betray, bewray
(verb) reveal unintentionally; “Her smile betrayed her true feelings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bewray (third-person singular simple present bewrays, present participle bewraying, simple past and past participle bewrayed)
(transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
(transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
(transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
(transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception).
This word is often glossed as being a synonym of "betray", but this is only valid for the senses of "betray" that involve revealing information.
• (to reveal): expose; see also reveal or divulge
• (to expose or rat out): inform, grass up, snitch; see also rat out
bewray (third-person singular simple present bewrays, present participle bewraying, simple past and past participle bewrayed)
(obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*wray", v. t.
Definition: To soil. See Beray.
Be*wray", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying.] Etym: [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wr to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr, OHG. ruog, G. rügen, Icel. rægja, Goth. wr to accuse.]
Definition: 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 Utopia. ) Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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