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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wonder at; to admire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bewrap</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wrap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bewrapped</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To wrap up; to cover.</def>

<i>Fairfax.</i>

<h1>Bewray</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wray"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To soil. See <er>Beray</er>.</def>

<h1>Bewray</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wray"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bewrayed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bewraying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bewraien</ets>, <ets>biwreyen</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + AS. <ets>wr<?/gan</ets> to accuse, betray; akin to OS. <ets>wr<?/gian</ets>, OHG. <ets>ruog<?/n</ets>, G. <ets>r\'81gen</ets>, Icel. <ets>r\'91gja</ets>, Goth. <ets>wr<?/hjan</ets> to accuse.]</ety> <def>To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be <b>bewrayed</b> or known. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia. )</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy speech <b>bewrayeth</b> thee. <i>Matt. xxvi. 73.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bewrayer</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wray"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Bewrayment</h1> <Xpage=142>

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

<h1>Bewreck</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wreck"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To wreck.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bewreke</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wreke"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>wreak</ets>.]</ety> <def>To wreak; to avenge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ld. Berners.</i>

<h1>Bewrought</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wrought"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>wrought</ets>, p. p. of <ets>work</ets>, v. t. ]</ety> <def>Embroidered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Bey</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Beg</er> a bey.]</ety> <def>A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; <as>as, the <ex>bey</ex> of Tunis</as>.</def>

<h1>Beylic</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bey"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Turk.]</ety> <def>The territory ruled by a bey.</def>

<h1>Beyond</h1> <Xpage=142>

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