Wray
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Etymology


Old English wrēġan "to incite, stir up, accuse, impeach", from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch wroegen, German rügen, Swedish röja.

Verb



  1. To denounce (a person).
  2. To reveal (a secret).
    • Late C14: no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
  3. To betray.
 
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