About The Word Reveal

Learn about the word Reveal to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Reveal definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Reveal

Reveal Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Reveal?
[v] 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 auction 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"
[v] make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings" [v] make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government" [v] Theology: disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reveal: break | bring out | bring out | disclose | discover | display | divulge | expose | give away | impart | let on | let out | uncover | unveil Related Terms | Find terms related to Reveal: See Also | babble | babble out | betray | bewray | blab | blab out | blackwash | blow | break | come out | come out of the closet | communicate | confide | disclose | discover | divulge | excavate | expose | express | get around | get out | give away | impart | leak | let on | let out | muckrake | out | pass | pass on | peach | put across | reveal | reveal | show | sing | spring | talk | tattle | tell | trot out | unearth | unfold Reveal In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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}.] |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Giro cheque ‐ (British) a check given by the British government to someone…
- Family scheuchzeriaceae ‐ a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order…
- Trichomanes speciosum ‐ large stout fern of extreme…
- Billyo ‐ an unimaginably large amount; British say"it rained like billyo"…
- Sri lanka ‐ a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the…
- Mallee hen ‐ adult female…
- Rules of order ‐ a body of rules followed by…
- Triviality ‐ something of small importance [n] the quality of being unimportant…
- Venushair ‐ delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks;…
- Outer hebrides ‐ a 130-mile long archipelago northwest…