see lie ii

  • 81Lie —    An intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10; Rev. 21:27; 22:15). Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Gen. 12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (26:7), and Jacob (27 …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 82lie detector — polygraph (see inquiry) …

    English dictionary for students

  • 83lie down on the job — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dawdle, slack off, fool around; see loiter …

    English dictionary for students

  • 84lie low — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. keep out of sight, conceal oneself, go underground; see hide 2 , sneak …

    English dictionary for students

  • 85lie over — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stay over, break a journey, stop off; see halt 2 , pause , stop 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 86lie in state — after death a famous person lies in a state of honor (in an open coffin) so the public can see their body The President lay in state for three days after his death …

    Idioms and examples

  • 87lie detector — An instrument, sometimes called a pathometer, whose advocates claim for it that when attached to a witness, it will indicate whether he is testifying truthfully or not. People v Forte, 279 NY 204, 18 NE2d 31, 119 ALR 1198. An instrumentality used …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 88lie in grant — Descriptive of a status of property. Property lies in grant when it can be transferred from one person to another by grant alone; as in the case of incorporeal hereditaments such as advowsons, commons, rents, and reversions, which pass by deed… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 89lie in livery — Descriptive of a status of property. Property lies in livery when livery of seisin is essential to its transfer from one person to another; as in the case of all corporeal hereditaments, such as lands and houses. See 2 Bl Comm 317 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 90Graded Lie algebra — In mathematics, a graded Lie algebra is a Lie algebra endowed with a gradation which is compatible with the Lie bracket. In other words, a graded Lie algebra is a Lie algebra which is also a nonassociative graded algebra under the bracket… …

    Wikipedia