"wray" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English wrayen",
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      "expansion": "Old English wrēġan (“to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "rügen",
        "t": "to reprove"
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      "expansion": "German rügen (“to reprove”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "röja",
        "t": "to bewray; reveal; expose"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish röja (“to bewray; reveal; expose”)",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "wrayed",
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      "form": "wrayed",
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        "To denounce (a person)."
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        "(obsolete) To denounce (a person)."
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        {
          "text": "1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, \"The Franklin's Tale\", Canterbury Tales\nno thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo"
        }
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        "To reveal (a secret)."
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        "(obsolete) To reveal (a secret)."
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        "To betray."
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        "(obsolete) To betray."
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      "ipa": "/ɹeɪ/"
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    "English terms inherited from Old English",
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      "name": "cog"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "wraying",
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    {
      "form": "wrayed",
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        "To denounce (a person)."
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        }
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        "(obsolete) To reveal (a secret)."
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        "To betray."
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        "(obsolete) To betray."
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      "word": "wreye"
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