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belie Verb [-lying, -lied] 1. to show to be untrue: the facts belied the theory 2. to misrepresent: the score belied the closeness of the match 3. to fail to justify: the promises were soon belied [Old English belēogan]
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belie verb 2. disprove, deny, expose, discredit, contradict, refute, repudiate, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, gainsay (archaic), (literary) prove false, blow out of the water (slang) controvert, confute Translations (give false impression of) → hinwegtäuschen über +acc; (disprove) → widerlegen, Lügen strafen |
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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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