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Webster 1913 Edition


Disclose

Dis-close′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disclosed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disclosing
.]
[OE.
desclosen
,
disclosen
, fr.
disclos
,
desclos
, not shut in, open, OF.
desclos
, p. p. of
desclore
to open, F.
déclore
; pref.
des-
(L.
dis-
) +
clore
to shut, fr. L.
claudere
to shut. See
Close
, and cf.
Disclusion
.]
1.
To unclose; to open; – applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the
discloseth
them.
Bacon.
2.
To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby
disclosed
and set at liberty.
Woodward.
3.
To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.
How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,
Disclosing
rock, and slope, and forest brown!
Byron.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind
disclose
.
Pope.
4.
To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose;
as, events have
disclosed
his designs
.
Syn. – To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.

Dis-close′

,
Noun.
Disclosure.
[Obs.]
Shak. Young.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disclose

DISCLOSE

,
Verb.
T.
discloze. [dis and close; L. See Close.]
1.
To uncover; to open; to remove a cover from, and lay open to the view.
The shells being broken, the stone included in them is disclosed.
2.
To discover; to lay open to the view; to bring to light. Events have disclosed the designs of the ministry.
3.
To reveal by words; to tell; to utter; as, to disclose the secret thoughts of the heart.
4.
To make known; to show in any manner. A blush may disclose a secret passion in the breast.
5.
To open; to hatch. [Not used.]
The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the sun discloseth them.

DISCLOSE

,
Noun.
Discovery.

Definition 2024


disclose

disclose

English

Verb

disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
    • Francis Bacon
      The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
  2. (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
    • Woodward
      The shells being broken, [] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
    • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 13:
      Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
  3. (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
    • Alexander Pope
      Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
    • Addison
      If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.

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Noun

disclose (plural discloses)

  1. (obsolete) A disclosure