Etymology

bewray

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Today it means: To accuse; malign; speak evil of. Full definition →

Middle English bewraien ← Old English *bewrēġan ← Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną
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bewray · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*biwrōgijaną“to speak about; tell on; inform of”
  2. Old English · inherited from*bewrēġan
  3. Middle English · inherited frombewraien
  4. English todaybewray

From Middle English bewraien, bewreyen, biwreyen, from Old English *bewrēġan, from Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną (“to speak about; tell on; inform of”). Cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja (“to disclose, reveal”), Dutch bewroegen (“to blame; accuse”), Middle Low German bewrȫgen (“to accuse; complain about; punish”), Old High German biruogen (“to disclose, reveal”), Modern German berügen (“to defraud”).

bewray · verb2

Variant of beray.

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