Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reveal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reveal \Re*veal"\, n.
1. A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]
2. (Arch.) 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. [Written also {revel}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reveal \Re*veal"\, v. t. [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) 1.7 (wn)
reveal
v 1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings
out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the
President's illegal dealings" [syn: {uncover}, {bring
out}, {unveil}]
2: make known to the public information that was previously
known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal
how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news
to her" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {discover},
{expose}, {declare}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give
away}, {let out}]
3: make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies
of the government" [syn: {display}, {show}]
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