Bewray

//bɪˈɹeɪ//

Definitions

1
To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
2
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.
3
To soil or befoul; to beray.
Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d, Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d:

Word Origin

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, ...

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