Associations to the word «Bewray»

Wiktionary

BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To expose a deception.
BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) To reveal; divulge; make known; declare; inform.
BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) To expose a person, rat someone out.
BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) To divulge a secret.
BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) To disclose or reveal (usually with reference to a person's identity or true character) perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit or harm; betray; expose.
BEWRAY, verb. (transitive) To reveal or disclose unintentionally or incidentally; show the presence or true character of; show or make visible.
BEWRAY, verb. To soil or befoul; to beray.

Dictionary definition

BEWRAY, verb. Reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn