Both Uses of
belie
in
Wuthering Heights
- I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense.
Chpt 3 *belied = contradicted
- 'I think you belie her,' said Heathcliff, twisting his chair to face them.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(belie as in: his smile belied his treachery) to give a false impression; or be in contradiction with
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(2)
(belie as in: the loss belied our confidence) to show something to be false or unfounded
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In the past, belie also meant to have been lied to. It is also sometimes used as a first name.