belie

1. (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about.Examples: "Thou do’ſt bely him Percy, thou doſt bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower:"Synonyms: slander, calumniatearchaictransitive

2. (transitive) To give a false representation of.Examples: "Her smooth complexion and dark hair belies her actual age."; "Should I do ſo I ſhould bely my thoughts, / Comfort's in heauen, and we are on the earth[…]"; "Pand. Lady, you vtter madneſſe, and not ſorrow. Con. Thou art [not] holy to belye me ſo, I am not mad: This haire I teare is mine"Synonyms: misrepresenttransitive

3. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.Examples: "Her obvious nervousness belied what she said."; "Their trembling Hearts bely their boaſting Tongues."; "Early Chinese Buddhist travellers like O'Kong (AD 759-763) mention the use of kesar in Buddhist Viharas for various rituals, and also in making paint for Buddhist scrolls and thankas. This fact belies the earlier myth that would have us believe that kesar was not known prior to Lalitaditya's reign."Synonyms: contradict, give lie to, give the lie totransitive

4. (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.Examples: "They haue belyed the Lord, and ſaid; It is not he, neither ſhall euill come vpon vs, neither ſhal we ſee ſwoꝛd noꝛ famine."raretransitive

5. (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.Examples: "No, ’tis Slander, / Whoſe edge is ſharper then the Sword, whoſe tongue / Out-venomes all the Wormes of Nyle, whoſe breath / Rides on the poſting windes, / and doth belye All corners of the World."; "Three belied you, three betrayed you! One you betrayed was three times true! Lord Voryn Dagoth, Dagoth Ur, steadfast liegeman, faithful friend, bids you come and climb Red Mountain!"raretransitive

6. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).Examples: "His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt."; "The rosy outlook belies a struggle to achieve statewide eradication that has persisted since the insect first crossed the border from Mexico around 1892."; "At NIE the virtually monolingual linguistic landscape basically belies a quite different multilingual reality."transitive