different between belie vs negate

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin neg?tus, past participle of neg?re (“to deny, refuse, decline”), reduced from *nec-aiare (or a similar form), from nec (“not, nor”) + aiere (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

negate (third-person singular simple present negates, present participle negating, simple past and past participle negated)

1. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

2. To nullify or cause to be ineffective.

   Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.

   Persecution can be negated through exposure.

3. To be negative; bring or cause negative results.

   a pessimism that always negates

4. (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.

Related terms

• negative
• negativeness
• negativism
• negativity
• negation

Translations

Further reading

• negate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• geneat

Italian

Adjective

negate f pl

1. feminine plural of negato

Verb

negate

1. second-person plural present of negare
2. second-person plural imperative of negare
3. feminine plural past participle of negare

Anagrams

• agente

Latin

Participle

neg?te

1. vocative masculine singular of neg?tus