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reveal |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reveal \Re*veal"\, n. 1. A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [Written also {revel}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reveal \Re*veal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revealed}; p. pr & vb n. {Revealing}.] [F. r['e]v['e]ler, L. revelare, revelatum to unveil, reveal; pref. re- re- + velare to veil; fr velum a veil. See {Veil}.] 1. To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, She might not would not yet reveal her own --Waller. 2. Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency). Syn: To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover; open discover; impart; show Usage: See {Communicate}. -- {Reveal}, {Divulge}. To reveal is literally to lift the veil, and thus make known what was previously concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or make publicly known A mystery or hidden doctrine may be revealed; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is at length divulged. ``Time, which reveals all things is itself not to be discovered.'' --Locke. ``A tragic history of facts divulged.'' --Wordsworth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reveal v 1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: {uncover}, {bring out}, {unveil}] 2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The aution house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {discover}, {expose}, {declare}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give away}, {let out}] 3: make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government" [syn: {display}, {show}]
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