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< Belial

belief >

be·lie

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) KEY

TRANSITIVE VERB:
be·lied , be·ly·ing , be·lies

To picture falsely; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).
To show to be false: Their laughter belied their outward grief.
To be counter to; contradict: At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English bilien, from Old English belogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
be·lier (Noun)

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