Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to belie
Participle: belied
Gerund: belying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | belie |
| you | belie |
| he;she;it | belies |
| we | belie |
| you | belie |
| they | belie |
Perfect
| I | have belied |
| you | have belied |
| he;she;it | has belied |
| we | have belied |
| you | have belied |
| they | have belied |
Past
| I | belied |
| you | belied |
| he;she;it | belied |
| we | belied |
| you | belied |
| they | belied |
Pluperfect
| I | had belied |
| you | had belied |
| he;she;it | had belied |
| we | had belied |
| you | had belied |
| they | had belied |
Future
| I | will belie |
| you | will belie |
| he;she;it | will belie |
| we | will belie |
| you | will belie |
| they | will belie |
Future Perfect
| I | will have belied |
| you | will have belied |
| he;she;it | will have belied |
| we | will have belied |
| you | will have belied |
| they | will have belied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | belie |
| you | belie |
| he;she;it | belie |
| we | belie |
| you | belie |
| they | belie |
Perfect
| I | have belied |
| you | have belied |
| he;she;it | have belied |
| we | have belied |
| you | have belied |
| they | have belied |
Imperfect
| I | belied |
| you | belied |
| he;she;it | belied |
| we | belied |
| you | belied |
| they | belied |
Pluperfect
| I | had belied |
| you | had belied |
| he;she;it | had belied |
| we | had belied |
| you | had belied |
| they | had belied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would belie |
| you | would belie |
| he;she;it | would belie |
| we | would belie |
| you | would belie |
| they | would belie |
Perfect
| I | would have belied |
| you | would have belied |
| he;she;it | would have belied |
| we | would have belied |
| you | would have belied |
| they | would have belied |
Imperative
| you | belie |
| we | Let's belie |
| you | belie |
Verbs conjugated like 'belie'
assoilyie,
belie,
bisie,
destrie,
destruie,
die,
drie,
envie,
forelie,
forlie,
gie,
herie,
hie,
misgie,
noie,
outlie,
outvie,
pie,
prie,
revie, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'belie'
befie,
belee,
belike,
belime,
belye,
betie,
bale,
beclip,
becue,
bede,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. beleogan "to deceive," from be- + lie (1) "to lie, tell lies." Current sense of "to contradict as a lie" is first recorded 1649. See lie. The other verb lie once also had a formation like this, from O.E. belicgan, which meant "to encompass, beleaguer," and in M.E. was a euphemism for "to have sex with" (i.e. "to lie with carnally").
2. From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English beliċġan, biliċġan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + lie (“to be positioned”).
Sample Sentences
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When little worlds collide, I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell / And flashing memories are cast into the never-ending well / The name that scorns the face / The child that never sees the cause of man / The deathly darkness that / Belies the fate of those who never ran [1973, “A National Acrobat”, in Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, performed by Black Sabbath:]
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but I… have, you know… But whenever China does something, whenever China figure out something, I… they always very quickly figure out to commercialize it, and commodify it, to make it significantly affordable. And, I think that's what's gonna happen here, and I think that's… a lot of the copium belies kinda the deep American anxiety of China catching up. What is your take on that Dr. Powell? [2026 July 25, 12:27 from the start, in China Just Sent America a Message… And Washington Heard It Dr Warwick Powell (Video streaming), Carl Zha (actor):]