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Webster 1913 Edition
Reveal
Re-veal′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Revealed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Revealing
.] [F.
révéler
, 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
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.
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′
,Noun.
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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Reveal
REVE'AL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disclose; to discover; to show; to make known something before unknown or concealed; as, to reveal secrets.2.
To disclose, discover or make known from heaven. God has been pleased to reveal his will to man.The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Romans 1.
REVE'AL
,Noun.