Disclosed
[dis'kləuzd]
Definition
(adj.) made known (especially something secret or concealed); 'the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Disclose
(p. a.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.
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Examples
- When the scandal about her husband was disclosed they remarked of her--Ah, poor woman! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Without it I must have disclosed myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was very close to him and spoke in a low whisper that my knowledge of their secret might not be disclosed to our tormentors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Still in the same moment, I saw that the face disclosed, was the face of the other convict of long ago. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As the sun rose on the second day of our flight it disclosed the pursuing horde not a half-mile in our rear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the M?le, a peaked mountain to the east of the lake. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The first _fire proof safe_ is disclosed in the British patent to Richard Scott, No. 2,477, of 1801. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A child was weeding one of the little beds; as he stopped, he raised his pale face and disclosed the features of one of his former companions. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- An ingenuous, transparent life was disclosed, as if the flow of her existence could be seen passing within her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was then disclosed in the following manner. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- What were Mr. Winkle's feelings when, in doing so, he disclosed to view the face and figure of the vindictive and sanguinary Dowler! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Intimate intercourse, close inspection, disclosed in Paulina only what was delicate, intelligent, and sincere; therefore my regard for her lay deep. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Venn lifted the box, and behold a triplet of sixes was disclosed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The light raised by her breath had been very fitful, and a momentary irradiation of flesh was all that it had disclosed of her face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Likewise, any foreign object in the body, such as a bullet from a gun-shot wound, or a foreign body accidentally swallowed, is perfectly disclosed and located by the shadow which it casts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The view which their hurried routing disclosed filled me with apprehension and with rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- They opened each other's letters, even as, until now, the inmost fold of the heart of each was disclosed to the other. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The impulse within him was to reject the disclosed connection. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The woman was under apprehensions of the dry old man, for she whisked her apron away as he approached, and disclosed a pale affrighted face. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Paul disclosed a parlour, or salon--very tiny, but I thought, very pretty. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The curtain between the trees was drawn aside, and the shrine was disclosed to view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This reconnoissance disclosed the fact that the front of the work had been seriously injured by the navy fire. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This Saturday afternoon, however, his woodland musings disclosed to him a new-found charm in the coming day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sarcophagus separated in two parts, lengthwise, and the lower part sank down and disclosed a coffin of rock crystal as clear as the atmosphere. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was the invention of Samuel Lucas, and is disclosed in his British patent No. 2,767, of 1804. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The whole object of the stratagem was now disclosed to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He unfolded it and disclosed a golden pince-nez, with two broken ends of black silk cord dangling from the end of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He wore shoes, but no socks, and his open coat disclosed a nightshirt beneath it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He did not survive many hours; and his last words disclosed the secret of his mysterious conduct. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It is disclosed in French patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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