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un⋅veil

  [uhn-veyl]
Use unveil in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1590–1600; un- 2 + veil

Synonyms:
2. divulge, bare, broadcast, expose.
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un·veil   (ŭn-vāl')   
v.   un·veiled, un·veil·ing, un·veils

v.   tr.

  1. To remove a veil or covering from.

  2. To disclose; reveal.

v.   intr.

  1. To take off one's veil.

  2. To reveal oneself.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unveil 
1599, in ref. to sight, "to make clear," from un- (2) + veil (v.). Sense of "to display or reveal" (something) is from 1657.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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