lying

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Lying

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Etymology

lie +‎ -ing

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Verb

lying

1. Present participle of lie.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 19:

     Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward...^[1]

References

1. ^ Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 1 -19 The Free Library