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belie
Verb
  • To lie around; encompass. transitive, obsolete
  • To surround; beleaguer. transitive, obsolete, of an army
Verb
  • To tell lies about; to slander. [from 13th c.] transitive
  • To give a false representation of, to misrepresent. [from 17th c.] transitive
  • To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.] transitive
  • To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something). transitive, perhaps nonstandard
  • To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic. transitive, perhaps nonstandard
  • To mimic; to counterfeit. obsolete
  • To fill with lies. transitive, obsolete