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be·lie (b-l)

tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies

1. To picture falsely; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" James Joyce.

2. To show to be false: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

3. To be counter to; contradict: At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.