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. -- 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.
Lie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lied (ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying (l"ng).] [OE.
lien, lien, leen, leoen, AS. leógan; akin to D. liegen, OS. & OHG.
liogan, G. lügen, Icel. ljga, 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.
Lie, v. i. [imp. Lay (l); p. p. Lain (ln), (Lien (l"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.