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disclose

[dih-sklohz] Example Sentences Origin

dis·close

[dih-sklohz] verb, -closed, -clos·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
2.
to cause to appear; allow to be seen; lay open to view: In spring the violets disclose their fragrant petals.
3.
Obsolete. to open up; unfold.
noun
4.
Obsolete. disclosure.

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English disclosen, desclosen < Old French desclos-, stem of desclore, equivalent to des- dis-1 + clore to close < Latin claudere; see close

dis·clos·er, noun
pre·dis·close, verb (used with object), -closed, -clos·ing.
self-dis·closed, adjective
un·dis·closed, adjective


1. show, tell, unveil. See reveal. 2. expose.


1. conceal.

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disclose (dɪsˈkləʊz)
 
vb
1.  to make (information) known
2.  to allow to be seen; lay bare
 
dis'closer
 
n

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disclose
late 14c., from O.Fr. desclos, pp. of desclore, from des- "dis-" + clore "to close" (see close (v.)). Related: Disclosed; disclosing.
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