What is "deceives"

Usage examples of "deceives".

There are circumstances when a clever man deceives by telling the truth, and such a lie as this must be approved by the most rigorous moralists.

But suppose a man does play the hypocrite so as to deceive the officers, who know him as well as any employer knows his workmen or any teacher knows his scholars, and deceives the independent board so as to get a parole.

I always fall in love, and that never deceives me as far as it is concerned.