Deceives
[di'si:vz]
Examples
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Then is God perfectly simple and true both in word and deed; he changes not; he deceives not, either by sign or word, by dream or waking vision. Plato. The Republic.
- It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- No, I won't tell him; besides, it an't true; Missis never deceives us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But unconscious casuistry deceives us all. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- God then is true, he is absolutely true; he changes not, he deceives not, by day or night, by word or sign. Plato. The Republic.
- But Mr. Jorkins has a way of stating his objections which often deceives people. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Yes, he said; everything that deceives may be said to enchant. Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Gillian