bewray Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb reveal unintentionally
    betray.
    • Her smile betrayed her true feelings

WordNet

Be*wray" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To soil. See Beray.
Be*wray" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wrgan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wrgian, OHG. ruogn, G. rügen, Icel. rægja, Goth. wrhjan to accuse.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bewrayed present participle & verbal noun Bewraying
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913