different between belie vs belye

English

Alternative forms

• bely

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??la?/, /b??la?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??la?/, /b??la?/, /bi?la?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English belicgan, bilicgan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) +? lie (“to be positioned”).

Verb

belie (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past belay, past participle belain)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
2. (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English belyen, beleo?en, from Old English bel?ogan (“to deceive by lying, be mistaken”), from Proto-West Germanic *bileugan (“to belie”). Equivalent to be- (“about”) +? lie (“to deceive”). Compare German belügen (“to tell a lie”).

Verb

belie (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past and past participle belied)

1. (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about. [from 13th c.]

   Synonyms: slander, calumniate
2. (transitive) To give a false representation of. [from 17th c.]

   Synonym: misrepresent
3. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: contradict, give lie to, give the lie to
4. (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood. [from 17th c.]
5. (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
6. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
7. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
8. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.

Translations

Anagrams

• Elbie

English

Verb

belye (third-person singular simple present belyes, present participle belying, simple past and past participle belyed)

1. Obsolete spelling of belie

Anagrams

• beely