Talk:bewray

"bewray" (like nowadays Swedish) also meant to "betray"...
"here comes the queen, whose looks bewray her anger"

- Shakespeare -


 * The usage note is worded a bit too narrowly, but it's basically true: your quote has to do with disclosure of information, not with treason/treachery, which is the core of meaning for betray. By the way, I reverted your edit to the entry because we don't use that template on Wiktionary- we're a descriptive dictionary, so we don't use reference works to verify anything except etymologies, and "citation" refers to documenting usage (you may have noticed that the template gave an error message). I believe I've fixed the problem, but feel free to discuss it further at the Tea room. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:46, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

RFV discussion: June 2017
Rfv-sense An earlier request to verify the sense "to expose (a deception)" does not seem to have been resolved. This sub-sense appears to have been taken from the OED. I propose conflating it with the sense "To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose" to which it clearly belongs. Aabull2016 (talk) 19:44, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

As I understand the entry, "to expose (a deception)" is a sub-sense of "To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose", so clearly it belongs there, as do the other sub-senses. I have cited this. If you still think this particular sub-sense should be deleted, it seems to me to be more a matter for RFD than RFV. Kiwima (talk) 21:17, 30 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much again for your work, Kiwima - it's much appreciated. To be clear, I didn't add the RFV; I was just trying to work out the best way to resolve it. Aabull2016 (talk) 22:05, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed

bewray meaning to shipwreck
Notably in the book of jonah king james version https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Holy_Bible/Ld5mAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=jonah+bewrayed&pg=PA722&printsec=frontcover