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

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

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)

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

The Lord required this of Moab, saying, 'Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John

Oft she turned her eyes on Gunnlaug, thereby proving the saw, "Eyes will bewray if maid love man."

From The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 by Morris, William