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Definition of Deceives
1. deceive [v] - See also: deceive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deceives
Literary usage of Deceives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Uncle Remus: The Folk-lore of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1880)
"RABBIT GROSSLY deceives MR. FOX. ONE evening when the little boy, whose nights
with Uncle Remus are as entertaining as those Arabian ones of blessed memory, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... That thou deceives! bothe more and lesee, • Why hast thou January thus deceived,
... deceives ..."
3. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... South— Fighting in all Directions — By a Brilliant Piece of Strategy He deceives
the Enemy, Crosses the Hatchie, and Marches South in Sight of Memphis. ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... enters the Trinity—Repulses several assaults—Citadel surrenders 5th December—St.
Cyr marches on Barcelona—Crosses the Ter—deceives Lazan—Turns ..."
5. History of the United States Secret Service by La Fayette Curry Baker (1867)
"An English Emissary of the South—He deceives the Secretary of Sh\fe—My Acquaintance
with Him—The Fruitless Effort to Betray Me—The Journey to the Old ..."
6. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... ''1 " they believe them to be right, but that they Hies which deceives him.
It leads bin (в br- are tempted to ..."
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