revealing

Origin:
1325–75; (v.) Middle English revelen < Middle French reveler < Latin revēlāre to unveil (see re-, veil); (in defs 4 and 5) derivative of obsolete revale to lower < Old French revaler (re- re- + (a)valer to lower, verbal derivative of the phrase à val down; see vale)

Related forms

re·veal·a·ble, adjective

re·veal·a·bil·i·ty, re·veal·a·ble·ness, noun

re·veal·ed·ly

[ri-vee-lid-lee, -veeld-] , adverb

re·veal·er, noun

re·veal·ing·ly, adverb

re·veal·ing·ness, noun

re·vel·a·tive

[ri-vel-uh-tiv, rev-uh-ley-] , adjective

half-re·vealed, adjective

non·re·veal·ing, adjective

pre·re·veal, verb (used with object)

self-re·vealed, adjective

un·re·veal·a·ble, adjective

un·re·vealed, adjective

un·re·veal·ing, adjective

un·re·veal·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1, 2. unveil, publish, impart, tell, announce, proclaim. Reveal, disclose, divulge share the meaning of making known something previously concealed or secret. To reveal is to uncover as if by drawing away a veil: The fog lifted and revealed the harbor. To disclose is to lay open and thereby invite inspection: to disclose the plans of an organization. To divulge is to communicate, sometimes to a large number of people, what was at first intended to be private, confidential, or secret: to divulge the terms of a contract.

Antonyms
1, 2. conceal, hide.

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reveal (rɪˈviːl)

—vb
1.	(may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to disclose (a secret); divulge
2.	to expose to view or show (something concealed)
3.	(of God) to disclose (divine truths) either directly or through the medium of prophets, etc

—n
4.	architect the vertical side of an opening in a wall, esp the side of a window or door between the frame and the front of the wall

[C14: from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre to unveil, from re- + vēlum a veil]

re'vealable

—*adj*

reveala'bility

—n

re'vealer

—n

re'vealment

—n

revealing (rɪˈviːlɪŋ)

—*adj*
1.	of significance or import: a very revealing experience
2.	showing or designed to show more of the body than is usual or conventional: a revealing costume

re'vealingly

—*adv*

re'vealingness

—n

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Word Origin & History

reveal

late 14c., from O.Fr. reveler (14c.), from L. revelare "reveal, uncover, disclose," lit. "unveil," from re- "opposite of" + velare "to cover, veil," from velum "a veil" (see veil). Revealed religion, as opposed to natural religion, is attested from 1719.

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