English Dictionary: bewray | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for bewray | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bewray \Be*wray"\ (b[esl]*r[amac]"), v. t. To soil. See {Beray}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bewray \Be*wray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewrayed} (-r[amac]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bewraying}.] [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wr[emac]gan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr[omac]gian, OHG. ruog[emac]n, G. r[81]gen, Icel. r[91]gja, Goth. wr[omac]hjan 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. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bewray to reveal or disclose; an old English word equivalent to "betray" (Prov. 27:16; 29:24, R.V., "uttereth;" Isa. 16:3; Matt. 26:73). |