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bewray

[ bih-rey ]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
  1. to reveal or expose.
  2. to betray.


bewray

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. tr an obsolete word for betray
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɰ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ɰİ noun
  • ܲb·ɰ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bewray1

1250–1300; Middle English bewraien, equivalent to be- be- + wraien, Old English ɰŧ to accuse, cognate with Old High German ruogen ( German ü ), Gothic wrohjan
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bewray1

C13: from be- + Old English ɰŧ to accuse; related to Gothic ɰōᲹ
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Example Sentences

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Silence in love bewrays more woe Than words, though ne'er so witty:A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity.

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Alas! about her speech there could be no two opinions—it bewrayed her.

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One that is true to his own land never bewrays another.”

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After a long and minute examination, he bewrayed nothing incoherent in his discourse.

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For what you ought to do, And you should all be saying, In fact of all things true This pen will be bewraying.

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