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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reveal \Re*veal"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
revealing
adjective
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: {telling}, {telltale(a)}]
2: showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing" [ant: {concealing}]
noun: the speech act of making something evident [syn: {disclosure}, {revelation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "revealing": apocalypse, apocalyptic, baring, betraying, clear, clear as crystal, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, diaphane, diaphanous, disclosing, disclosive, disclosure, discovering, discovery, expose, exposing, exposition, exposure, eye-opening, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, laying bare, light-pervious, limpid, lucid, manifestation, nonopaque, patefaction, peekaboo, pellucid, removing the veil, revealment, revelation, revelational, revelatory, see-through, sheer, showing, showing up, showup, stripping, talkative, thin, transparent, transpicuous, uncloaking, unclouded, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping
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