belay

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(Englisch)

belie

(archaic, transitive) To tell lies about.
(transitive) To give a false representation of.
(transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
(rare, transitive) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
(rare, transitive) To fill with lies; to lie to.
(transitive) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
(transitive) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
(obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.

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From Middle English beleggen, bileggen, from Old English beleċġan (“to cover, invest, surround, afflict, attribute to, charge with, accuse”), From Proto-West Germanic *bilaggjan, equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + lay. Cognate with Dutch beleggen (“to cover, overlay, belay”), German belegen (“to cover, occupy, belay”), Swedish belägga (“to pave”).