belie

The definition of belie means to contradict or misrepresent.

(verb)

An example of belie is for a newspaper to provide the wrong facts about a story.

See belie in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb belied, belying

Origin: ME bilien < OE beleogan, to deceive by lying < be-, be- + leogan, lie

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See belie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies

To give a false representation to; misrepresent: “He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility” (James Joyce).
To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

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Origin: Middle English bilien

Origin: , from Old English belēogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots

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