Dictionary entry

Belie

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Be‐lie″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Belied (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Belying (�).] [OE. bilien, bili�en, AS. beleógan; pref. be- + leógan to lie. See Lie, n.] 1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues.

Dryden.

2. To give a false representation or account of.

Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.

Shak.

3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.

Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him.

Shak.

4. To mimic; to counterfeit. Dryden.

5. To fill with lies. “The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world.” Shak.