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- BELIE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
In Old English, belie meant "to deceive by lying," but in time, it came to mean "to tell lies about," taking on a sense similar to that of the modern word slander Eventually, its meaning softened, shifting from an act of outright lying to one of mere misrepresentation; by the 1700s, the word was being used in the sense "to disguise or conceal "
- BELIE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
BELIE definition: 1 to show something to be false, or to hide something such as an emotion: 2 to show something to… Learn more
- BELIED Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
false, contradictory, or misrepresented Her first belied statement was that the witnesses would agree the simple past tense and past participle of belie Examples have not been reviewed Her presence and scoring stood out — a level of maturity and production that belied her age
- BELIE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something His youthful face belies his 80 years [VERB noun] If one thing belies another, it proves that the other thing is not true or genuine The facts of the situation belie his testimony [VERB noun]
- Belied - definition of belied by The Free Dictionary
1 to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice 2 to give a false impression of; misrepresent 3 to be false to or disappoint: to belie one's faith [before 1000; Middle English; Old English belēogan See be -, lie 1] be•li′er, n
- belied - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- belie | meaning of belie in Longman Dictionary of . . .
belie meaning, definition, what is belie: to give someone a false idea about somet : Learn more
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