Belie

[imp. & p. p. BELIED (be-lid'); p. pr. & vb. n. BELYING.] [be and lie, A-S. belecgan, D. beliegen, Ger. belügen.]

1Sense 1. To give the lie to; to show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Dryden.

2Sense 2. To give a false representation or account of.

Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. Shak.

3Sense 3. To tell lies concerning; to calumniate by false reports; to slander.

Thou dost belie him, Percy; thou belie’st him. Shak.

4Sense 4. To feign resemblance of; to mimic; to counterfeit.

With dust, with horses’ hoofs that beat the ground, And martial brass, belie the thunder’s sound. Dryden.

5Sense 5. To fill with lies. [Obs. and rare.]

Slander doth belie all corners of the world. Shak.

v. t. See BELIE.