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Definition betray

Etymology

From Middle English betrayen, betraien, equivalent to be- +‎ tray (“to betray”). English tray (“to betray”) derives from Middle English traien, from Old French traïr (“to commit treason, betray”), from Latin tr?dere, present active infinitive of tr?d? (“deliver, give over”, verb). Compare also traitor, treason, tradition. In Middle English betrayen meant solely "to commit an act of treason against someone; deliver someone treasonably to an enemy; betray one's trust; deceive, mislead". The modern sense "to disclose, discover, reveal unintentionally" is due to influence from or merger with English bewray (“to reveal, divulge”), which is similar in sound and meaning. The similarity with German betrügen, Dutch bedriegen, from Proto-Germanic *bidreugan? (“to betray, deceive”), is coincidental.

Verb

betray (third-person singular simple present betrays, present participle betraying, simple past and past participle betrayed)

  1. (transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
  2. (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
  3. (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
  4. (transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
  5. (transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
  6. (transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

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