All 3 Uses of
deceive
in
My Antonia
- 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 2deceived = lied or misled
- 'But it ain't right to deceive us, son, and it brings blame on us.†
Book 2deceive = lie or mislead
- 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 *deceived = lied or misled
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality