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- Dear lad, believe it, For they shall yet belie thy happy years That say thou art a man: Diana’s lip Is not more smooth and rubious; thy small pipe Is as the maiden’s organ, shrill and sound, And all is semblative a woman’s part.
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as in: his smile belied his treachery Define
to give a false impression; or be in contradiction with
as in: the loss belied our confidence
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to show something to be false or unfounded
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