bewray

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈɹeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ Homophone: beray === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Verb ==== bewray (third-person singular simple present bewrays, present participle bewraying, simple past and past participle bewrayed) (transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of. (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit. (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone). 1846, Introduction to Letter 40 in Henry Ellis (editor), Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, Third Series, Volume I, London: Richard Bentley, p. 100,[3] While this busy search was diligently applied and put in execution, Humphrey Banaster (were it more for fear of loss of life and goods, or attracted and provoked by the avaricious desire of the thousand pounds) he bewrayed his guest and master to John Mitton, then Sheriff of Shropshire, [...] (transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm. (transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception). ===== Usage notes ===== This word is often glossed as being a synonym of "betray", but this is only valid for the senses of "betray" that involve revealing information. ===== Synonyms ===== (to reveal): expose; see also Thesaurus:reveal or Thesaurus:divulge (to expose or rat out): inform, grass up, snitch; see also Thesaurus:rat out ===== Derived terms ===== bewrayer bewrayingly bewrayment ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Variant of beray. ==== Verb ==== bewray (third-person singular simple present bewrays, present participle bewraying, simple past and past participle bewrayed) (obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray. === References === “bewray”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Awbrey