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be⋅wray

  [bi-rey]
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–verb (used with object) Archaic.
1. to reveal or expose.
2. to betray.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bewraien, equiv. to be- be- + wraien, OE wrēgan to accuse, c. OHG ruogen (G rügen), Goth wrohjan

Related forms:
be⋅wray⋅er, noun
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be·wray   (bĭ-rā')   
tr.v.   be·wrayed, be·wray·ing, be·wrays Archaic
To disclose, divulge, or betray.

[Middle English biwreien : bi-, be- + wreien, to accuse (from Old English wrēgan).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Bewray

to reveal or disclose; an old English word equivalent to "betray" (Prov. 27:16; 29:24, R.V., "uttereth;" Isa. 16:3; Matt. 26:73).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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