Associations to the word «Belie»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

BELIE, verb. Be in contradiction with.
BELIE, verb. Represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley