belie

verb10

1. •
   To give a false representation of.

   • Her smooth complexion and dark hair belie her actual age.
2. •
   To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).

   • His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.
3. •
   To contradict, to show (something) to be false.

   • Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.
4. •
   To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.

   • A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation — 1993
5. •
   (old-fashioned) To lie around; encompass.
6. •
   (rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.

   • They haue belyed the Lord, and said; It is not he, neither shall euill come vpon vs, neither shal we see swoꝛd noꝛ famine. — 1611
7. •
   (rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.

   • No, ’tis Slander, / Whose edge is sharper then the Sword, whose tongue / Out-venomes all the Wormes of Nyle, whose breath / Rides on the posting windes, / and doth belye All corners of the World. — 1611
8. •
   (no longer used) To surround; beleaguer.
9. •
   (no longer used) To tell lies about.

   • Thou do’st bely him Percy, thou dost bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower: — 1597
10. •
    (no longer used) To mimic; to counterfeit.

    • Which durst with horses hoofs that beat the ground / And Martial brass bely the thunders sound. — 1660