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Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
- (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander.
- (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
- (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent.
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
- (transitive, obsolete) To fill with lies.
Esimerkit
- Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him.
- Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.
- He found it by experience, and made good use of it in his own person, if Plutarch belie him not […].
- Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues.
- Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.
- The rosy outlook belies a struggle to achieve statewide eradication that has persisted since the insect first crossed the border from Mexico around 1892.
- His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.
- A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation.
- The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | belied | Partisiipin perfekti | belain |
| Imperfekti | belay | Imperfekti | belied |
| Partisiipin preesens | belying | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | belies |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | belieth (vanhahtava) | | |