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beraying

beraying is the present participle and gerund of beray.

Meaning of beray

Verb

beray (third-person singular simple present berays, present participle beraying, simple past and past participle berayed)

  1. To make foul; befoul; soil.
    • [U]pon a vaine and fooliſh ſuperſtition, enjoining men to begrime and beray themſelves with durt, to lie and vvallovv in the mire, to obſerve Sabbaths and ceaſe from vvorke, to lie proſtrate and groveling upon the earth with the face dovvnevvard, to ſit upon the ground in open place, and to make...1603, Plutarch, “Of Superstition”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 261
    Synonyms:
    bedirty, soil, sully, assoil, beclart, bedaub, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth

Questions about beraying

What is beraying the present participle and gerund of?
Beraying is the present participle and gerund of beray.

Words near beraying in the dictionary

  1. berattling
  2. beraunite
  3. Berawan
  4. beray
  5. berayed
  6. beraying
  7. berays
  8. Berba
  9. berbamine
  10. berbe
  11. Berber

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