bewray
Americanverb (used with object)
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to reveal or expose.
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to betray.
verb
Other Word Forms
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
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“And I must hide, perforce, lest any, knowing of my whereabouts, should bewray me to Guthrum.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Full well I wote alwayes the present sprite, Or life that doth possesse the soul, doth blind, Shutting the windows ’gainst broad open day Lest fairer sights its uglinesse bewray.
From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry
Their speech might bewray them as worldlings of the world, but she insisted on interpreting their talk as a kind of harmless levity, as a mere cynical mask assumed by a tender and pious nature.
From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew
No intercepted lines thy deeds display, No gifts given secretly thy crime bewray.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
His noble aspect, and the purple's ray, Amidst his train the gallant chief bewray.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
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