1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village Chapter , And here it may be said that Tom Peregrine's name did not bely him.
1871, Catullus, The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Chapter , So he'll quickly devour the way, if only He's no booby; for all a snowy maiden Chide imperious, and her hands around him Both in jealousy clasp'd, refuse departure. 10 She, if only report the truth bely not, Doats, as hardly within her own possession. 3.
1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Chapter , This woman of whom he writes--whoever she be--or any one, in short, but your own dear self, mama, and Edward, may have been so barbarous to bely me.
