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

Indeed she adopted just the mincing kind of speech which out there is held to bewray the "Britisher."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

"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

Barabas, Though thou deservest hardly at my hands, Yet never shall these lips bewray thy life!

From The Jew of Malta by Marlowe, Christopher

Heu quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu; How hard is it not to bewray a mans fault by his forhead.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund

Hide the outcasts, bewray not him that wandereth.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various