All 5 Uses of
belie
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- they have belied a lady
Scene 5.1 *belied = given false impression of
- No, not so, villain; thou beliest thyself: Here stand a pair of honourable men; A third is fled, that had a hand in it.†
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- on my soul, my cousin is belied!†
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- My soul doth tell me Hero is belied; And that shall Claudio know; so shall the prince, And all of them that thus dishonour her.†
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- I say thou hast belied mine innocent child: Thy slander hath gone through and through her heart, And she lied buried with her ancestors; O!†
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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.