Both Uses of
deceive
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Have I been twenty years in this man's house, to be deceived about his voice?†
p. 55.8 *deceived = lied or misled
- Your master, Poole, is plainly seized with one of those maladies that both torture and deform the sufferer; hence, for aught I know, the alteration of his voice; hence the mask and the avoidance of his friends; hence his eagerness to find this drug, by means of which the poor soul retains some hope of ultimate recovery—God grant that he be not deceived!†
p. 58.7
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality