Both Uses of
deceive
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- Miss Editha Woodworth sat propped up, motionless, under a huge lugubrious oil painting of—if Clumly's eyes did not deceive him—broken columns on a hillside, or possibly horses.†
Chpt 1 *deceive = lie or mislead
- The great deceiver has no heart.†
Chpt 2deceiver = someone who lies or misleads
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality