Definition of lying

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Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to tell a falsehood..

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Use :: Use (v. t.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use..
Concurrence :: Concurrence (n.) Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation..
Privative :: Privative (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less..
Intermediate :: Intermediate (a.) Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors..
Wind-rode :: Wind-rode (a.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other..
Reef :: Reef (n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral..
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..
Practice :: Practice (n.) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Abdicative :: Abdicative (a.) Causing, or implying, abdication..
Crypturi :: Crypturi (n. pl.) An order of flying, drom/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou..
Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..
Waste :: Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..
Helm :: Helm (n.) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
Drawcansir :: Drawcansir (n.) A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully..
Dependent :: Dependent (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.
Active :: Active (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy..
Gemmiferous :: Gemmiferous (a.) multiplying by buds.
Black :: Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush..
Direction :: Direction (n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction..
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