Meaning of BEWRAY
Pronunciation: | | bi'rey
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [v] reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
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| Synonyms: | | betray |
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| See Also: | | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Be*wray"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]"), v. t.
To soil. See {Beray}.
\Be*wray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewrayed} (-r[=a]d"); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bewraying}.] [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be-
+ AS. wr[=e]gan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr[=o]gian,
OHG. ruog[=e]n, G. r["u]gen, Icel. r[ae]gja, Goth. wr[=o]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.
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Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | 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). |
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