The context clue that best supports the definition of "belied" as "contradicted" or "disproved" is “false compare.” This phrase suggests that the comparisons made about beauty (or the way love is typically described) are misleading or not accurate, which aligns with the idea of "belied" meaning to contradict or disprove those comparisons.
Read the last two lines of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
Which context clue best supports the definition of belied as "contradicted” or "disproved”?
“by heaven”
“I think my love”
“as rare, / As any”
“false compare”
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