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bewray
[ bih-rey ]
verb (used with object)
, Archaic.
- to reveal or expose.
- to betray.
bewray
/ bɪˈreɪ /
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Derived Forms
- beˈwrayer, noun
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Other Words From
- be·wrayer noun
- unbe·wrayed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bewray1
C13: from be- + Old English wrēgan to accuse; related to Gothic wrōhjan
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Example Sentences
You bewray yourself and sex by repeating the slander, though even in jest, as I see you are.
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See thou to it; but from me shalt thou have but good even as hath been aforetime; so bewray me not.'
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Should we be silent and not speak, our raiment And state of bodies would bewray what life We have led since thy exile.
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Well then,” said Hallblithe, “why did the Puny Fox bewray me, and at whose bidding?
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O what an evaporation wherewith to bewray the masks or mufflers of young mangy queans.
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