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un·veil

   [uhn-veyl]
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal: The woman unveiled herself.
2.
to reveal or disclose by or as if by removing a veil or covering: to unveil a monument; to unveil a secret; to unveil a truth.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become revealed by or as if by removing a veil.

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Origin:
1590–1600; un-2 + veil

Synonyms
2. divulge, bare, broadcast, expose.

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unveil (ʌnˈveɪl)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to remove the cover or shroud from, esp in the ceremonial unveiling of a monument, etc
2.  to remove the veil from (one's own or another person's face)
3.  (tr) to make (something secret or concealed) known or public; divulge; reveal

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unveil
1599, in ref. to sight, "to make clear," from un- (2) + veil (v.). Sense of "to display or reveal" (something) is from 1657.
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