All 3 Uses of
deceive
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- But we have to be careful, for we have twice been deceived by wigs and once by paint.†
Chpt 2deceived = lied or misled
- A single man could not have carried out two deaths in such a way as to deceive a coroner's jury.†
Chpt 5deceive = lie or mislead
- It is my strong impression that I heard it, and yet, among the crash of the gale and the creaking of an old house, I may possibly have been deceived.†
Chpt 8 *deceived = lied or misled
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality