All 3 Uses of
deceive
in
The Importance of Being Earnest
- If you are not, then you have certainly been deceiving us all in a very inexcusable manner.†
Act 2deceiving = lying or misleading
- I am never deceived in such matters.†
Act 2deceived = lied or misled
- I can see no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant, clever, thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax.†
Act 2 *deceiving = lying or misleading
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality