All 9 Uses of
deceive
in
Northanger Abbey
- How could you deceive me so, Mr. Thorpe?†
Chpt 11deceive = lie or mislead
- She was not deceived in her own expectation of pleasure; the comedy so well suspended her care that no one, observing her during the first four acts, would have supposed she had any wretchedness about her.†
Chpt 12deceived = lied or misled
- Maria was without ceremony sent away, and Isabella, embracing Catherine, thus began: "Yes, my dear Catherine, it is so indeed; your penetration has not deceived you.†
Chpt 15
- —You are convinced that I never meant to deceive your brother, never suspected him of liking me till this moment?†
Chpt 18 *deceive = lie or mislead
- Tilney says there is nothing people are so often deceived in as the state of their own affections, and I believe he is very right.†
Chpt 18deceived = lied or misled
- With this spirit she sprang forward, and her confidence did not deceive her.†
Chpt 21deceive = lie or mislead
- It is a power little worth knowing, however, since it can deceive and pain you.†
Chpt 24
- I think you must be deceived so far.†
Chpt 25deceived = lied or misled
- I never was so deceived in anyone's character in my life before.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality