3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disclosed \Dis*closed"\, p. a. (Her.)
Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and
other birds not of prey. --Cussans.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disclose \Dis*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclosed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Disclosing}.] [OE. desclosen disclosen, fr disclos,
desclos not shut in open OF desclos p. p. of desclore to
open F. d['e]clore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut,
fr L. claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf {Disclusion}.]
1. To unclose; to open -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense
of to hatch.
The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the
heat of the discloseth them --Bacon.
2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from
inclosure; to uncover.
The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in
them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
--Woodward.
3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to
bring to light; to reveal.
How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,
Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!
--Byron.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. --Pope.
4. To make known as that which has been kept secret or
hidden; to reveal; to expose; as events have disclosed
his designs.
If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end
--Addison.
Syn: To uncover; open unveil; discover; reveal; divulge;
tell utter.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disclosed
adj 1: made known (especially something secret or concealed); "the
disclosed purpose of their wicked plan"
2: no longer concealed; uncovered as by opening a curtain;
`discovered' is archaic and primarily a theater term; "the
scene disclosed was of a moonlit forest" [syn: {discovered},
{revealed}]
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