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be⋅lie
[bi-lahy] 
–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. |
Related forms:
be⋅li⋅er, noun
Antonyms:
1. prove, verify, support.
1. prove, verify, support.
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| be·lie (bĭ-lī') tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies
[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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Belie
Be*lie"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belied; p. pr. & vb. n. Belying.] [OE. bilien, bili?en, AS. bele['o]gan; pref. be- + le['o]gan to lie. See Lie, n.]1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. --Dryden. 2. To give a false representation or account of. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. --Shak. 3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander. Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him. --Shak. 4. To mimic; to counterfeit. [Obs.] --Dryden. 5. To fill with lies. [Obs.] "The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world." --Shak.
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Language Translation for : belie
Spanish:
esconder; desmentir,
German:
widersprechen,
Japanese:
偽りを示す
belie
O.E. beleogan "to deceive," from be- + lie (v.1) "to lie, tell lies." Current sense of "to contradict as a lie" is first recorded 1649. See lie. The other verb lie once also had a formation like this, from O.E. belicgan, which meant "to encompass, beleaguer," and in M.E. was a euphemism for "to have sex with" (i.e. "to lie with carnally").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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