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be·lie  (b-l)
tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies
1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).
2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

[Middle English bilien, from Old English belogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.]

be·lier n.

belie [bɪˈlaɪ]
vb -lies, -lying, -lied (tr)
1. to show to be untrue; contradict
2. to misrepresent; disguise the nature of the report belied the real extent of the damage
3. to fail to justify; disappoint
[Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie1]
belier  n

be•lie (bɪˈlaɪ)

v.t. -lied, -ly•ing.
1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2. to give a false impression of; misrepresent.
3. to be false to or disappoint: to belie one's faith.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English belēogan. See be-, lie 1]
be•li′er, n.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.belie - be in contradiction with
depart, deviate, vary, diverge - be at variance with; be out of line with
2.belie - represent falselybelie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
sentimentalize, sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events"
distort, falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"

belie
verb
2. disprove, deny, expose, discredit, contradict, refute, repudiate, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, gainsay (archaic or literary), prove false, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
Translations
belie [bɪˈlaɪ] VT (= fail to justify) [+ hopes etc] → defraudar; (= prove false) [+ words] → contradecir, desmentir

belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt
(= disprove) → démentir
(= give false impression of) → tromper sur

belie
vt
(= prove false) words, proverbLügen strafen, widerlegen
(= give false impression of)hinwegtäuschen über (+acc)
(= fail to justify) hopesenttäuschen

belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt (prove false) → smentire; (give false impression of) → nascondere

belie (biˈlai) present participle beˈlying: past participle beˈlied verb
to give a false idea or impression of (something). His innocent face belies his cunning.


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And thus speak ye of yourselves in your intercourse, and belie your neighbour with yourselves.
For, thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heart-woes, a mystic significance, and, in some men, an archangelic grandeur; so do their diligent tracings-out not belie the obvious deduction.
However, a warm savory steam from the kitchen served to belie the apparently cheerless prospect before us.
 
 
 
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