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Webster 1913 Edition


Bewray

Be-wray′

(bē̍-rā′)
,
Verb.
T.
To soil. See
Beray
.

Be-wray′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bewrayed
(-rād′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bewraying
.]
[OE.
bewraien
,
biwreyen
; pref.
be-
+ AS.
wrēgan
to accuse, betray; akin to OS.
wrōgian
, OHG.
ruogēn
, G.
rügen
, Icel.
rægja
, Goth.
wrōhjan
to accuse.]
To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
[Obs. or Archaic]
The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be
bewrayed
or known.
Robynson (More’s Utopia. )
Thy speech
bewrayeth
thee.
Matt. xxvi. 73.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bewray

BEWRA'Y

,
Verb.
T.
beray. To disclose perfidiously; to betray; to show or make visible.
Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt.23.
[This word is nearly antiquated.]