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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bewray \Be*wray"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]"), v. t. To soil. See {Beray}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bewray \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bewray v : reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" [syn: {betray}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bewray 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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