5 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
to lie to or mislead someone — occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- Hepzibah's presentiment had not deceived her.Chapter 15 — The Scowl and Smile (19% in)
- Clergymen, judges, statesmen,—the wisest, calmest, holiest persons of their day stood in the inner circle round about the gallows, loudest to applaud the work of blood, latest to confess themselves miserably deceived.Chapter 1 — The Old Pyncheon Family (11% in)
- "But I was not born a gentleman; neither have I lived like one," said Holgrave, slightly smiling; "so, my dear madam, you will hardly expect me to sympathize with sensibilities of this kind; though, unless I deceive myself, I have some imperfect comprehension of them.Chapter 3 — The First Customer (23% in)
- You deceive yourself!Chapter 15 — The Scowl and Smile (73% in)
- This is what deceived him," exclaimed Hepzibah.Chapter 21 — The Departure (70% in)
There are no more uses of "deceive" in The House of the Seven Gables.
Typical Usage
(best examples)