Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bewray"
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).
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) 1.7 (wn)
bewray
v : reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true
feelings" [syn: {betray}]
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