deceive
verb (used with object)
to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude.
am deceiving
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present progressiveof deceive (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If I am giving the reader the impression that I went to the Campo Santo in my last stop at Genoa, I am deceiving him; I record here the memories of four years ago.
From Roman Holidays, and Others by William Dean Howells
Madam is as amiable as ever; and yet somehow, unless I am deceiving myself, she has changed somewhat of late in her feelings towards me.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Well, sir, do you think this impossible; or do you prefer to think that I am deceiving you?"
From The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas père
"Surely you don't think I am deceiving you?"
From The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins
I am deceiving him—I have deceived him for a long time, pretending to be a faithful wife when I have often wished that he might die and release me.
From The Odd Women by George Gissing
