bewray.
To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
Meaning & usage
To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. To expose or rat out (someone).
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. To expose to harm.
To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. To expose (a deception).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bewraien, bewreyen, biwreyen, from Old English *bewrēġan, from Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną (“to speak about; tell on; inform of”). Cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja (“to disclose, reveal”), Dutch bewroegen (“to blame; accuse”), Middle Low German bewrȫgen (“to accuse; complain about; punish”), Old High German biruogen (“to disclose, reveal”), Modern German berügen (“to defraud”).
To soil or befoul; to beray.
Where this word comes from
Variant of beray.
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