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Definition
to lie to or mislead someone — occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- I can see no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant, clever, thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax.Act 2 — Garden at the Manor House (91% in)
- If you are not, then you have certainly been deceiving us all in a very inexcusable manner.Act 2 — Garden at the Manor House (14% in)
- I am never deceived in such matters.Act 2 — Garden at the Manor House (81% in)
There are no more uses of "deceive" in The Importance of Being Earnest.
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