All 22 Uses
deceive
in
The Pathfinder, by Cooper
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- No fear of him on a beaten path; for he wishes to come upon you when unprepared to meet him, and the fiery villains make it a point to deceive you, one way or another.†
Chpt 3deceive = lie or mislead
- So very slight, however, had been the alteration produced by the heat on the bushes of which the stems were in the water, that when the Iroquois actually laid his hand on the leaves, he fancied that he had been deceived.†
Chpt 5deceived = lied or misled
- One of the young warriors of the enemy, burning with a desire to distinguish himself, had stolen from his party towards the cover in which Chingachgook had concealed himself; and as the latter was deceived by the apparent apathy of his foes, as well as engaged in some further preparations of his own, he had evidently obtained a position where he got a sight of the Delaware.†
Chpt 5
- When he desired his companions, however, to cease talking, his vigilant ear had caught the peculiar sound which is made by the parting of a dried branch of a tree and which, if his senses did not deceive him, came from the western shore.†
Chpt 7deceive = lie or mislead
- By the passing remarks, he soon ascertained that the party was out expressly to intercept Mabel and her uncle, concerning whose rank, however, they had evidently been deceived.†
Chpt 7deceived = lied or misled
- and am I often deceived?†
Chpt 9
- But I did not think it possible I could be deceived as to the young woman's inclinations, which I think I may boldly pronounce to be altogether above the condition of Pathfinder.†
Chpt 10
- I never knew an honest-minded Mingo,—one that you could put faith in, if he had a temptation to deceive you.†
Chpt 14deceive = lie or mislead
- I hope their fears have deceived them?†
Chpt 16deceived = lied or misled
- The distance across the water was not a hundred yards; and, though she might be mistaken, and her fancy was wandering when the form passed before her sight, still she did not think she could be deceived.†
Chpt 20
- Spectre though I be, I am not sent to scare thee or deceive; But in reward of thy fidelity.†
Chpt 22deceive = lie or mislead
- Still, horrible as these objects were to those near enough to discover the frightful discrepancy between their assumed and their real characters, the arrangement had been made with so much art that it would have deceived a negligent observer at the distance of a hundred yards.†
Chpt 23deceived = lied or misled
- Ah, Mabel, this artifice will no' deceive the enemy, who, by means that would be unintelligible, did not our suspicions rest on an unhappy young man with too much plausibility, are familiar with all our doings and plans, and well know that the sun will not set before the worthy Sergeant and his companions will be in their power.†
Chpt 23deceive = lie or mislead
- Mr. Muir, you appear to be deceived in the strength of this work, and to fancy it weaker than it is.†
Chpt 23 *deceived = lied or misled
- She knew June's decision and coolness, notwithstanding all her gentleness and womanly feeling; and at last she came reluctantly to the conclusion that there was no other way of attaining her end than by deceiving her tried companion and protector.†
Chpt 23deceiving = lying or misleading
- these artifices and devilries with dead bodies may deceive the soldiers of the 55th and the king's officers; but they are all lost upon men who have passed their days in the forest.†
Chpt 23deceive = lie or mislead
- "Do you think my father and his men may yet be deceived?" said Mabel quickly.†
Chpt 23deceived = lied or misled
- Nay, I am not deceived; there is surely one below, and in pain.†
Chpt 23
- Pathfinder was compelled to own that the quick senses of Mabel had not deceived her.†
Chpt 23
- Pathfinder was struck with the firmness of Mabel's tones, and perhaps he was a little deceived by the forced tranquillity and self-possession she had assumed.†
Chpt 23
- It is useless to attempt deceiving either you or myself; my time has come, and it is a consolation to me to die like a soldier.†
Chpt 24deceiving = lying or misleading
- You have kinder feelings towards Mabel than I had thought; and, unless my own mistaken vanity and consait have cruelly deceived me, I pity you, boy, from my soul I do!†
Chpt 28deceived = lied or misled
Definitions:
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(1)
(deceive) to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)