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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 \Reveal"\, 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. \Reveal"\, 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}.]

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"

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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}.]

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