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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disclose \Dis*close"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disclosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disclosing}.] [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. d['e]clore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf. {Disclusion}.]
1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. --Bacon.
2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. --Woodward.
3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.
How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! --Byron.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. --Pope.
4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.
If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. --Addison.
Syn: To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disclosed \Dis*closed"\, p. a. (Her.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. --Cussans.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disclosed
adjective
1: made known (especially something secret or concealed); "the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan"
2: no longer concealed; uncovered as by opening a curtain; 'discovered' is archaic and primarily a theater term; "the scene disclosed was of a moonlit forest" [syn: {discovered}, {revealed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "disclosed": apparent, bald, bare, beholdable, clear, cleared, detectable, discernible, evident, exposed, exposed to view, free, hanging out, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, insight, manifest, naked, noticeable, observable, open, open as day, open to all, open to view, outcropping, overt, perceivable, perceptible, recognizable, revealed, seeable, showing, to be seen, unclassified, unclogged, unclosed, unclouded, unconcealed, uncovered, undisguised, unhidden, unobstructed, unrestricted, unstopped, viewable, visible, visual, wide-open, witnessable
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