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re⋅veal

  [ri-veel]
Use reveal in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
2. to lay open to view; display; exhibit.
–noun
3. an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
4. Architecture.
a. the part of the jamb of a window or door opening between the outer wall surface and the window or door frame.
b. the whole jamb of an opening between the outer and inner surfaces of a wall.
5. the framework or edge of an automobile window.
Origin:
1325–75; (v.) ME revelen < MF reveler < L revēlāre to unveil (see re-, veil ); (in defs. 4 and 5) deriv. of obs. revale to lower < OF revaler (re- re- + (a)valer to lower, v. deriv. 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

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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re·veal 1   (rĭ-vēl')   
tr.v.   re·vealed, re·veal·ing, re·veals

    1. To make known (something concealed or secret): revealed a confidence.

    2. To bring to view; show.

  2. To make known by supernatural or divine means: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven" (Romans 1:18).


[Middle English revelen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre : re-, re- + vēlāre, to cover (from vēlum, veil).]
re·veal'a·ble adj., re·veal'er n., re·veal'ment n.
re·veal 2   (rĭ-vēl')   
n.  

    1. The part of the side of a window or door opening that is between the outer surface of a wall and the window or door frame.

    2. The whole side of such an opening; the jamb.

  2. The framework of a motor vehicle window.


[From Middle English revalen, to lower, from Old French revaler : re-, re- + avaler, to lower (from a val, down : a, to from Latin ad; see ad- + val, valley; see vale1).]
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Word Origin & History

reveal 
c.1375, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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