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Lay

verb

(past & past part. laid; pres. part. laying)

1.

Put into a certain place or abstract location. Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set. "Set the tray down" , "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" , "Place emphasis on a certain point"

2.

Put in a horizontal position. Synonyms: put down, repose. "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

3.

Prepare or position for action or operation. "Lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

4.

Lay eggs.

5.

Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.

adjective

1.

Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy. Synonyms: laic, secular. "The lay ministry"

2.

Not of or from a profession.

noun

1.

A narrative song with a recurrent refrain. Synonym: ballad.

2.

A narrative poem of popular origin. Synonym: ballad.

Lie

verb

(in the sense of being located: past lay; past part. lain, obs. lien; pres. part. lying) (in the sense of telling an untruth: past & past part. lied; pres. part. lying)

1.

Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.

2.

Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position. "The books are lying on the shelf" Antonyms: sit, stand.

3.

Originate (in). Synonyms: consist, dwell, lie in.

4.

Be and remain in a particular state or condition.

5.

Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive. "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

6.

Have a place in relation to something else. Synonym: rest. "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

7.

Assume a reclining position. Synonym: lie down. Antonym: arise.

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"Lay" Quotes from Famous Books

... then, lay in a presentation of the divine message which would convince and transform and electrify those who heard it to action—a presentation of the message in terms which the age could grasp. That is what Paul had done, he had drawn his figures boldly from the ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... of which lay necessarily and exclusively in the implicit and tenacious faith of the hearer. Now, faith may be governed by conditions widely different from those that regulate scientific knowledge, but if its object be ...

— The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur • Emile Joseph Dillon

... I observed here and there a splendid monument, which had been raised by the pride of family over the dust of men who could lay no claim either to the gratitude or remembrances of posterity. Their presence seemed like an intrusion into the sanctuary of genius. What had wealth to do there? Why should it crowd the dust of the great? That was no thoroughfare of business—no ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 • Various

... barbarous kingdom of Yiieh, inasmuch as the great-great-grandson of the founder of the Hia empire a century later enfeoffed a son by a concubine in that remote region. The earliest Chinese mention of Japan is that it lay to the east of Yiieh, and that the Japanese used to come and trade with Yiieh. If the Japanese traditions, on the other hand, as first put into independent writing in the eighth century A.D., are worth anything, then the Japanese pretend that their ancestors were ...

— Ancient China Simplified • Edward Harper Parker

... reached the last verse but one, when he saw a young girl crushing her way toward him with a letter. She was smiling, and seemed proud to render him this service. He was about to lay the letter aside when he glanced at it, and then he could not put it down. It was marked "Urgent," and the address was in Glory's handwriting. The champing waves were in his ears again. They were coming ...

— The Christian - A Story • Hall Caine

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