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
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Thy speech bewrayeth thee.
--Matt. xxvi. 73.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of bewray English)
Usage examples of "bewraying".
For they do nothing els, that will have every of their passions, as it comes to bear sway in them, to be taken for right Reason, and that in their own controversies: bewraying their want of right Reason, by the claym they lay to it.