Re*veal" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Revealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Revealing.] [F. révéler, L.
revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re-
re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See
Veil.] 1. To make known (that which has
been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to
show.
Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
Waller.
2. Specifically, to communicate (that which
could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural
instruction or agency).
Syn. -- To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover;
open; discover; impart; show. See Communicate. --
Reveal, Divulge. To reveal is literally to
lift the veil, and thus make known what was previously
concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or
make publicly known. A mystery or hidden doctrine may be
revealed; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is
at length divulged. "Time, which reveals all things, is
itself not to be discovered." Locke. "A tragic history of facts
divulged." Wordsworth.
Re*veal", n. 1. A
revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]
2. (Arch.) The side of an opening for a
window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame
and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled
with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
[Written also revel.]
Re*veal" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Revealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Revealing.] [F. révéler, L.
revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re-
re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See
Veil.] 1. To make known (that which has
been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to
show.
Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
Waller.
2. Specifically, to communicate (that which
could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural
instruction or agency).
Syn. -- To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover;
open; discover; impart; show. See Communicate. --
Reveal, Divulge. To reveal is literally to
lift the veil, and thus make known what was previously
concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or
make publicly known. A mystery or hidden doctrine may be
revealed; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is
at length divulged. "Time, which reveals all things, is
itself not to be discovered." Locke. "A tragic history of facts
divulged." Wordsworth.
Re*veal", n. 1. A
revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]
2. (Arch.) The side of an opening for a
window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame
and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled
with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
[Written also revel.]
