What is "belies"

Usage examples of "belies".

Among idolaters, the words may be false, and belie the secret opinion: But among more exalted religionists, the opinion itself contracts a kind of falsehood, and belies the inward sentiment.

The usual course of men's conduct belies their words, and shows, that their assent in these matters is some unaccountable operation of the mind between disbelief and conviction, but approaching much nearer to the former than to the latter.

It is a strong smell, a combination of spice and perfume that belies the paleness of the wood.

Unless my memory belies me, there is a train to Hampshire within the hour.

The creature is nocturnal in its habits, and unless my memory belies me, it possesses the power actually to break the spine of smaller creatures with a single blow of its mandibles.

Ye gods below, (Since those above so small compassion show,) Receive a soul unsullied yet with shame, Which not belies my great forefather's name!

If I half closed my eyes then the dappled light and the bright colored insects darting this way and that combined into a wonderful kaleidi scope that lulled me into a state of such tranquillity that I could almost belies that nothing bad had ever, or would ever, touch me.

The often lengthy and hilarious “corrections” section of the New York Times belies that impression.

Testimony by Sherron Watkins that Ken Lay was somehow duped by subordinates belies the facts.

Not only are you beautiful, but you also have a frail vulnerability--and yet beneath it all there is a strong, wilful determination which belies your outward appearance.