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

"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

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.

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

No, Boston could not bewray a woman wandering towards freedom, without chaining the court house and its judges, putting the town in a state of siege,—insolent soldiers striking at the people's neck.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore

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