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bewray
/bɪˈɹeɪ/
verb 6
Collocations
4ADJ.
sore
VERB + BEWRAY
lies
BEWRAY + NOUN
d, disgrace, fal, n
ADV.
filthily
Definitions
verb
1
To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
2
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.
A comparison with the Divine Comedy of all these versions combined bewrays many points of resemblance, and even of absolute coincidence, in the general architecture and ethical structure of hell and paradise; in the description of the tortures and rewards; […]
3
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
He tooke hir fast betwéene his armes, and not without his shame, Bewrayed plainly what he was and wherefore that he came.
But to put you out of doubt that my wits were not all this while a wol-gathering, I was debating with my selfe whether in loue, it wer better to be constant, bewraying all the counsayles, or secret, being readye euery houre to flinch:
4
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
1846, Introduction to Letter 40 in Henry Ellis (editor), Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, Third Series, Volume I, London: Richard Bentley, p. 100, 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, …
5
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
Though thou deseruest hardly at my hands, Yet neuer shall these lips bewray thy life.
But we will not eat nor drink with the lords of Witchland, who bewrayed and forsook us their sworn confederates at the sea-fight against the Ghouls.
verb
1
To soil or befoul; to beray.
Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d, Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d:
Like caterpillars dangling under trees By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze, Which filthily bewray and sore disgrace The boughs in which are bred th’ unseemly race […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — reveal unintentionally
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.
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A comparison with the Divine Comedy of all these versions combined bewrays many points of resemblance, and even of absolute coincidence, in the general architecture and ethical structure of hell and p
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He tooke hir fast betwéene his armes, and not without his shame, Bewrayed plainly what he was and wherefore that he came.
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Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d, Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d:
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Like caterpillars dangling under trees By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze, Which filthily bewray and sore disgrace The boughs in which are bred th’ unseemly race […]
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