See belie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Thou do’ſt bely him Percy, thou doſt bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower:",
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"text": "Pand. Lady, you vtter madneſſe, and not ſorrow.\nCon. Thou art [not] holy to belye me ſo,\nI am not mad: This haire I teare is mine",
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"ref": "1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection iv, page 198:",
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"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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"word": "զրպարտել"
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"roman": "davam nevjarna predstava za",
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"word": "искажа́ть"
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"text": "Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.",
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"ref": "1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 43:",
"text": "Their trembling Hearts bely their boaſting Tongues.",
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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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"text": "In smooth RP tones that belie his German parentage, he explains that none of his hachet jobs were written out of personal animosity.",
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"word": "უარყოფა"
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"word": "הסתיר"
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"word": "rácáfol"
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"word": "smentire"
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"word": "gjøre til skamme"
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"word": "contrazice"
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"word": "противоре́чить"
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"word": "опровергать"
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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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 April 9, Philip Oltermann, “Michael Hofmann: ‘English is basically a trap. It’s almost a language for spies’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "In smooth RP tones that belie his German parentage, he explains that none of his hachet jobs were written out of personal animosity.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To contradict, to show (something) to be false."
],
"links": [
[
"contradict",
"contradict"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "contradict"
},
{
"word": "give lie to"
},
{
"word": "give the lie to"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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},
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"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 5:12, column 1:",
"text": "They haue belyed the Lord, and ſaid; It is not he, neither ſhall euill come vpon vs, neither ſhal we ſee ſwoꝛd noꝛ famine.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood."
],
"links": [
[
"liar",
"liar"
],
[
"falsehood",
"falsehood"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 382, column 2:",
"text": "No, ’tis Slander, / Whoſe edge is ſharper then the Sword, whoſe tongue / Out-venomes all the Wormes of Nyle, whoſe breath / Rides on the poſting windes, / and doth belye All corners of the World.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"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!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fill with lies; to lie to."
],
"links": [
[
"fill",
"fill"
],
[
"lie",
"lie"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to."
],
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"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"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": "quote"
},
{
"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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something)."
],
"qualifier": "perhaps nonstandard",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English nonstandard terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1993, Carol A. Mossman, Politics and Narratives of Birth: Gynocolonization from Rousseau to Zola, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28:",
"text": "A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 August 3, Jeanne Marie Laskas, “Inside the Federal Bureau Of Way Too Many Guns”, in GQ Online:",
"text": "[…] a low, flat, boring building that belies its past as an IRS facility […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic."
],
"links": [
[
"show",
"show"
],
[
"evince",
"evince"
],
[
"demonstrate",
"demonstrate"
]
],
"qualifier": "perhaps nonstandard",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux, page 11:",
"text": "Which durſt with horſes hoofs that beat the ground / And Martial brass bely the thunders ſound.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 373:",
"text": "The Shape of Man, and imitated beſt; / The Walk, the Words, the Gesture cou'd ſupply, / The Habit mimick, and the Mien bely[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To mimic; to counterfeit."
],
"links": [
[
"mimic",
"mimic"
],
[
"counterfeit",
"counterfeit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bɪˈlaɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bəˈlaɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɪˈlaɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bəˈlaɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/biˈlaɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-aɪ"
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bely"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zrpartel",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "զրպարտել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "davam nevjarna predstava za",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "давам невярна представа за"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zakrývat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "neprozrazovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nevyjevovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "tajit"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamrudeba",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "გამრუდება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damaxinǯeba",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "დამახინჯება"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "(merőben) megtévesztő/téves benyomást kelt",
"sense": "to give a false representation"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "gi et galt inntrykk av"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskažátʹ",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "искажа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "representar mal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "malrepresentar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "davaty nepravylʹne ujavlennja",
"sense": "to give a false representation",
"word": "давати неправильне уявлення"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oklevetjavam",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оклеветявам"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cilisc̣ameba",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "ცილისწამება"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "belyve"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "lyve om"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "calomnia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oklevetatʹ",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оклеветать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obolgatʹ",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оболгать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "calumniar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obbrixuvaty",
"sense": "to tell lies about",
"word": "оббріхувати"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oprovergavam",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "опровергавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "protiřečit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "popírat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vyvracet"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "verloochenen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "démentir"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣inaaɣmdegoba",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "წინააღმდეგობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uarq̇opa",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "უარყოფა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "hinwegtäuschen über"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diastréfo",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "διαστρέφω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to contradict or show to be false",
"word": "הסתיר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"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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