The Collaborative International Dictionary
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
Utopi
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Thy speech bewrayeth thee.
--Matt. xxvi. 73.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: bewray)
Usage examples of "bewrayed".
But when he was hard on forty years old, he came across a daughter of a certain lord, whom he had vanquished, and his eyes bewrayed him into longing, so that he gave back to the said lord the havings he had conquered of him that he might lay the maiden in his kingly bed.
G ive the man who is not madeTo his tradeSwords to fling and catch again,Coins to ring and snatch again,Men to harm and cure again,Snakes to charm and lure again -He'll be hurt by his own blade,By his serpents disobeyed,By his clumsiness bewrayed,'By the people mocked to scorn -So 'tis not with juggler born!