| 释义 |
be·wray
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 |