betraying

adjectiveverbnounattested in dialogue

That betrays

adjective

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That betrays

Etymology

Etymology tree English betray Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English betraying From betray + -ing.

verb

1
Also a form of betraypresent participle and gerund of betray

noun

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betrayal
Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]

Etymology

From Middle English betraying, bytrayenge, betraȝyng, equivalent to betray + -ing.

Forms

plural: betrayings
comparative: more betraying
superlative: most betraying

betray · To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud,…betrayal · The act of betraying.betrayed · Suffering from betrayal

betraying · That betrays

betrothed · Engaged to be married.Bets · A diminutive of Elizabeth.Betsy · A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

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