Choose the word **closest in meaning** to *betray* in the sentence. "These ministers of darkness tell us truths in little things, to **betray** us into deeds of greatest consequence."

In this older sense, *betray* means *to lead someone into harm or wrong action through deception* — to deliver them treacherously into something. The witches give Macbeth small truths to lure him into great wrongs. - **A** and **C** reverse the meaning. - **D** uses a different sense ("confess one's feelings").