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”?

“False compare” means an inaccurate or untrue comparison. The speaker says his beloved is as rare as any woman who has been described using such a false comparison, suggesting those descriptions contradict the truth. Therefore, “false compare” best supports “belied” as “contradicted” or “disproved.”

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