Belie
[bɪ'laɪ]
Definition
(n.) To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
(n.) To give a false representation or account of.
(n.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
(n.) To mimic; to counterfeit.
(n.) To fill with lies.
Typist: Stephanie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Falsify, misrepresent, represent falsely.[2]. Give the lie to, convict of falsehood, show to be false, charge with falsehood.
Inputed by Katrina
Definition
v.t. to give the lie to: to speak falsely of: to present in a false character: to counterfeit: to be false to: falsify: (Shak.) to fill with lies:—pr.p. bely′ing; pa.p. belīed′.
Edited by Elsie
Examples
- Do your looks belie you? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There's stabling in this place for a dozen horses; and unless Nickits is belied, he kept the full number. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And would you not like to be the one person who believed in that man's innocence, if the rest of the world belied him? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Cold and peculiar, I knew it for the partner of a rarely-belied presentiment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Tessie