Lie

Morpheme

Lie

Type

free base

Denotation

falsehood, untruth, make a false statement, tell an untruth

Etymology

Middle English lie, lien; Old English lyġe, lēogan

Evidence

belie, delie, liar, lie, lied, lies, lying, nonliar, outlie

Homographs

Lie

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