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dis⋅close

  [di-sklohz] verb, -closed, -clos⋅ing, noun
Use disclosed in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME disclosen, desclosen < OF desclos-, s. of desclore, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + clore to close < L claudere; see close

Related forms:
dis⋅clos⋅er, noun

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

Antonyms:
1. conceal.
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dis·close   (dĭ-sklōz')   
tr.v.   dis·closed, dis·clos·ing, dis·clos·es
  1. To expose to view, as by removing a cover; uncover.
  2. To make known (something heretofore kept secret).

[Middle English disclosen, from Old French desclore, desclos- : des-, dis- + clore, to close (from Latin claudere).]
dis·clos'a·ble adj., dis·clos'er n.
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Disclosed

Dis*closed"\, p. a. (Her.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. --Cussans.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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