disclose
English
Etymology
From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈkləʊz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
Verb
disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
- Francis Bacon
- The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
- Francis Bacon
- (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
- Woodward
- The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 13:
- Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
- Woodward
- (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
- Alexander Pope
- Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
- Addison
- If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
- Alexander Pope
Synonyms
- (to expose to the knowledge of others): bring to light, expose, reveal; See also Thesaurus:divulge
- (to make known, state openly): impart, make known, publish; See also Thesaurus:announce
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
open up — see open up
physically expose to view
make known
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