I. bə̇ˈrā, bē- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English bewreyen, from be- + wreyen to accuse, inform on, from Old English wrēgan; akin to Old High German ruogen to accuse, Old Norse rœgja to defame, Gothic wrōhjan to accuse, and probably to Lithuanian rėkti to cry out
1. archaic : to make known : divulge , disclose ; especially : to reveal (as a secret) to one's disadvantage often unintentionally
2. archaic : to reveal the true character of
Synonyms: see reveal
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by bewray ) (I) of beray
archaic : beray