Wrey

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Bent or twisted out of shape, as in an archaic sense of crooked ; to betray a secret or give away something hidden
2. Having a contorted or askew form in older usage ; an old verb meaning to disclose or expose what was meant to stay concealed
3. Describing something warped or turned aside in an old-fashioned way ; an archaic term for revealing or giving away a hidden matter

Etymology: In Middle English, "wreien" meant to accuse, betray, or reveal someone's wrongdoing, and it likely descends from the Old English "wrēgan," which carried the same sense of denouncing. The verb is now archaic, so most readers will meet it only in older poetry and prose, where it can mean something like betraying a secret or giving away a hidden fault. Its family connection to "wry" is less certain, since "wry" comes from a separate line meaning to twist or turn aside, and the two may have overlapped in spelling and sense over time rather than sharing a clean root.