desmentir — meaning in English

English meaning

• belie verb To lie all around something, or surround it.
• disprove verb To show that a claim, theory, or belief is false.
• refute verb To prove that a claim or argument is false or wrong.

Senses

desmentir is used for these senses in English:

• belie (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
• disprove (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
• refute (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.

belie — full definition

1. verb To lie all around something, or surround it.
2. verb To close in around something; to besiege it.

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