1. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
2. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
3. [verb] (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander. [from 13th c.]
4. [verb] (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent. [from 17th c.]
5. [verb] (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
6. [verb] (transitive) (perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
7. [verb] (transitive) (perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
8. [verb] (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
9. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To fill with lies.
10. [verb] Be in contradiction with.
11. [verb] Represent falsely; 'This statement misrepresents my intentions'.
