belie (bel i)

t.; pret. and pp. belied, ppr. belying. [ME. belyen, beleozen, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him: He never did encounter with Glen dower. Who is he that belies the blood and libels the fame of his own ancestors? D. Webster , Speech, Senate, May 7, 1834. The clamor of liars belied in the hubbub of lies. Tennyson, Maud, iv. 9. 2. To give the lie to; show to be false; con- tradict. Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Novels (witne ev'ry month's review) Dryden. Belie their name, and offer nothing new. Cowper , Retirement. 3. To act unworthily of; fail to equal or come up to; disappoint: as, to belie one's hopes or expectations. Shall Hector, born to war, his birthright yield, Belie his courage, and forsake the field? Dryden, Hector and Androm., 1. 109. Tuscan Valerius by force o'ercame, And not bely'd his mighty father's name. Dryden, Eneid. 4. To give a false representation of; conceal the true character of. In the heat of persecution, to which the Christian belief was subject, upon its first promulgation. Hooker . The belief of Christianity is a belief in the beauty of holi- ne ; the creed of Hellas was a belief in the beauty of the world and of mankind. Keary , Prim. Belief, iv. 6. A creed; a formula embodying the e ential doctrines of a religion or a church. Ye ought to see them have their belief , to know the com- mandments of God, to keep their holy-days, and not to lose their time in idlene . Latimer, Sermons, p. 14. =Syn. 1 and 2. Opinion , Conviction, etc. (see persuasion ); credence, trust, credit, confidence. - 4. Doctrine. beliefful (be-lef'fül), a. [ bilefful , bilef , beleve , belief, + -ful. Cf. AS. geleafful .] Hav- ing belief or faith. Udall . [Rare.] belief fulne (bē-lēf'fül-nes), fül-nes), n. [ beliefful + -ne .] The state of being beliefful. [Rare.] The godly belief fulne of the heathen. Udall , On Luke iv. There is a hopefulne and a belief fulne , so to say, on your side, which is a great compensation. Clough . Shak., Rich. II., ii. 2. belier (bē-li'er), n. [ belie2 , v., + -er1.] One who belies. Foul-mouthed beliers of the Christian faith. I had fainted unle I had believed to see the goodne of the Lord in the land of the living. Ps. xxvii. 13. 4. To be of opinion; think; understand: as, I believe he has left the city. They are, I believe , as high as most steeples in England. Add is on , Travels in Italy. believer (bēlē'ver), n . [Early mod. E. beleever , belever (not in ME. or AS.); believe + -er1.] other evidence than that of personal know- 1. One who believes; one who gives credit to ledge; one who is firmly persuaded in his own mind of the truth or existence of something: as, a believer in ghosts. to. With dust, with horses' hoofs, that beat the ground, believability (bē-le-va-bil'i-ti), being believed. J. S. Mill . believable (bē-lē'va-bl), a. [ believe [ bel + -able .] Capable of being believed; credible. That he sinn'd, is not believable . leeve , beleve , beleafe , with prefix be- (as believable ne (bē-lē'va-bl-nes), n. Tennyson , Merlin and Vivien. in believe , q. v.), parallel with the earlier leve , bility. by apheresis for ileve , geleáfa lobho = D. geloof = MLG. gelove , gelöf = OHG. giloubo , MHG. geloube , G. glaube , masc., = Goth: galaubeins, fem., belief, galaubs , dear, valu- able: see believe .] 1. Confidence reposed in any person or thing; faith; trust: as, a child's belief in his parents. To make the worthy Leon at us mad, By wounding his belief in her renown. OS. gi- believe (bē-lēv'), v .; pret. and pp. believed , ppr. believing . [Early mod. E. beleeve , beleven , bileven, bilefen , with prefix be- (as in belief , q. v.), parallel with the earlier leven , by apheresis for ileven , gel iéfan , gelūfan , gelēfan = OS. gilōbhian = D. gelooven = MLG. gilouben, MHG. gelouben, glöuben, G. gleuben , now glauben , = Goth. galaubjan , believe, lit. IMG:content-1889.png:[blocks in formation] hold dear or valuable or satisfactory, be pleased ing manner; with belief: as, to receive a doc- in the special sense of 'costly'), ga- (AS., with, galaubs , dear, valuable (found only trine believingly . etc., ge- ), a generalizing prefix, + * laub , a form (pret.) of the common Teut. root * lub , whence also Goth. liubs = AS. leóf , E. lief , dear, AS. lufu , E. love , etc.: see lief , leave2 , love , liberal , etc.] I. in trans. 