"belie" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈlaɪ/ [UK], /bɪˈlaɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-belie.ogg [US] Forms: belie [canonical], belies [third-person, singular], belied [past], belied [past, participle], belying [present, participle]
Etymology: be- + lie Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|be|lie}} be- + lie Head templates: {{verb|belie|belies|belied|belying}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If some appearance or evidence belies the truth, it hides it.
    Sense id: simple-belie-en-verb-thM~k4rK
  2. If some facts or evidence belie an idea, belief, claim, etc., they show that it is untrue.
    Sense id: simple-belie-en-verb-OCcTuAo-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with be-
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