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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reveal \reveal"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. revealed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. revealing. f. r'ev'eler, 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.
      1913 webster

            light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
            she might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
                                                  --waller.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically, to communicate that which could not be
      known or discovered without divine or supernatural
      instruction or agency.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster
see also:
revealed revealing veil communicate reveal divulge 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
revealing
     adj 1: disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale
            panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the
            water marked where the boat went down" syn: telling,
             telltalea
     2: showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and
        revealing" ant: concealing
     n : the speech act of making something evident syn: disclosure,
          revelation
see also:
telling telltalea concealing disclosure revelation 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 moby thesaurus words for "revealing":
   apocalypse, apocalyptic, baring, betraying, clear,
   clear as crystal, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, diaphane,
   diaphanous, disclosing, disclosive, disclosure, discovering,
   discovery, expose, exposing, exposition, exposure, eye-opening,
   filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, laying bare, light-pervious,
   limpid, lucid, manifestation, nonopaque, patefaction, peekaboo,
   pellucid, removing the veil, revealment, revelation, revelational,
   revelatory, see-through, sheer, showing, showing up, showup,
   stripping, talkative, thin, transparent, transpicuous, uncloaking,
   unclouded, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling,
   unwrapping





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