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Definition
to lie to or mislead someone — occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- Besides, Dorian, don't deceive yourself.Chapter 13 (43% in)
- When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.Chapter 3 (51% in)
- When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.Chapter 3 (51% in)
- It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.Chapter 3 (97% in)
There are no more uses of "deceive" in Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version.
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