Disclose
//dɪsˈkləʊz// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A disclosure. obsolete
Verb
- 1 To open up; unfasten. obsolete, transitive
"The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them."
- 2 make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
- 3 To uncover; physically expose to view. transitive
"The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty."
- 4 reveal to view as by removing a cover wordnet
- 5 To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something). transitive
"Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose."
Antonyms
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More examples"She will have the courage to disclose their secret."
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). By surface analysis, dis- + close.
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