lying
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: ly‧ing
Etymology 1
lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) + -ing.
Verb
lying
- present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility 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.
Noun
lying (plural lyings)
- The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(Can we date this quote?), Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.- But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing.
Verb
lying
- present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).
Noun
lying (plural lyings)
- An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
- (Can we date this quote by Jeremy Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- […] he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools […]
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