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  • 51belie — [bē lī′, bilī′] vt. belied, belying [ME bilien < OE beleogan, to deceive by lying < be , BE + leogan,LIE2] 1. Archaic to tell lies about 2. to give a false idea of; disguise or misrepresent [his smile belies his anger] …

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  • 52per|ju|ry — «PUR juhr ee», noun, plural ries. 1. the act or crime of swearing that something is true which one knows to be false, or of withholding testimony while under oath. 2. a violation of a promise made on oath to do or not to do something: »If thou… …

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  • 53invalidating — adj. tending to invalidate or prove false. Syn: disconfirming. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …

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  • 54put paid to — put paid to, v. t. 1. To put an end to. Hence: To prove false; to discredit; as, Galileo s observations put paid to the notion that the Earth was the center of the universe. [PJC] 2. To defeat; to cause the defeat of. [PJC] The Argentine s… …

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  • 55betray — verb Etymology: Middle English, from be + trayen to betray, from Anglo French trahir, from Latin tradere more at traitor Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to lead astray; especially seduce 2. to deliver to an enemy by …

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  • 56refel — transitive verb (refelled; refelling) Etymology: Latin refellere to prove false, refute, from re + fallere to deceive Date: 1530 obsolete reject, repulse …

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  • 57Almadén — Almadén, Spain, is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, within the autonomous community of Castile La Mancha. The town is located at 4° 49 W and 38° 46 N and is 589 meters above sea level. Almadén is approximately 200 km south… …

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  • 58Christianity in Iran — Christianity by Country Africa …

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  • 59Pterophyllum — Angelfish Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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  • 60Godfried Büren — was a German lawyer who in 1952 offered a 25,000 mark prize to anyone who could prove false his claim that the sun had an inner vegetation covered globe. The leading German astronomical society of the time won a court case against him …

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