"wray" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹeɪ/ Forms: wrays [present, singular, third-person], wraying [participle, present], wrayed [participle, past], wrayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English wrayen, wraien, wreien (“to show, make known, accuse”), from Old English wrēġan (“to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell; tell on; announce; accuse”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell; speak; shout”). Akin to Dutch wroegen (“to blame”), German rügen (“to reprove”), Swedish röja (“to bewray; reveal; expose”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrayen}} Middle English wrayen, {{inh|en|ang|wrēġan|t=to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach}} Old English wrēġan (“to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wrōgijaną|t=to tell; tell on; announce; accuse}} Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell; tell on; announce; accuse”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*were-}} Proto-Indo-European *were-, {{cog|nl|wroegen|t=to blame}} Dutch wroegen (“to blame”), {{cog|de|rügen|t=to reprove}} German rügen (“to reprove”), {{cog|sv|röja|t=to bewray; reveal; expose}} Swedish röja (“to bewray; reveal; expose”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wray (third-person singular simple present wrays, present participle wraying, simple past and past participle wrayed)
  1. (obsolete) To denounce (a person). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wray-en-verb-xU6aHKHt
  2. (obsolete) To reveal (a secret). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wray-en-verb-zP4JmENj
  3. (obsolete) To betray. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wray-en-verb-H0PdnIGD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 30 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wreye [obsolete] Related terms: bewray

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(obsolete) To betray."
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