Part 1081

<blockquote>After them followed two other chariots covered with red satin, and the horses <b>betrapped</b> with the same. <i>Stow.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Betray</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tray"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betrayed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Betraying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>betraien</ets>, <ets>bitraien</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + OF. <ets>tra\'8br</ets> to bertray, F. <ets>trahir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tradere</ets>. See <er>Traitor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; <as>as, an officer <ex>betrayed</ex> the city</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be <b>betrayed</b> into the hands of men. <i>Matt. xvii. 22.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; <as>as, to <ex>betray</ex> a person or a cause</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But when I rise, I shall find my legs <b>betraying</b> me. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.</def>

<blockquote>Willing to serve or <b>betray</b> any government for hire. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.</def>

<blockquote>Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you <b>betray</b> your ignorance. <i>T. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.</def>

<blockquote>Genius . . . often <b>betrays</b> itself into great errors. <i>T. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.</def>

<blockquote>All the names in the country <b>betray</b> great antiquity. <i>Bryant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Betrayal</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tray"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or the result of betraying.</def>

<h1>Betrayer</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tray"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, betrays.</def>

<h1>Betrayment</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tray"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Betrayal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Betrim</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*trim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betrimmed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Betrimming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Betroth</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*troth"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betrothed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Betrothing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>troth</ets>, i. e., <ets>truth</ets>. See <er>Truth</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.</def>