bewray

American  

[bih-ray] / 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

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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

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Example Sentences

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bewray

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 Edmund Gosse

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 William Morris

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 Sir Sidney Lee

"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 William Still

“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 Lucy Foster Madison

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