Belie \Be*lie"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belying}.] [OE. bilien, bili?en, AS. bele['o]gan; pref. be- + le['o]gan to lie. See {Lie}, n.] 1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. --Dryden.
2. To give a false representation or account of.
Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. --Shak.
3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him. --Shak.
4. To mimic; to counterfeit. [Obs.] --Dryden.
5. To fill with lies. [Obs.] ``The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world.'' --Shak.
On its face, Morgan's new $800 million headquarters, under construction at 60 Wall Street, would seem to belie the bank's cost-cutting.
Many borrowers say that the costlier terms belie the notion that the credit crunch is abating.
Last year's loss, after an exceptional provision of Pounds 113.8m, was the worst in the company's 110-year history. These figures, however, belie the improvement which has been made in the company's financial position.
Similarly, allocations for energy and water and natural resources belie the problems ahead.
People familiar with Wood have described her as a sensitive, hard-working judge whose quiet demeanor and dark good looks belie a sharp mind and a gift for remembering detail.
But these numbers have little relation to what can be observed in the stores and on the streets, where many shoppers belie official statistics.
Its cool objectivity seems to belie the crisis situation of its origins, a characteristic of Hans Krasa's sometimes quirky Theme with Variations.