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"belie" can also just mean "to be in contradiction with". Which I assume was the definition being used. As in, "the simplicity of the changelog is in contradi
by gdp 17y ago
"belie" can also just mean "to be in contradiction with".
Which I assume was the definition being used. As in, "the simplicity of the changelog is in contradiction with the actual complexity of the project".
- Sapient 17y agoThanks for that, yes that is indeed the way I am using the word. A bit old-school perhaps...
- julsonl 17y agoIn that case, definition 4 should fit the bill. Reading the changelog gives a "false representation" on the complexity of the project.
- kragen 17y agoAll of these senses have the meaning, loosely, "to be in contradiction with"; my confusion was how any particular one of them applied, and which one. In a way, senses 4 and 7 are opposites: in one case it's the belier that's false, and in the other sense it's the thing belied.