From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reveal \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.
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Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
--Waller.
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2. Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be
known or discovered without divine or supernatural
instruction or agency).
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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:
{revealing}, {telling}, {telltale(a)}]
2: showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing"
[ant: {concealing}]
n 1: the speech act of making something evident [syn:
{disclosure}, {revelation}, {revealing}]
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