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berays

berays is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 berays

What is berays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Berays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beray.

Words near berays in the dictionary

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

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