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Definition
to lie to or mislead someone — occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- Although I admired scholarship so much in Cleric, I was not deceived about myself; I knew that I should never be a scholar.Book 3 — Lena Lingard (14% in)
- The first time I deceived my grandparents I felt rather shabby, perhaps even the second time, but I soon ceased to think about it.Book 2 — The Hired Girls (70% in)
- 'But it ain't right to deceive us, son, and it brings blame on us.Book 2 — The Hired Girls (76% in)
There are no more uses of "deceive" in My Antonia.
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