bewray

Meaning

Verb

• To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
• To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
• To soil or befoul; to beray.

Origin

• From Middle English bewraien, bewreyen, biwreyen, from Old English *bewrēġan, from Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną, equivalent to be- + wray. Cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja ("to disclose, reveal"), Dutch bewroegen, Middle Low German bewrȫgen, Old High German biruogen ("to disclose, reveal"), Modern German berügen ("to defraud").
• Variant of beray.