belie

Meanings

1. To lie around; encompass.
2. To surround; beleaguer.

1. To tell lies about.
2. To give a false representation of.
3. To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
4. To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
5. To fill with lies; to lie to.
6. To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
7. To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
8. To mimic; to counterfeit.

Etymology

From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English beliċġan, biliċġan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + lie (“to be positioned”).