| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To belie or refute.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To contradict, gainsay, controvert or negate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb belie.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (belie) | 1. Be in contradiction with.[Wordnet]. 2. Represent falsely.[Wordnet]. 3. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.[Websters]. 4. To give a false representation or account of.[Websters]. 5. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.[Websters]. 6. To mimic; to counterfeit.[Websters]. 7. To fill with lies.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: belying, belied, belies, belier, beliers, belyingly and beliedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BELYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: belie
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To give the lie to; to show to be false; to charge with falsehood; as, the heart belies the tongue. It is rarely used of declarations; but of appearances and facts which show that declarations, or certain appearances and pretences are false and hypocritical. Hence.. | 2: [Verb] To counterfeit; to mimic; to feign resemblance. With dust, with horse's hoofs, that beat the ground,] And martial brass, belie the thunder's sound.. | 3: [Verb] To give a false representation. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.. | 4: [Verb] To tell lies concerning; to calumniate by false reports. Thou dost belie him, Percy.. | 5: [Verb] To fill with lies. Slander doth belie all corners of the world. [Not legitimate]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Etymology 1] (transitive) To contradict or show to be false. Her youthful appearance belied her age. (references) | 2: [Etymology 1] (transitive) To give a false representation of something. (references) | 3: [Etymology 1] (transitive) To tell lies about someone. (references) | 4: [Etymology 2] (obsolete) To encompass, to lie around. (references) |
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