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Definition
to lie to or mislead someone — occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality
- He didn't expect to get a job right away, and in this he was not deceived.p. 241.2
- His ears deceive him: he thinks he can hear a jazz horn, and under that a rhythmic drumming, as if from a muffled nightclub.p. 105.2
- They're wolvogs they're bred to deceive.p. 205.6
There are no more uses of "deceive" in Oryx and Crake.
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