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bewray

verb
/bɪˈɹeɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English bewraien, bewreyen, biwreyen, from Old English *bewrēġan, from Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną (“to speak about; tell on; inform of”). Cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja (“to disclose, reveal”), Dutch bewroegen (“to blame; accuse”), Middle Low German bewrȫgen (“to accuse; complain about; punish”), Old High German biruogen (“to disclose, reveal”), Modern German berügen (“to defraud”).

  1. inherited from *biwrōgijaną✻ — “to speak about; tell on; inform of”
  2. inherited from *bewrēġan✻
  3. inherited from bewraien

Definitions

  1. To accuse

    To accuse; malign; speak evil of.

  2. To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known

    To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.

    • His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.

  3. To soil or befoul

    To soil or befoul; to beray.

    • Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d, Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d:
    • Like caterpillars dangling under trees By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze, Which filthily bewray and sore disgrace The boughs in which are bred th’ unseemly race […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA