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Noun

1. 1
   The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.

   "Spirit of Manifestation or patefaction was like the gem of a wine is or the bud of a rase"

Synonyms

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apocalypsebaringdiscoveryexposeexpositionexposure

Example

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"Spirit of Manifestation or patefaction was like the gem of a wine is or the bud of a rase"

Etymology

From Latin patefactio, from patefacere (“to open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”).

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