betray (1 is derivative of the sense ‘deliver up treacherously’, which is freq.; 2 is common with various objects)
1.
to give over or expose
“to” punishment,
or some evil
Wiv. III. iii. 207
“to betray him to
another punishment,”
Err. V. i. 90, AYL. IV. i. 7,
H8 III. i. 55
“to betray you . . . to
sorrow.”
2.
to lead astray,
mislead, deceive, entrap
Wiv. V. iii. 22
“We'll betray him
finely,”
2H6 II. iv. 54
“lim'd bushes to thy
wings,”
Mac. I. iii. 125,
Oth. V. ii. 6
“she'll more men”
; absol. Tim. IV. iii.
147.
3.
to cheat, disappoint
Tit. V. ii. 147
“a complot to betray thy
foes.”
