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)
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.
To make known (something concealed or secret): revealed a confidence.
To bring to view; show.
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.
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.