† belewev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To betray.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > betrayal > betray [verb (transitive)]
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to go back on (also upon)1859
to sell (a person) down the river1921
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 15–16 And ic hyne belæwe [Hatton, beleawige] eow..He hyne wolde belæwan.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 229 Hu hé Christ heom beléwen michte.
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