Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bewrayed"

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.


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