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beway | bewray |

As a conjunction beway

is (dialectal|ireland|scotland|us) by way; because.

As a noun beway

is (rare) movement; sway; influence.

As a verb bewray is

(obsolete) to expose a deception or bewray can be to soil or befoul; to beray.

beway

English

Etymology 1

From by way equivalent to .

Alternative forms

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Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (dialectal, Ireland, Scotland, US) By way; because.
  • * 1832 , the mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction:
  • [...] an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an' play treeks, till collie gems at him; an' then beway o' makin friens again, hee'l Btreek an' pat him, [...]
  • * 1857 , Celtic Union:
  • Be gannies," suggested Larry, " I think the best way would be for the three iv us to give the artichokes at the fire below, a warm reception beway iv a do sure, an' it'll soften the bargain wid ould Hardrade."
  • * 1864 , John Fullarton, Historical memoir of the family of Eglinton and Winton :
  • [...] is waistit and destroyit be divers personis that slais the dere and cunyngis thairof, and pasturis bestis thereintill masterfully beway of dede, [...]
  • * 1951 , American Classical League:
  • This young man afterwards became a member of Parliament from Scotland, and was for many years Grand Master of the [...] that week into as good English as he can and write it beway of version, being allowed to paraphrase it in his own way, [...]
  • * 2009 , Bob Curran, Celtic Lore & Legend :
  • Wan was in front, beway he was the ginral, walkin' wid his chin up, proud as a paycock.

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from the phrase "by the way(side)" , equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Movement; sway; influence.
  • * 1962 , Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee, Congress election souvenir :
  • The Third Five-Year Plan with an industrial bias will no doubt, help the State of Kerala to make adequate beway in the matter of industrialisation which alone can pull up educated sons of India from their present low economic level.
  • * 1988 , Qamar-ud-Din Khan, H. M. Arshad Qureshi, Political concepts in Sunnah :
  • It was further extended and the whole of Hijaz came under the beway of the Prophet in A.H. 8 when Makkah was conquered until this time there was hardly any administration, [...]
  • * 1991 , Sanjeev Prasad Srivastava, Art and cultural heritage of Patiala :
  • It goes without saying that when Lahore and Delhi Darbars were losing their royal glamour of art and culture, Patiala showed the beway in the whole of cis-Sutlej region.
  • (rare) Movement away; loss.
  • * 1949 , Jagadiswarananda (Swami.), Girish Ghose and his dramas :
  • But their greatness admitted, it had been pointed out again, and with pe[r]sistence, that Bengali drama had not progressed in any measure, and that there was too much of a beway to make up.
  • * 1966 , Virendra Kumar, Committees and Commissions in India :
  • It is obvious from these figures that the tribals are educationally very backward and that special educational programmes will have to be undertaken for some considerable time to make up the beway .
  • * 1966 , Raghuraj Singh, Ishwar Chand Singhal, Labour problems :
  • There is a considerable beway to be made up in the provision of housing accommodation to workers.
  • * 1970 , Orissa (India). Education Dept, The Orissa education magazine :
  • In the Fourth 5 year Plan special efforts are to be made to make up the beway in the field of girls' education.
  • * 1993 , M. Gangadhara Rao, Odeyar D. Heggade And P.S. Yadapadithaya, Industrial Labour: Emerging Trends :
  • Thirdly, the absence of a strong and solid trade union movement which may secure to the workers their proper share in the gains of economic progress and which may also make for past beway in their standard of living makes it all the more incumbent upon the state [...]

    bewray

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bewraien, bewreyen, equivalent to .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To expose a deception.
  • (archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
  • To reveal; divulge; make known; declare; inform.
  • To expose a person, rat someone out.
  • *1850 , The Gentleman's magazine: Volume 189:
  • "While . . busy search was diligently applied and put in execution, Humphrey Banaster (were it more for fear of loss of life and goods, or attracted and provoked by the avaricious desire of the thousand pounds) he bewrayed his guest and master to John Mitton, then Sheriff of Shropshire, [...]"
  • * 1890 , The Times , 16 June, page 8, col. A
  • I fear that if I was to attempt to detain you at length my speech would bewray me, and you would discover I was not that master of professional allusions which you might expect me to be.
  • To divulge a secret.
  • To disclose or reveal (usually with reference to a person's identity or true character) perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit or harm; betray; expose.
  • *1916 , John Lyly, Euphues :
  • But to put you out of doubt that my wits were not all this while a wool-gathering, I was debating with myself whether in love it were better to be constant, bewraying all the counsels, or secret, being ready every hour to flinch.
  • To reveal or disclose unintentionally or incidentally; show the presence or true character of; show or make visible.
  • * 1905 , The Times , 22 August, page 6, col. A
  • His very speeches bewray the man – intensely human, frank and single-hearted
    Usage notes
    This word is often glossed as being a synonym of "betray", but this is only valid for the senses of "betray" that involve a revelation of previously privileged information.
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To soil or befoul; to beray.
  • (Webster 1913)