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Synonyms for belie

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-lahy
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈlaɪ

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Définition of belie

Origin :
  • Old English beleogan "to deceive by lies," from be- + lie (v.1) "to lie, tell lies." Current sense of "to contradict as a lie" is first recorded 1640s. The other verb lie once also had a formation like this, from Old English belicgan, which meant "to encompass, beleaguer," and in Middle English was a euphemism for "to have sex with" (i.e. "to lie with carnally").
  • verb disprove
  • verb deceive
Example sentences :
  • And here, the hospitality of the Dervish does not belie his Arab blood.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Since he had begun to belie his nature, mischief possessed him.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • You simple man, they want you for themselves; that is why they belie me.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • Archer's horse did not belie the character he had given of him.
  • Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
  • She laughed to belie her words, but the note of agitation was not to be concealed.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • This assertion seems to belie Pitt's reputation for truthfulness.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • He is himself incapable of a miracle; it would be to belie himself.
  • Extract from : « Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe » by Eugne Brieux
  • If fame does not belie them, these Arab commanders are notorious smugglers.
  • Extract from : « Trade and Travel in the Far East » by G. F. Davidson
  • Your ideas of the after-life seem to belie your professed creeds.
  • Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara
  • The Countess did not belie the estimate formed on first seeing her.
  • Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt

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