1. To have faith or conf i- dence. (a) As to a person, to have confidence in his honesty, integrity, virtue, powers, ability, etc.; trust. (b) inene , efficacy, virtue, usefulne , soundne , and the like; credit its reality: as, to believe in ghosts; to believe in the Bible, in manhood suffrage, in the ballot, in repub- licanism, in education, etc.: usually with in or on (for- merly also with to ), rarely absolutely. He saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe . Mark v. 36. 2. To exercise trust or confidence; rely through faith: generally with on . thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Acts xvi. 31. John x. 42. be light (be-lit), v. t. [ light1 .] To light up; illuminate. Cowley . [Rare.] belike (be-lik'), adv . [First in early mod. E., also written belyke , bylyke ; also be likely , q. v.; appar. of dial. origin, be , by , pre likely , i. e., by what is likely; but perhaps a reduction of an introductory phrase it may be (or will be ) like or likely . Cf. maybe and likely , as similarly used.] Perhaps; probably. [Now chiefly poetical.] Then you, belike , suspect these noblemen As guilty of Duke Humphrey's timele death. IMG:content-1890.png:[blocks in formation] belime (bē-lim'), v . t . [ Bp . Hall . 3. To be persuaded of the truth of anything; accept a doctrine, principle, system, etc., as believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic true, or as an object of faith: with in : as, "I be linked ne (bē-lingkt'nes), [ be -1 + Church, the communion of saints," etc., Apos- IMG:content-1891.png:[blocks in formation] belivelt, v. i. [ME. (rare), belifan (pret. belaf , pl. belifon , pp. belifen ) (= OS. bilibhan = OFries. bilīva , blīva = D. blijven =OHG. bilīban , MHG. beliben , blīben , G. bleiben = Goth. bile i- ban ), remain, be- + * lifan (pret. lāf ), remain. Hence the causal be leave , q. v., now also obso- Who knows not what to believe Since he sees nothing clear. M. Arnold, Empedocles. lete: see leavel .] To remain. belive belive2+, adv ., orig. prep. phr. [Now only E. dial., also written belyve , Sc. belife , belyve , beliff , belife , bilife , blife , blive, also bilifes , bilives , etc.; sometimes used expletively; prop. two words, be live , be life , lit. by life, i. e., with life or activity; cf. alive and lively .] 1. With speed; quickly; eagerly. Rise, rise bylive , And unto batteil doe your selves addre e. Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 18. Thou schalte haue delyueraunce Be - lyue at thi list. York Plays , p. 231. 514 Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie. Shak., Tempest, v. 1. (b) In arch., the plain echinus of a Corinthian or composite capital, around which the foliage and volutes are arranged. Also called basket. (c) The large end of a funnel, or the end of a pipe, tube, or any musical instrument, when its edge is turned out and enlarged so as to resemble a bell. (d) The strobile, cone, or catkin containing the seed of the hop. (e) The pendulous dermal appendage under the throat of the male moose. (f) In hydroid polyps, the umbrella or gelatinous disk. 3. pl. A number of small bells in the form of hawks' bells or sleigh-bells, fastened to a handle and constituting a toy for amusing an in Twenty swarm of bees, Whilk all the summer hum about the hive, And bring me wax and honey in bilive . B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. 1. Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in. Burns, Cottar's Sat. Night. [Obsolete in both senses, except in Scotch.] belkt (belk), v. t. [E. dial., belken , the una ibilated form of belchen , belch: see belch , and cf. balk2 , bolk . ] To belch; give vent to. Till I might belke revenge upon his eyes. Marston, Antonio and Mellida, II. 1. 