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Definition belie

Etymology 1

From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English belicgan, bilicgan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”); equivalent to be- (“around, by”) +‎ lie (to be positioned). Cognate with German beliegen.

Verb

belie (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past belay, past participle belain)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
  2. (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English belyen, beleo?en, from Old English bel?ogan (“to deceive by lying, be mistaken”), from Proto-Germanic *bileugan? (“to belie”); equivalent to be- (“about”) +‎ lie (to deceive). Cognate with Old Frisian biliaga (“to belie”), Dutch beliegen (“to belie”), German belügen (“to lie to”), Swedish beljuga (“to tell lies about”).

Verb

belie (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past and past participle belied)

  1. (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander. [from 13th c.]
  2. (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent. [from 17th c.]
  3. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
  4. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
  5. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
  6. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To fill with lies.

Results 323 Words with the letters BELIE

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BAILEE 10
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BELIEF 13
BELIER 10
BELIES 10
BELIKE 14
BELIVE 14
EDIBLE 11
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BILE 8
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LIE 4
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