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Definition of Bewray
1. Verb. Reveal unintentionally. "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
Generic synonyms: Break, Bring Out, Disclose, Discover, Divulge, Expose, Give Away, Let On, Let Out, Reveal, Unwrap
Definition of Bewray
1. v. t. To soil. See Beray.
2. v. t. To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Definition of Bewray
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To expose a deception. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To reveal; divulge; make known; declare; inform. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To expose a person, rat someone out. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To divulge a secret. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To disclose or reveal (usually with reference to a person's identity or true character) perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit or harm; betray; expose. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To reveal or disclose unintentionally or incidentally; show the presence or true character of; show or make visible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bewray
1. to divulge [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: divulge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bewray
Literary usage of Bewray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Bul Talus, that could like a lime-hound winde her, An-j HÜ things secrete wisely
could bewray. Shakespeare seems to use lym for ¡ i me-bound ..."
2. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"And Indian like did paint inch-thicke in view, Though Nature's red and white were
angels' hew. Thus, with their fashions' strange varietie They did bewray ..."
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