All 18 Uses of
deceive
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- 'Marmeladov, once already you have deceived my expectations...I'll take you once more on my own responsibility'—that's what he said, 'remember,' he said, 'and now you can go.'†
Chpt 1.2deceived = lied or misled
- We deceived you then, writing that this money came from Dounia's savings, but that was not so, and now I tell you all about it, because, thank God, things have suddenly changed for the better, and that you may know how Dounia loves you and what a heart she has.†
Chpt 1.3
- No, mother, no, Dounia, you won't deceive me!†
Chpt 1.4deceive = lie or mislead
- It's more likely she has been given drink and deceived somewhere...for the first time...you understand?†
Chpt 1.4deceived = lied or misled
- She has been deceived, you can see that at once.†
Chpt 1.4
- She has been deceived, that's a sure thing.†
Chpt 1.4
- I intend to do honestly all he expects of me, so I am not deceiving him....Why did you smile just now?†
Chpt 3.3deceiving = lying or misleading
- Whether it is the lack of public interest, or whether it is we are so honest we don't want to deceive one another, I don't know.†
Chpt 4.5deceive = lie or mislead
- Well, I'll tell you the whole truth, my dear fellow, about this special case, I mean: actual fact and a man's temperament, my dear sir, are weighty matters and it's astonishing how they sometimes deceive the sharpest calculation!†
Chpt 4.5
- Though his questioner may be deceived at first, he will think differently next day if he is not a fool, and, of course, it is like that at every step!†
Chpt 4.5deceived = lied or misled
- I can never forgive you that you have deceived me by concealing from me that there is another organisation of society by means of the communities.†
Chpt 5.1
- I speak plainly because I consider it dishonest to deceive you.†
Chpt 5.1deceive = lie or mislead
- I understand now where the unpleasantness is of being deceived in a legal marriage, but it's simply a despicable consequence of a despicable position in which both are humiliated.†
Chpt 5.1deceived = lied or misled
- I wanted to tell you this first, frankly and quite sincerely, for above all I don't want to deceive you.†
Chpt 6.2deceive = lie or mislead
- At least you didn't deceive yourself for long, you went straight to the furthest point at one bound.†
Chpt 6.2 *
- She thought it showed I was unwilling to deceive her if I warned her like this beforehand and for a jealous woman, you know, that's the first consideration.†
Chpt 6.4
- Everyone thinks of himself, and he lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself.†
Chpt 6.4
- Dounia saw at last that it was hard to deceive her and came to the conclusion that it was better to be absolutely silent on certain points; but it became more and more evident that the poor mother suspected something terrible.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality