lying
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
- present participle of lie#English-to_rest|lie (“to rest#Verb|rest in a horizontal position”).
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lying (plural lyings)
- The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
, 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?
- present participle of lie#English-false|lie (“to intentionally give false information”).
lying (plural lyings)
- An act#Noun|act of telling a lie or falsehood.
- […] 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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