All 20 Uses of

deceive

in

Pride and Prejudice

"They have both," said she, "been deceived, I dare say, in some way or other, of which we can form no idea.†
p. 84.4 *

deceived = lied or misled

Caroline is incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone; and all that I can hope in this case is that she is deceiving herself.†
p. 117.3

deceiving = lying or misleading

Caroline is incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone; and all that I can hope in this case is that she is deceiving herself.†
p. 117.4

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.†
p. 134.0

deceives = lies or misleads

After waiting at home every morning for a fortnight, and inventing every evening a fresh excuse for her, the visitor did at last appear; but the shortness of her stay, and yet more, the alteration of her manner would allow Jane to deceive herself no longer.†
p. 145.7

deceive = lie or mislead

My dearest Lizzy will, I am sure, be incapable of triumphing in her better judgement, at my expense, when I confess myself to have been entirely deceived in Miss Bingley's regard for me.†
p. 145.8

deceived = lied or misled

I do not at all comprehend her reason for wishing to be intimate with me; but if the same circumstances were to happen again, I am sure I should be deceived again.†
p. 146.0

To convince him, therefore, that he had deceived himself, was no very difficult point.†
p. 193.9

About a year ago, she was taken from school, and an establishment formed for her in London; and last summer she went with the lady who presided over it, to Ramsgate; and thither also went Mr. Wickham, undoubtedly by design; for there proved to have been a prior acquaintance between him and Mrs. Younge, in whose character we were most unhappily deceived; and by her connivance and aid, he so far recommended himself to Georgiana, whose affectionate heart retained a strong impression of his kindness to her as a child, that she was persuaded to believe herself in love, and to consent to an elopement.†
p. 196.5

His behavior to herself could now have had no tolerable motive; he had either been deceived with regard to her fortune, or had been gratifying his vanity by encouraging the preference which she believed she had most incautiously shown.†
p. 201.4

But, though this might be imaginary, she could not be deceived as to his behavior to Miss Darcy, who had been set up as a rival to Jane.†
p. 250.3

The world has been deceived in that respect; and I am happy to say there will be some little money, even when all his debts are discharged, to settle on my niece, in addition to her own fortune.†
p. 286.9

He has given in all his debts; I hope at least he has not deceived us.†
p. 296.9

But do not deceive yourself into a belief that I will ever recede.†
p. 337.7

deceive = lie or mislead

I never meant to deceive you, but my spirits might often lead me wrong.†
p. 349.6

Jane was not deceived, but she was affected; and though feeling no reliance on her, could not help writing her a much kinder answer than she knew was deserved.†
p. 362.4

deceived = lied or misled

Definition:

to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality