different between beway vs bewray

English

Etymology 1

From by way equivalent to be- +? way. Compare German wegen (“because of, by reason of”).

Alternative forms

• beways

Conjunction

beway

1. (dialectal, Ireland, Scotland, US) By way; because.
   • 1832, the mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction:

     [...] an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an' play treeks, till collie gems at him; an' then beway o' makin friens again, hee'l Btreek an' pat him, [...]

   • 1857, Celtic Union:

     Be gannies," suggested Larry, " I think the best way would be for the three iv us to give the artichokes at the fire below, a warm reception beway iv a do sure, an' it'll soften the bargain wid ould Hardrade."

   • 1951, American Classical League:

     This young man afterwards became a member of Parliament from Scotland, and was for many years Grand Master of the [...] that week into as good English as he can and write it beway of version, being allowed to paraphrase it in his own way, [...]

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the phrase "by the way(side)", equivalent to by +? way.

Noun

beway (plural beways)

1. (rare, India) Movement; sway; influence.
   • 1988, Qamar-ud-Din Khan, H. M. Arshad Qureshi, Political concepts in Sunnah:

     It was further extended and the whole of Hijaz came under the beway of the Prophet in A.H. 8 when Makkah was conquered until this time there was hardly any administration, [...]
2. (rare, India) Movement away; loss.
   • 1966, Raghuraj Singh, Ishwar Chand Singhal, Labour problems:

     There is a considerable beway to be made up in the provision of housing accommodation to workers.

   • 1993, M. Gangadhara Rao, Odeyar D. Heggade And P.S. Yadapadithaya, Industrial Labour: Emerging Trends:

     Thirdly, the absence of a strong and solid trade union movement which may secure to the workers their proper share in the gains of economic progress and which may also make for past beway in their standard of living makes it all the more incumbent upon the state [...]

Anagrams

• wayeb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle English bewraien, bewreyen, biwreyen, from Old English *bewr??an, from Proto-Germanic *biwr?gijan? (“to speak about; tell on; inform of”), equivalent to be- +? wray. Cognate with Old Frisian biwr?gja (“to disclose, reveal”), Dutch bewroegen (“to blame; accuse”), Middle Low German bewr?gen (“to accuse; complain about; punish”), Old High German biruogen (“to disclose, reveal”), Modern German berügen (“to defraud”).

Verb

bewray (third-person singular simple present bewrays, present participle bewraying, simple past and past participle bewrayed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
2. (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,^[1]

     His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.
   1. (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
      • 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, Book 2, lines 539-40, p. 21,^[2]

        He tooke hir fast betwéene his armes, and not without his shame,

        Bewrayed plainly what he was and wherefore that he came.

      • 1580, John Lyly, Euphues and his England, London: Gabriell Cawood, p. 100,^[3]

        But to put you out of doubt that my wits were not all this while a wol-gathering, I was debating with my selfe whether in loue, it wer better to be constant, bewraying all the counsayles, or secret, being readye euery houre to flinch:

      • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene 3,^[4]

        Should we be silent and not speak, our raiment

        And state of bodies would bewray what life

        We have led since thy exile.

      • 1905, The Times, 22 August, page 6, col. A

        His very speeches bewray the man – intensely human, frank and single-hearted

   2. (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
      • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Matthew 26:73,^[5]

        And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

      • 1846, Introduction to Letter 40 in Henry Ellis (editor), Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, Third Series, Volume I, London: Richard Bentley, p. 100,^[6]

        While this busy search was diligently applied and put in execution, Humphrey Banaster (were it more for fear of loss of life and goods, or attracted and provoked by the avaricious desire of the thousand pounds) he bewrayed his guest and master to John Mitton, then Sheriff of Shropshire, [...]

      • 1890, The Times, 16 June, page 8, col. A

        I fear that if I was to attempt to detain you at length my speech would bewray me, and you would discover I was not that master of professional allusions which you might expect me to be.
   3. (transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm.
      • c. 1590, Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta, London: Nicholas Vavasour, 1633, Act III,^[7]

        Though thou deseruest hardly at my hands,

        Yet neuer shall these lips bewray thy life.

   4. (transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception).

Usage notes

This word is often glossed as being a synonym of "betray", but this is only valid for the senses of "betray" that involve revealing information.

Synonyms

• (to reveal): expose; see also Thesaurus:reveal or Thesaurus:divulge
• (to expose or rat out): inform, grass up, snitch; see also Thesaurus:rat out

Derived terms

• bewrayer
• bewrayingly
• bewrayment

Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of beray.

Verb

bewray (third-person singular simple present bewrays, present participle bewraying, simple past and past participle bewrayed)

1. (obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray.
   • 1728, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, London: A. Dodd, Book 2, p. 18,^[8]

     Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d,

     Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d:

   • 1785, William Cowper, “Tirocinium” in The Task, London: J. Johnson, p. 324,^[9]

     Like caterpillars dangling under trees

     By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze,

     Which filthily bewray and sore disgrace

     The boughs in which are bred th’ unseemly race […]