Category:Bewray

Be*wray", v. t.

Defn: To soil. See Beray.

Be*wray", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying.] Etym: [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wr to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr, OHG. ruog, G. rügen, Icel. rægja, Goth. wr to accuse.]

Defn: 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.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Bewray - To reveal or disclose; an old English word equivalent to "betray" (Proverbs 27:16; Proverbs 29:24, R.V., "uttereth;" Isaiah 16:3; Matthew 26:73).