Both Uses of
deceive
in
The Comedy of Errors
- They say this town is full of cozenage; As, nimble jugglers that deceive the eye, Dark-working sorcerers that change the mind, Soul-killing witches that deform the body, Disguised cheaters, prating mountebanks, And many such-like liberties of sin: If it prove so, I will be gone the sooner.†
Scene 1.2
- I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me.†
Scene 5.1 *
Definition:
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(deceive) to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality