betray

  • 21betray — [13] Betray is an English formation based on the Old French verb traïr ‘betray’, which came from Latin tradere ‘hand over, deliver up’ (originally a compound formed from trans ‘across’ and dāre ‘give’). The noun formed from tradere was trāditiō,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22betray — [13] Betray is an English formation based on the Old French verb traïr ‘betray’, which came from Latin tradere ‘hand over, deliver up’ (originally a compound formed from trans ‘across’ and dāre ‘give’). The noun formed from tradere was trāditiō,… …

    Word origins

  • 23betray — Synonyms and related words: abuse, apostatize, babble, bamboozle, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, beguile, betoken, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blow the whistle, bluff, blurt, blurt out, bolt, break away, break faith,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24betray —    to copulate with a third party while married    Literally, to prove false:     He swiftly confessed, saying that he betrayed the covenants of marriage . {Daily Telegraph, 29 September 1998 the adultery of a pastor who was a spiritual adviser… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 25betray — verb 1》 act treacherously towards (one s country) by aiding the enemy.     ↘be disloyal to or inform on. 2》 unintentionally reveal; be evidence of: she drew a deep breath that betrayed her indignation. Derivatives betrayal noun betrayer noun… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26Betray My Secrets — Betray My Secrets  сайд проект лидера немецкой металл группы Darkseed Ш. Хертриха, вышедший в середине 1999 года (Serenades Records). Содержание 1 История 2 Содержание 3 Состав …

    Википедия

  • 27betray the secret — index inform (betray) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 28betray — v. (B) the informer betrayed them to the police * * * [bɪ treɪ] (B) the informer betrayed them to the police …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 29betray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. play false; divulge, reveal. See information, improbity, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deliver into the hands of an enemy] Syn. play false, break faith (with), inform on, inform against, turn… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 30betray — v. a. RG. 135 …

    Oldest English Words