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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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... dwelt mainly on the truth of Christianity, the folly of idolatry, the unity and providence of God, the coming of Christ, and the judgment. At times he would severely rebuke the avarice and rapacity of his courtiers, who would loudly applaud him with their mouths and belie his exhortations by their works. One of these productions is still extant, in which he recommends Christianity in a characteristic strain, and in proof of its divine origin cites especially the fulfilment of prophecy, including the sibylline books and the ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... company there, and Ivan was welcomed; for it was known that he generally came with full pockets. This time he did not belie his reputation, and had scarcely arrived before he made the sorok-kopecks ring, to the great envy ...
— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - VANINKA • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE
... inscrutable were the disguises, and how copious and expressive the slang, of the mendicant crew. Coleridge has justly described 'The Beggar's Bush' as one of the most pleasant of Fletcher's comedies; and if the Spanish novelists do not greatly belie the roads of their land, the mendicant levied his tolls on the highways as punctually as the king himself. Speed in travelling has been as prejudicial to these merry and unscrupulous gentry as acts against vagrancy or the policeman's staff. He should be a sturdy professor of his art who ...
— Old Roads and New Roads • William Bodham Donne
... more in indignation than in hope, they went over to Harrison. The public at large resented the loss which the service had suffered through changes in the civil list. Harrison without much of a record either to belie or to confirm his words, at least commended and ...
— History of the United States, Volume 5 • E. Benjamin Andrews
... loves right. He weighs words and scans looks; he takes pains to come down to men. And he shall be eminent in the state and eminent in his house. The famous man wears a mask of love, but his deeds belie it. Self-confident and free from doubts, fame will be his in the state and fame be his in ...
— The Sayings Of Confucius • Confucius


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