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Definition of Deceiving
1. deceive [v] - See also: deceive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deceiving
Literary usage of Deceiving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1843)
"And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Estate autem factores verbi, et nun auditores tantum, ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"deceiving WORLD From ' A ... of Wit ' deceiving world, that with alluring toys
Hast made my life the subject of thy scorn, And scornest now to lend thy ..."
3. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"There is pleasure in laughter, and in the deceiving of others. WHAT then was that
inclination of the mind ? For of a truth it was too foul: and woe was me, ..."
4. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"Whether Mary Dyke really was as " deceiving " to Moore as he here poetically
asserts we shall never know. But inasmuch as he was a man of the world who had ..."
5. The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division by Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1832)
"Here are two distinct predictions—many pretenders to the character of the Messiah,
and their success in deceiving many. As the prophecy draws nearer to the ..."
6. The Analyst (1879)
"A deceiving LABEL.—At the Worship Street Police Court, lately, Mr. James Wilkins,
cheesemonger, of High Street, Hoxton, appeared to a summons, ..."
7. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"By deceiving one man (a great blockhead), and tempting two (not incorruptible),
he might have secured a majority of the States. He will never have another ..."
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