disclose

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

disclose
    v 1: make known to the public information that was previously
         known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
         secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
         which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how
         old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to
         her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
         {unwrap}, {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal},
         {discover}, {expose}, {divulge}, {break}, {give away}, {let
         out}]
    2: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to
       disclose a stunning set" [syn: {disclose}, {expose}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disclose \Dis*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclosed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Disclosing}.] [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos,
   desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to
   open, F. d['e]clore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut,
   fr. L. claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf. {Disclusion}.]
   1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense
      of to hatch.
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            The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the
            heat of the discloseth them.          --Bacon.
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   2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from
      inclosure; to uncover.
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            The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in
            them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
                                                  --Woodward.
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   3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to
      bring to light; to reveal.
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            How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,
            Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!
                                                  --Byron.
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            Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. --Pope.
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   4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or
      hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed
      his designs.
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            If I disclose my passion,
            Our friendship 's an end.             --Addison.

   Syn: To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge;
        tell; utter.
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