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verb

Belie v. t. (past & past part. belied; pres. part. belying)

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

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

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

To mimic; to counterfeit. (Obs.)

To fill with lies. (Obs.) "The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Belie" Quotes from Famous Books

... revealed religion, and of heavenly birth, science will never belie her celestial origin, nor cease to sympathize with all that emanates from the same pure home. Human ignorance and prejudice may for a time seem to have divorced what God has joined together; but human ignorance and prejudice shall at length pass away, and then ...

— Pearls of Thought • Maturin M. Ballou

... sound trumpets, fife and drums, the spectators will applaud him, "the [1429]bishop himself (if he belie them not) with his chaplain will stand by and do as much," O dignum principe haustum, 'twas done like a prince. "Our Dutchmen invite all comers with a pail and a dish," Velut infundibula integras obbas exhauriunt, et in monstrosis ...

— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior

... can do so? My life is but a travesty[18] and slander on myself. I have lived to belie my nature. All men do; all men are better than this disguise that grows about and stifles them. You see each dragged away by life, like one whom bravos have seized and muffled in a cloak. If they had their ...

— Short-Stories • Various

... steadily upon the words until he should be sure of his voice. His heart was thrilling with pride in the girl who had given herself to him. As the moments passed, he there and then vowed that by God's grace, he would not shame her nor belie ...

— The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land • Ralph Connor

... Dear lad, believe it; For they shall yet belie thy happy years, That say thou art a man: Diana's lip Is not more smooth and rubious; thy small pipe Is as the maiden's organ, shrill and sound; And all is semblative a woman's part. I know thy constellation is right apt For this affair. Some ...

— The Man Shakespeare • Frank Harris

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