that had the whole theoric of war in the knot of his scarf, and the practice in the chape of his dagger.†
Scene 4.3
- His highness comes post from Marseilles, of as able body as when he numbered thirty; he will be here to-morrow, or I am deceived by him that in such intelligence hath seldom failed.†
Scene 4.5 *
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality