Definitions For Wray

Verb

{{en-verb}} (obsolete) To denounce (a person). (obsolete) To reveal (a secret). (obsolete) To betray.

Related terms

bewray

Alternative forms

{{alt, en, wreye}} {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Etymology

From Middle English wrayen, wraien, wreien, t=to show, make known, accuse, from {{inh, en, ang, wrēġan, t=to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, wrōgijaną, t=to tell; tell on; announce; accuse}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *were-}}, *wrē-, t=to tell; speak; shout. Akin to {{cog, nl, wroegen, t=to blame}}, {{cog, de, rügen, t=to reprove}}, {{cog, sv, röja, t=to bewray; reveal; expose}}.

Anagrams

awry, wary