1. belll (bel), n. [Early mod. E. also bel , belle , belle (=D. bel = MLG. LG. belle ; cf. Icel. bjalla , belle ), a bell. Perhaps connected with bell2 , v ., roar.] 1. A hollow metallic instrument which gives forth a ringing sound, generally of a musical quality, when struck with a clapper, hammer, or other appli IMG:content-1892.png:[ocr errors] T Bell (section). B, clapper, or tongue; C, clapper-bolt; D, ance. Its usual shape resembles that of an inverted cup with a flaring rim. If the bell is stationary, it is often made saucer shaped, and in this case is commonly termed a gong. Bells of this form are generally used as call-bells or signal bells. Bells are made for many purposes and in a great variety of forms and sizes. They usually consist of an alloy of copper and tin, called bell metal (which see). Church-bells are known to have been in use in Italy about A. D. 400, and in France in the sixth century. The earlier bells were often four-sided, made of thin plates of iron riveted together. The manufacture of the largest and finest bells has been developed since the fifteenth century. The largest ever made is the great bell of Moscow, called the Czar Kolokol, cast in 1733, and computed to weigh about 440,000 pounds. It is about 19 feet in diameter and the same in height. It is supposed never to have been hung, and is now used as a chapel, having been raised in 1836 after lying half buried since 1737, when a piece was broken out of its side in a fire. The largest bell in actual use weighs 128 tons, and is also in Moscow. The bell of the Buddhist monastery Chi-on, in Kioto, Japan, was cast in 1633, and weighs 125,000 catties, or over 74 tons of 2,240 pounds each. Among the great yoke; F, cannon, or ear; M, mouth; PP , sound-bow; S, shoul der; TT, barrel. Bell called Czar Kolokol, in the Kremlin, Moscow. French bells, the bourdon of Notre Dame, Paris, weighs about 17 tons; the largest bell of Sens cathedral, 16 tons; and that of Amiens cathedral, 11 tons. In England, the "Big Ben" of Westminster weighs over 13 tons, but is cracked; the "Great Peter," at York, 10 tons; and the "Great Tom," at Oxford, 7 tons. The new "Kaiserglocke" of Cologne cathedral weighs 25 tons. For church bells made to be rung in unison, see chime. In heraldry, the bells generally represented are hawks' bells, in shape like a small sleigh-bell; a hawk represented with these bells attached is said to be belled. When a bell of ordinary form is used as a bearing, it is called church - bell for distinction. But what art thou that seyst this tale, That werest on thyn hose a pale, And on thy tipet such a belle ? Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1841. 2. Anything in the form of a bell or compared to a bell. Specifically- ( a ) A bell-shaped corolla of a flower. board, as o'clock is on shore, to denote the divisions of daily time, from their being marked by bells, which are struck every half-hour. The day, beginning at midnight, is divided into watches of four hours each, except the watch from 4 to 8 P. M., which is subdivided into two dog-watches. A full watch thus consists of eight half-hours, and its progre is noted by the number of strokes on the bell. For instance, 1 o'clock P. M. is equivalent to two bells in the afternoon watch; 3 o'clock, to six bells; 4 o'clock, to eight bells, etc. - Angelus bell, Gabriel bellt, Lady bell, a church bell rung to remind those within hearing to recite the angelus. See angelus. - Ave bell, Ave Maria bell, or Ave Mary bell. Same as angelus bell. I could never hear the Ave Mary bell without an elevation, or think it a sufficient warrant because they erred in one circumstance for me to err in all that is, in silence and dumb contempt. