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Lying

noun

The deliberate act of deviating from the truth. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication.

Lie

verb

(in the sense of being located: past lay; past part. lain, obs. lien; pres. part. lying) (in the sense of telling an untruth: past & past part. lied; pres. part. lying)

Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.

Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position. "The books are lying on the shelf"

Originate (in). Synonyms: consist, dwell, lie in.

Be and remain in a particular state or condition.

Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive. "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

Have a place in relation to something else. Synonym: rest. "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

Assume a reclining position. Synonym: lie down.

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... mountain of the sermon on the mount (Mt. v. 1; Lk. vi. 12) probably refers to the Galilean highlands as distinct from the shore of the lake. More definite location is not possible. See AndLOL 268f.; EdersLJM I. 524. The traditional site, the Horns of Hattin, is a hill lying about seven miles SW from Khan Minyeh, which has near the top a level place (Lk. vi. 17) flanked by two low ...

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... Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 meters over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep - its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters (the global mean is 133 meters); the Antarctic icepack grows from an average minimum of 2.6 million square kilometers in March to about 18.8 million square kilometers in September, better than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... misfortune to be born to a romantic history. The humdrum always think that you are lying. In real truth romance is common in life, commoner, perhaps, than the commonplace. But the ...

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... peeking and patting of the sparrows on the gravel and the voices of the ragged baby children playing Ring-o'-Roses on the yellow trampled grass. And the charm was a little charm again in Jane's hand, and there was the basket with their dinner and the bathbuns lying just where they had ...

— The Story of the Amulet • E. Nesbit

... was a delightful letter, that; what a pity it was that I was out of Paris that night, and never received it till, alas! it was too late to rush to your side. You remember how it was, do you not? Your husband was lying ill at your hotel; you were very tired of him—ce pauvre mari! Well, you had been tired of him for some time, had you not? And he was not what you ladies call 'nice;' he did drink, and he did swear, and I had been often ...

— Vera Nevill - Poor Wisdom's Chance • Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron

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