Reveal
[rɪ'viːl] or [rɪ'vil]
Definition
(verb.) disclose directly or through prophets; 'God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
(v. t.) Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).
(n.) A revealing; a disclosure.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Disclose, discover, unveil, publish, divulge, tell, declare, impart, communicate, display, make known, lay open.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unveil, disclose, show, communicate, divulge, discover, expose, unearth,make_known
ANT:Hide, obscure, conceal, suppress, cover, cloak
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Definition
v.t. to unveil: to make known as by divine agency: to disclose.—n. Revealabil′ity.—adj. Reveal′able.—ns. Reveal′ableness; Reveal′er; Reveal′ment revelation.—Revealed religion that which has been supernaturally revealed.
n. (archit.) the square ingoing of a window doorway or the like between the frame and the outer surface of the wall.—Also Revel′.
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Examples
- They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So long as she does not send for you and reveal her face to you, you may live on for years in as mild a form of bondage as I can arrange for you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- For whose sake would you reveal the secret? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Every where around are things that reveal to you something of the customs and history of this forgotten people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now tell me what your schemes are, or I will reveal all I know of you to Maurice Roylands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To tell that, said Gurth, might reveal my master's. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Better that you should reveal it to her now, than that accident, which no one can guard against, should reveal it to her at some future time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Did no suspicion, excited by my own knowledge of Anne Catherick's resemblance to her, cross my mind, when her face was first revealed to me? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Some of Edison's most remarkable inventions are revealed in a number of interesting patents relating to the duplication of phonograph records. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His genius as an inventor is revealed in many details of the great concentrating plant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was most sorrowfully indignant; ashamed of every sensation but the one revealed to herher affection for Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
- That first speech was the difficulty; it revealed to me this fact, that it was not the crowd I feared so much as my own voice. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, Tom, you must know I know the moSt. O, Mas'r, haven't you jest read how he hides from the wise and prudent, and reveals unto babes? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Read the note, and you will see how little it reveals. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She affects not to know that his eyes are fastened on her as she droops her head again; but her whole figure reveals that she knows it uneasily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is in h umanity that intellect most clearly reveals itself, but there is a transcendent intel lect beyond, union with which is the highest bliss of the individual soul. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The self-sacrifice of Cecilia reveals a pure and womanly character, very seldom equalled, never surpassed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I would ask you to believe that he has a heart he very, very seldom reveals, and that there are deep wounds in it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- One cried, God reveals his heaven to us; we may die blessed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The guess came so near the truth, I could not prevent a suddenly-rising warmth in my face from revealing as much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A fish leaped secretly, revealing the light in the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As for revealing--the word is impossible between us two. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Perhaps he of whom we say the last will be angry with us; can we pacify him without revealing the disorder of his mind? Plato. The Republic.
- Bunsen in 1838 made his first experiments at Hesse in collecting the gases from various parts of the furnace, revealing their composition and showing their adaptability for various purposes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In fact, I fear, the secret will be known soon enough without my revealing it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Now, I seem to have reproached you, instead of revealing to you the state of my own mind! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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