beray

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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 many ſtrange and extravagant adorations.

词形变化

berays present,singular,third-person beraying participle,present berayed participle,past berayed past

词源

From be- + ray (“to defile”), from Middle English rayen, an aphetic form of array.
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