All 4 Uses of
deceive
in
Measure for Measure
- But, O, how much is the good duke deceived in Angelo!†
Scene 3.1deceived = lied or misled
- O, sir, you are deceived.†
Scene 3.2
- thou art deceived in me, friar.†
Scene 3.2 *
- He professes to have received no sinister measure from his judge, but most willingly humbles himself to the determination of justice: yet had he framed to himself, by the instruction of his frailty, many deceiving promises of life; which I, by my good leisure, have discredited to him, and now he is resolved to die.†
Scene 3.2deceiving = lying or misleading
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality