All 8 Uses
deceive
in
The Light of Western Stars
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- She was not deceived.†
Chpt 1deceived = lied or misled
- It was only by looking back that Madeline could grasp the true relation of things; she could not be deceived by distance she had covered.†
Chpt 5
- He has done wrong to deceive me.†
Chpt 7deceive = lie or mislead
- Madeline, I wouldn't deceive you," went on Florence, in an earnest whisper.†
Chpt 10
- Stillwell appeared, ostensibly cheerful, too cheerful to deceive Madeline.†
Chpt 14
- Madeline fancied her deceit must have been perfect, seeing that it deceived even Florence.†
Chpt 14deceived = lied or misled
- Yet as she looked she knew no fancy could really deceive her, that she was only Madeline Hammond come at last to the end of brooding dreams.†
Chpt 23deceive = lie or mislead
- His cool, easy speech, his familiar swagger, the smile with which he regarded her did not in the least deceive Madeline.†
Chpt 24 *
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)