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bewraying

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bewraying¹

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From Middle English bewreying, biwreying, equivalent to bewray + -ing.

noun bewrayings

  1. The act or process of divulging or revealing information As for the bewraying, or rather betraying, of my friends, since I dare swear for their fidelity to her majesty and crown, and am assured that such my bewraying could in no sort do my prince or country service, but give occasion and opportunity to their enemies, I hope in all humanity I may be pardon

bewraying²

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bewray

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@misc{bewraying_2026,
  title = {bewraying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bewraying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}