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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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