All 3 Uses of
belie
in
Moby Dick
- Thou beliest thine own heart, Peleg.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- However, a warm savory steam from the kitchen served to belie the apparently cheerless prospect before us.†
Chpt 13-15
- For, thought Ahab, while even the highest earthly felicities ever have a certain unsignifying pettiness lurking in them, but, at bottom, all heartwoes, a mystic significance, and, in some men, an archangelic grandeur; so do their diligent tracings-out not belie the obvious deduction.†
Chpt 106-108
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) 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.