All 6 Uses of
deceive
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- I shall be glad if he have deceived me.†
Scene 3.1deceived = lied or misled
- Boys of art, I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places; your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole, and let burnt sack be the issue.†
Scene 3.1 *
- He promise to bring me where is Anne Page; by gar, he deceive me too.†
Scene 3.1deceive = lie or mislead
- O, how have you deceived me!†
Scene 3.3deceived = lied or misled
- I know not which pleases me better, that my husband is deceived, or Sir John.†
Scene 3.3
- Which means she to deceive, father or mother?†
Scene 4.6deceive = lie or mislead
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality