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be·lie       [bi-lahy] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -lied, -ly·ing.
1.to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2.to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts.
3.to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).
4.Archaic. to lie about; slander.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME belyen, OE beléogan. See be-, lie1]

—Related forms
be·li·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay. 1, 2. See misrepresent.
—Antonyms 1. prove, verify, support.
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be·lie       (bĭ-lī')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies
  1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).
  2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.


[Middle English bilien, from Old English belēogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.]

be·li'er n.
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