Definitions
To give a false impression of, disguise, or contradict something.
Word origin
From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English beliċġan, biliċġan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + lie (“to be positioned”).
Used in a sentence
“Thou do’ſt bely him Percy, thou doſt bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower:”
“Her smooth complexion and dark hair belie her actual age.”
“Should I do ſo I ſhould bely my thoughts, / Comfort's in heauen, and we are on the earth[…]”
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