vbl. sb. arch. or Obs. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of revealing or exposing.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Melib., ¶ 174. Biwrey nat youre conseil to no persone but if so be that ye wenen sikerly that thurgh youre biwreyyng youre condicion shal be to yow the moore profitable.
1553–87. Foxe, A. & M. (1596), 38/2. By the bewraieng or confession of him.
1597. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. xlii. § 2. By bewraying their affection towards him.
