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Definition
to lie to or mislead someone — occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- For —a moment I thought my eyes deceived me.Part 3 (32% in)
- But I knew I might deceive him if I used all my skill, and, bending close to him now, I whispered the word, 'Father.'Part 1 (34% in)
- And as I turned saying, Louis, you deceive yourself, and started up, they started up.Part 3 (7% in)
- (r)h, I remember perfectly what mortal vision was, the dimness of it, and how the vampire's beauty burned through that veil, so powerfully alluring, so utterly deceiving!Part 3 (49% in)
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