All 3 Uses of
deceive
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- At first he had amorously deceived himself into liking her experiments with food—the one medium in which she could express imagination—but now he wanted only his round of favorite dishes: steak, roast beef, boiled pig's-feet, oatmeal, baked apples.†
Chpt 24 *deceived = lied or misled
- It proved that the only problems which America had to face were Mormonism and Prohibition: "Don't let any of these self-conceited fellows that are always trying to stir up trouble deceive you with the belief that there's anything to all these smart-aleck movements to let the unions and the Farmers' Nonpartisan League kill all our initiative and enterprise by fixing wages and prices.†
Chpt 28deceive = lie or mislead
- A self-deceived little woman whispering in corners with a pretentious little man.†
Chpt 30deceived = lied or misled
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality