bewray
Americanverb (used with object)
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to reveal or expose.
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to betray.
verb
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
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No intercepted lines thy deeds display, No gifts given secretly thy crime bewray.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
No, sir, could my woes Give way unto my most distressful words, Then should I not in paper, as you see, With ink bewray what blood began in me.
From The Spanish Tragedy by Kyd, Thomas
"Nay, then, must I bewray confidence and tell thee that one who knows assures me that Priscilla Molines would not say thee nay wert thou to ask her?"
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)
Take the famous one of Volumnia: Should we be silent and not speak, our raiment And state of bodies would bewray what life We've led since thy Exile.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
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 Gosse, Edmund
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