lying

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Etymology [edit]

lie +‎ -ing

Pronunciation [edit]

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Verb [edit]

lying

  1. Present participle of lie.
    • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 19:
      Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward...[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 1 -19 The Free Library