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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVE'AL, v.t. [L. revelo; re and velo, to veil.]
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, n. A revealing; disclosure. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal]
2: 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]
3: disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English revelen, from Anglo-French reveler, from Latin revelare to uncover, reveal, from re- + velare to cover, veil, from velum veil Date: 14th century 1. to make known through divine inspiration 2. to make (something secret or hidden) publicly or generally known <reveal a secret> 3. to open up to view ; display <the uncurtained window revealed a cluttered room> • revealable adjective • revealer noun Synonyms: reveal, disclose, divulge, tell, betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason <divine will as revealed in sacred writings>. disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret <candidates must disclose their financial assets>. divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence <refused to divulge an anonymous source>. tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information <told them what he had overheard>. betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure <a blush that betrayed her embarrassment>. II. noun Etymology: alteration of earlier revale, probably ultimately from Middle French ravaler to reduce the depth of (masonry or wood), literally, to take back down, from Old French, from re- + avaler to let fall — more at vail Date: 1688 the side of an opening (as for a window) between a frame and the outer surface of a wall; also jamb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. 1 display or show; allow to appear. 2 (often as revealing adj.) disclose, divulge, betray (revealed his plans; a revealing remark). 3 tr. (in refl. or passive) come to sight or knowledge. 4 Relig. (esp. of God) make known by inspiration or supernatural means. Phrases and idioms: revealed religion a religion based on revelation (opp. natural religion). Derivatives: revealable adj. revealer n. revealingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF reveler or L revelare (as RE-, velum veil) 2. n. an internal side surface of an opening or recess, esp. of a doorway or window-aperture. Etymology: obs. revale (v.) lower f. OF revaler f. avaler (as RE-, VAIL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reveal 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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reveals, revealing, revealed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. To reveal something means to make people aware of it. She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter... A survey of the British diet has revealed that a growing number of people are overweight... No test will reveal how much of the drug was taken. VERB: V n, V that, V wh 2. If you reveal something that has been out of sight, you uncover it so that people can see it. A grey carpet was removed to reveal the original pine floor. = show VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Disclose, discover, unveil, uncover, publish, divulge, tell, declare, impart, communicate, display, make known, lay open, show, betray. 2. Disclose, discover, make known.

Moby Thesaurus

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