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Disclose   /dɪsklˈoʊz/   Listen
verb
Disclose  v. t.  (past & past part. disclosed; pres. part. disclosing)  
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."
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."
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!" "Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose."
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."
Synonyms: To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.



noun
Disclose  n.  Disclosure. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Disclose" Quotes from Famous Books



... would only disclose her persistent intention of not marrying her cousin. Mrs. Mountjoy, over whose spirit the glamour of the captain's prestige was still potent, said much in his favor. Everybody had always intended the marriage, and it would ...
— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope

... tree into the wolf's mouth. If he remained silent, he should lose his head under an axe; if he spoke, he should end his days in a stone. At length, after various resolutions, he made up his mind to disclose the matter to his brother; and since he must die at all events, he thought it better to tell his brother the truth, and to end his days with the title of an innocent man, than to keep the truth to himself and be sent out ...
— Stories from Pentamerone • Giambattista Basile

... Dacre, that I am employed by Mr. Gibbes, and do not feel at liberty to disclose the results of my quest without ...
— The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont • Robert Barr

... replied Booth; "I am the farthest in the world from any such desire. I know thee better than to imagine thou wouldst disclose the name of a fair lady." Booth then shook Atkinson heartily by the hand, and assured him earnestly of the joy he had in his good fortune; for which the good serjeant failed not of making all proper acknowledgments. After which they parted, ...
— Amelia (Complete) • Henry Fielding

... somewhat droll speech with a compliment upon what he was pleased to term the tact of Dupin, and made him a direct, and certainly a liberal proposition, the precise nature of which I do not feel myself at liberty to disclose, but which has no bearing upon the ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe


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