BELIE

v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Dryden.

2.
v.

To give a false representation or account of. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. Shak.

3.
v.

To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander. Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him. Shak.

4.
v.

To mimic; to counterfeit. [Obs.] Dryden.

5.
v.

To fill with lies. [Obs.] "The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world." Shak.

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