bewray

American  

[bih-rey] / bɪˈreɪ /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

1. to reveal or expose.

2. to betray.

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bewray British  

/ bɪˈreɪ /

verb

1. (tr) an obsolete word for betray

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Other Word Forms

• bewrayer noun
• unbewrayed adjective

Etymology

Origin of bewray

1250–1300; Middle English bewraien, equivalent to be- be- + wraien, Old English wrēgan to accuse, cognate with Old High German ruogen ( German rügen ), Gothic wrohjan

Example Sentences

He brought up Horace, giving the poets a pill; but our fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made him bewray his credit.’ 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

Te hee, quoth she, Make no fool of me; Men, I know, have oaths at pleasure, But, their hopes attainèd, They bewray they feignèd, And their oaths are kept at leisure.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

"Hide the outcast; bewray not him that wandereth."

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

You bewray yourself and sex by repeating the slander, though even in jest, as I see you are.

From Cruel As The Grave by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

Those grim and horrid Caues, Whose Lookes affright the day, Wherein nice Nature saues, What she would not bewray, Our better leasure craues, And doth inuite our Lay.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril