Definitions from Wiktionary (belie)
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give a false representation of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
▸ verb: (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
▸ verb: (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
▸ Also see belie
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▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give a false representation of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
▸ verb: (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
▸ verb: (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
▸ Also see belie
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