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To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God " Gen. xl. 8.

To mask; to conceal.

A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.

desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.

A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.

To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.

To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. T. Watts.

To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [Obs. or Archaic] The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. ) Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.

mparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

erformed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

Once in two years.

Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n.

tted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double- barreled field glass or an opera glass.

Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.

A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n.

To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.

ld have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.