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9 definitions found 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]: Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), n. See {Lye}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), n. [AS. lyge; akin to D. leugen OHG. lugi, G. l["u]ge, lug, Icel. lygi, Dan. & Sw l["o]gn, Goth. liugn See {Lie} to utter a falsehood.] 1. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive. The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be so --S. Clarke. It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road. --Paley. 2. A fiction; a fable; an untruth. --Dryden. 3. Anything which misleads or disappoints. Wishing this lie of life was o'er. --Trench. {To give the lie to}. a To charge with falsehood; as the man gave him the lie. b To reveal to be false; as a man's actions may give the lie to his words {White lie}, a euphemism for such lies as one finds it convenient to tell and excuses himself for telling. Syn: Untruth; falsehood; fiction; deception. Usage: {Lie}, {Untruth}. A man may state what is untrue from ignorance or misconception; hence to impute an untruth to one is not necessarily the same as charging him with a lie. Every lie is an untruth, but not every untruth is a lie. Cf {Falsity}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), n. The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country. --J. H. Newman. He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of the country on the side towards Thrace. --Jowett (Thucyd.). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also {lie} and {ley}.] [AS. le['a]h; akin to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf Icel. laug a bath, a hot spring.] A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lie n 1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn: {prevarication}] 2: position or manner in which something is situated v 1: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position 2: be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"l "the books are lying on the shelf" [ant: {stand}, {sit}] 3: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: {dwell}, {consist}, {belong}, {lie in}] 4: be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant" 5: tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" 6: have a place in relation to something else: "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" [syn: {rest}] 7: assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" [syn: {lie down}] [ant: {arise}] 8: assume a resting position, as on a flat surface From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LiE A {symbolic mathematics} package aimed at {Lie group}s. ["LiE, a Package for Lie Group Computations", M.A.A. van Leeuwen et al in Computer Algebra Nederland, 1992 (ISBN 90-741160-02-7)]. (1994-10-20) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Lie an intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10; Rev. 21:27; 22:15). Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Gen. 12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (26:7), and Jacob (27:24); also by the Hebrew midwives (Ex. 1:15-19), by Michal (1 Sam. 19:14), and by David (1 Sam. 20:6). (See {ANANIAS}.)
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