bewray
Americanverb (used with object)
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to reveal or expose.
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to betray.
verb
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
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In my great haste to return the Sangraal to the chamber and to right the grievous wrong committed by the untrue knight Sir Jason, I did bewray my trust again.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
The first sentence of Shakespeare’s speech runs: Should we be silent and not speak, our raiment And state of bodies would bewray what life We have led since thy exile.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir
Take the famous one of Volumnia: Should we be silent and not speak, our raiment And state of bodies would bewray what life We've led since thy Exile.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
I could not sing the shame of my country, Hakon; neither can I bewray my king.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Which processe sith no man did yet bewray, It seems unlikely that the Comets be Synods of starres that in wide Heaven stray.
From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry
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