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belike
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- +? like.
Verb
belike (third-person singular simple present belikes, present participle beliking, simple past and past participle beliked)
- (transitive) To make like; simulate.
- (transitive) To be like; resemble.
Etymology 2
From be- +? like.
Verb
belike (third-person singular simple present belikes, present participle beliking, simple past and past participle beliked)
- (impersonal) To be pleasing to; please.
- 1903, The story of King Arthur and his knights:
- Yea," said King Arthur, " it belikes me more than any horse that I ever beheld before." " Then," quoth Queen Morgana, "consider it as a gift of reconciliation betwixt thee and me. [...]"
- 1903, The story of King Arthur and his knights:
- (transitive) To like; be pleased with.
Derived terms
- beliked
Noun
belike (plural belikes)
- An object of affection or liking.
- She will always be one of my belikes.
Etymology 3
From be- +? like.
Adverb
belike (not comparable)
- (archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.
- c. 1589-93, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV scene iv[1]:
- It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:
- Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land."
- 1904, G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill
- And when the pedants bade us mark / What cold mechanic happenings / Must come; our souls said in the dark, / "Belike; but there are likelier things."
- c. 1589-93, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV scene iv[1]:
Derived terms
- belikely
Anagrams
- Beilke
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belie
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)
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
- (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)
- (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about. [from 13th c.]
- Synonyms: slander, calumniate
- (transitive) To give a false representation of. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: misrepresent
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: contradict, give lie to, give the lie to
- (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
Translations
Anagrams
- Elbie
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