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"To surround; beleaguer."
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"To tell lies about."
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"(transitive, archaic) To tell lies about."
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"_dis1": "88 1 1 1 7 1 1 1",
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"roman": "oklevetjavam",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оклеветявам"
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"roman": "cilisc̣ameba",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "ცილისწამება"
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оболгать"
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "calumniar"
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"_dis1": "88 1 1 1 7 1 1 1",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obbrixuvaty",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оббріхувати"
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"ref": "2013 April 3, Patrick Heenan, The Southeast Asia Handbook, Taylor & Francis, page 132",
"text": "Cambodia's apparent relative insignificance belied its geopolitical importance.",
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"ref": "2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 49",
"text": "Opposite, the Loram site contains a real ragbag of yellow, blue or rust-streaked kit whose appearance belies their importance in keeping the railways running.",
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"(transitive) To give a false representation of."
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zrpartel",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "զրպարտել"
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "davam nevjarna predstava za",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "давам невярна представа за"
},
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamrudeba",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "გამრუდება"
},
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damaxinǯeba",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "დამახინჯება"
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "(merőben) megtévesztő/téves benyomást kelt",
"sense": "to give a false representation"
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "gi et galt inntrykk av"
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskažátʹ",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "искажа́ть"
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"_dis1": "1 84 4 3 1 1 1 4",
"code": "es",
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"word": "representar mal"
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"sense": "to give a false representation",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "davaty nepravylʹne ujavlennja",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "давати неправильне уявлення"
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"text": "Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.",
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"ref": "2001, Arun Kaul, “Kesar: The cultural geography of Kashmir”, in The Human Landscape, page 227",
"text": "Early Chinese Buddhist travellers like O'Kong (AD 759-763) mention the use of kesar in Buddhist Viharas for various rituals, and also in making paint for Buddhist scrolls and thankas. This fact belies the earlier myth that would have us believe that kesar was not known prior to Lalitaditya's reign.",
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"(transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false."
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"word": "give lie to"
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"word": "give the lie to"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
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"roman": "oprovergavam",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "опровергавам"
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "verloochenen"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "démentir"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣inaaɣmdegoba",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "წინააღმდეგობა"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "uarq̇opa",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "უარყოფა"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "hinwegtäuschen über"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diastréfo",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "διαστρέφω"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "הסתיר"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "meghazudtol"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "megcáfol"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "rácáfol"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "smentire"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "contraddire"
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "motsi"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "gjøre til skamme"
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "desmentir"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "contrazice"
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"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
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"roman": "protivoréčitʹ",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "противоре́чить"
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "опровергать"
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "desmentir"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "motsäga"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 73 2 2 3 10 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "superečyty",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "суперечити"
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"To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood."
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"(transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood."
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"ref": "2002 May 1, Bethesda Softworks, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, →OCLC, Microsoft Windows, scene: Ashlander Informant",
"text": "Three belied you, three betrayed you! One you betrayed was three times true! Lord Voryn Dagoth, Dagoth Ur, steadfast liegeman, faithful friend, bids you come and climb Red Mountain!",
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"To fill with lies; to lie to."
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"(transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to."
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"text": "His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.",
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{
"ref": "2013 August 31, Elizabeth Koh, “Fighting Pest, Farmers Find Strange Ally: A Drought”, in New York Times",
"text": "The rosy outlook belies a struggle to achieve statewide eradication that has persisted since the insect first crossed the border from Mexico around 1892.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8",
"text": "At NIE the virtually monolingual linguistic landscape basically belies a quite different multilingual reality.",
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"To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something)."
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "გამრუდება"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damaxinǯeba",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "დამახინჯება"
},
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"sense": "to give a false representation"
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"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "искажа́ть"
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"sense": "to give a false representation",
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},
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "ცილისწამება"
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "calomnia"
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"roman": "oklevetatʹ",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оклеветать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оббріхувати"
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"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oprovergavam",
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"word": "опровергавам"
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"word": "verloochenen"
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "démentir"
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{
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"roman": "c̣inaaɣmdegoba",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "წინააღმდეგობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "uarq̇opa",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "უარყოფა"
},
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"code": "de",
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"word": "hinwegtäuschen über"
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"code": "el",
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"word": "διαστρέφω"
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"code": "he",
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"word": "הסתיר"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "meghazudtol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "megcáfol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "rácáfol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "smentire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "contraddire"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "motsi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "gjøre til skamme"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "desmentir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "contrazice"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivoréčitʹ",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "противоре́чить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprovergatʹ",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "опровергать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "desmentir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "motsäga"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "superečyty",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "суперечити"
}
],
"word": "belie"
}
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