Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disclosed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disclosed \Dis*closed"\, p. a. (Her.)
Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and
other birds not of prey. --Cussans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disclose \Dis*close"\, v. t. [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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disclosed
adj 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}]


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