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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n),
({Lien} (l[imac]"[e^]n), Obs.); p. pr & vb n. {Lying}.]
[OE. lien, liggen, AS licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja Sw ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr le`chos bed,
le`xasqai to lie. Cf {Lair}, {Law}, {Lay}, v. t., {Litter},
{Low}, adj.]
1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to
be or to put one's self in an horizontal position, or
nearly so to be prostate; to be stretched out -- often
with down when predicated of living creatures; as the
book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies
in his coffin.
The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again and
closed his weary eyes. --Dryden.
2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place as Ireland
lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the
ship lay in port.
3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in
a certain state or condition; as to lie waste; to lie
fallow; to lie open to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie
under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves;
the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
place to consist; -- with in
Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
unequal in circumstances. --Collier.
He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
huntsmen. --Locke.
5. To lodge; to sleep.
Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
. where I lay one night only. --Evelyn.
Mr Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
The wind is loud and will not lie. --Shak.
7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
maintained. ``An appeal lies in this case.'' --Parsons.
Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
and lie. Lay is a transitive verb and has for its
preterit laid; as he told me to lay it down and I
laid it down Lie is intransitive, and has for its
preterit lay; as he told me to lie down and I lay
down Some persons blunder by using laid for the
preterit of lie; as he told me to lie down and I laid
down So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
laying on the shelf, etc It is only necessary to
remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
of lay, and not of lie.
{To lie along the shore} (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
sight.
{To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to as the sin,
blame, etc., lies at your door.
{To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire,
or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.
{To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of
{To lie by}.
a To remain with to be at hand; as he has the
manuscript lying by him
b To rest; to intermit labor; as we lay by during the
heat of the day
{To lie hard} or {heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard.
{To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
{To lie in one}, to be in the power of to belong to ``As
much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men.''
--Rom. xii. 18.
{To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment.
{To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
{To lie on} or {upon}.
a To depend on as his life lies on the result.
b To bear, rest, press, or weigh on
{To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
{To lie on hand},
{To lie on one's hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as the
goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
time lying on their hands.
{To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to
What he gets more of her than sharp words let it
lie on my head. --Shak.
{To lie over}.
a To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
as a note in bank.
b To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
resolution in a public deliberative body.
{To lie to} (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
near the wind as possible as being the position of
greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf {To
bring to}, under {Bring}.
{To lie under}, to be subject to to suffer; to be oppressed
by
{To lie with}.
a To lodge or sleep with
b To have sexual intercourse with
c To belong to as it lies with you to make amends.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lied} (l[imac]d); p. pr & vb
n. {Lying} (l[imac]"[i^]ng).] [OE. lien, li[yogh]en,
le[yogh]en, leo[yogh]en, AS le['o]gan; akin to D. liegen,
OS & OHG. liogan, G. l["u]gen, Icel. lj[=u]ga, Sw ljuga,
Dan. lyve, Goth. liugan, Russ. lgate.]
To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do
that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to
know the truth, or when morality requires a just
representation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lying \Ly"ing\, p. pr & vb n.
of {Lie}, to tell a falsehood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lying \Ly"ing\, p. pr & vb n.
of {Lie}, to be supported horizontally.
{Lying panel} (Arch.), a panel in which the grain of the wood
is horizontal. [R.]
{Lying to} (Naut.), having the sails so disposed as to
counteract each other
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lying
adj : given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child"
[syn: {lying(a)}, {mendacious}]
n : the deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: {prevarication},
{fabrication}]
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