belie
3 synonyms for belie, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To lie all around something, or surround it.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Came into English 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”). It is equivalent to be- (“around, by”) plus lie (“to be positioned”).
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