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Wray

Wray

(rā)
,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
wr[GREEK]gan
to accuse. See
Bewray
.]
To reveal; to disclose.
[Obs.]
To no wight thou shalt this counsel
wray
.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


wray

wray

See also: wraþ

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Verb

wray (third-person singular simple present wrays, present participle wraying, simple past and past participle wrayed)

  1. (obsolete) To denounce (a person).
  2. (obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
    • Late 14th century: no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
  3. (obsolete) To betray.

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