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Belie   /bɪlˈaɪ/   Listen
verb
Belie  v. t.  (past & past part. belied; pres. part. belying)  
1.
To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. "Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues."
2.
To give a false representation or account of. "Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts."
3.
To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander. "Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him."
4.
To mimic; to counterfeit. (Obs.)
5.
To fill with lies. (Obs.) "The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world."





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... priests performed the same ceremonies; and after them every one of their congregation: yet these people protest that their religion has no connexion with idolatry, and that the representations of Protestants regarding it are false and calumnious. If we credit them, however, we must belie the evidence of our own senses; but the fact is, there are not a few Roman Catholics who speak with very little respect themselves ...
— Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory • John M'lean
... troop halted their weary horses in a wood, and lighting fires, cooked their food, and then lay down until morning. Sir Phillip exchanged but few words with his captive; as, having removed his helm, he sat by the fire, Walter had an opportunity of seeing his countenance. It did not belie his reputation. His face had a heavy and brutal expression which was not decreased by the fashion of his hair, which was cut quite short, and stood up without parting all over his bullet-shaped head; he had a heavy and bristling moustache which was cut short ...
— Saint George for England • G. A. Henty
... "Therein you belie the natur' of an Indian. Even the Mingo adores but the true and loving God. 'Tis wicked fabrication of the whites, and I say it to the shame of my color that would make the warrior bow down before images of his own creation. It is true, ...
— The Last of the Mohicans • James Fenimore Cooper
... did not belie his name. He was very German. Likewise the little woman who courtesied at his side. Ditto the choice assortment of inquisitive tow-heads, who stared wide-eyed from various corners. He shook hands at the door with each of ...
— A Breath of Prairie and other stories • Will Lillibridge
... impossible for Pitt to give up the Treasury and act as Commis to the Whig leaders. This statement should have lessened the Duke's astonishment at hearing from Pitt on 22nd August that there had been no thought of any change in the Government.[51] This assertion seems to belie Pitt's reputation for truthfulness. But it is noteworthy that Grenville scarcely refers to the discussions on this subject, deeply though it concerned him. Further, Rose, who was in close touch with Ministers, wrote to Auckland on 13th July that he had heard only through the ...
— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose


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