All 3 Uses of
deceive
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- —O, she deceives me Past thought.†
Scene 1.1deceives = lies or misleads
- I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet an officer.†
Scene 2.3deceive = lie or mislead
- She did deceive her father, marrying you; And when she seem'd to shake and fear your looks, She loved them most.†
Scene 3.3 *
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality