Hypertext Webster Gateway: "revealing"

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)

revealing
adj 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}]
n : making something evident [syn: {disclosure}, {revelation}]


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