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 3. ne Bell, book, and candle, a phrase popularly used in connection with a mode of solemn excommunication formerly practised in the Roman Catholic Church. After the formula had been read and the book closed, the a istants cast the lighted candles they held in their hands to the ground so as to extinguish them, and the bells were rung together without order; the last two ceremonies symbolized the disorder and going out of grace in the souls of the persons excommunicated. - Ble ed or hallowed bell, in the Rom. Cath. Ch., a bell which has received the solemn ble ing of the church, in which the bishop prays that its sound may avail to summon the faithful, to excite their devotion, to drive away storms, and that the powers of the air, hearing it, may tremble and flee before the standard of the holy cro of the Son of God engraved upon it, etc. - Elevation or Sanctus bell, in the Rom. Cath. Ch., a bell rung during the celebration of ma to give notification of the more solemn portions: now usually a small hand-bell, but in pre Reformation English churches a large bell often hung in a bell-gable erected over the nave, immediately above the entrance of the chancel, from which it was rung by one of the acolytes. Oxford Glo ary, p. 74. In the bell. (a) In flower. [Scotch.] (b) In seed, or having the seed-capsules formed, as hops. - Ma bell. Same as sacring bell.- Recording bell, a bell attached to a hand punch, or to an instrument of similar purpose, with which fares collected, as by a conductor, etc., or moneys taken in, as at a bar, are recorded. - Sacring bell, a bell rung during the celebration of the Roman Catholic ma , at the elevation of the host, at the Sanctus, and at other solemn services. When rung at the consecration it is also called the Agnus bell; at the time of the Sanctus, the Sanctus bell, etc. Also called saints ' bell. - Saints' bell. Same as sacring bell. The term is a corrupted form of Sanctus bell, but is no longer specifically restricted to the bell rung at the Sanctus. The saints' bell is now a small hand-bell rung within the church, but formerly it was sometimes a small church-bell suspended in a turret outside the church and rung by a rope from within. And it is said that his people would let their plough rest when George Herbert's saints '- bell rang to prayers. Walcott, Sacred Archæology, p. 527. Sanctus bell. See elevation bell. - To bear away (or gain, etc.) the bell, to win the prize at a race. In former times a bell was a usual prize at a horse-race. Here lyes the man whose horse did gaine The bell in race on Salisbury plain. Camden, Epitaphes. To bear the bell, to be the first or leader: in allusion to the bell-wether of a flock, or the leading horse of a team or drove, that wears a bell or bells on its collar. Lat se which of you shal bere the belle To speke of love. Chaucer , Troilus, iii. 198. In memory of the man but for whom had gone to wrack All that France saved from the fight whence England bore the bell. Browning , Hervé Riel. To clamor bellst. See clamor . - To lose the bell, to be worsted in contest. In single fight he lost the bell. Fairfax, tr. of Ta o, xvii. 69. To ring the bells backward. See backward. - To ring the hallowed bell, to ring a bell consecrated by a priest, as was formerly done in the belief that its sound had virtue to disperse storms, drive away a pestilence or devils, and extinguish fire. - To shake the bellst, to move, or give notice or alarm: in allusion to the bells on a falcon's neck, which when sounded alarmed its prey. Neither the king, nor he that loves him best, The proudest he that holds up Lancaster, Dares stir a wing, if Warwick shake his bells . Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., i. 1. To take one's bells, to take one's departure: from the custom in falconry of attaching bells to a hawk's leg before letting it fly. If ever for the Spring you do but sigh, I take my bells . Dekker and Ford , Sun's Darling, iii. 2. bell1 (bel), v . [ bell1 , n.] I. in trans. To produce bells; be in bell: said of hops when the seed-ve els are forming. See bell1 , n., 2 ( d ). Hops in the beginning of August bell . Mortimer. belladonna II. trans. 1. To put a bell on. - 2. To swell or puff out into the shape of a bell. Devices for belling out dre es. Mrs. Riddell. To bell the cat, to grapple or cope with an adversary of greatly superior power: a phrase derived from a well known fable, according to which the mice at one time resolved to put a bell on the cat to warn them of its approach; but after the resolution was pa ed, on inquiry being made, "Who will undertake it?" none was found daring enough to do so.