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Definition & Synonyms
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• Lie
- (adj.) To lodge; to sleep.
- (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
- (n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
- (adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under ones displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
- (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
- (n.) See Lye.
- (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put ones self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
- (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.
- (adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
- (n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
- (adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
Synonyms:
Belong, Consist, Dwell, Prevarication, Rest,
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• Liege
- (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
- (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
- (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
- (n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
- (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
Synonyms:
Feudatory, Liegeman, Vassal,
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• Lieutenancy
- (n.) The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
- (n.) The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.
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