Associations to the word «Belie»

BELIE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To lie around; encompass.

BELIE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.

BELIE, verb. (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander. [from 13th c.]

BELIE, verb. (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent. [from 17th c.]

BELIE, verb. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]

BELIE, verb. (transitive) (perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).

BELIE, verb. (transitive) (perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.

BELIE, verb. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.

BELIE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To fill with lies.

BELIE, verb. Be in contradiction with.

BELIE, verb. Represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions".