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They are historically related but grammatically distinct inherited verbs: lay is transitive and causative, while lie is intransitive; lay is also the standard past tense of lie, which creates modern ambiguity.
/leɪ/ · verb
To put, place, or set down; an inherited causative verb in the same deep lie-and-lay family that produced law.
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Documents the transitive-intransitive distinction and historical relationship.
Usage Note and Word History for lay and lieDocuments the deeper grammatical relationship.
Headword history: causative of the verb represented by lieThe graph connects the word family without collapsing the modern lexemes or their grammatical roles.