Definition of Reveal

1. Verb. Make visible. "He brings out the best in her"

Exact synonyms: Bring Out, Uncover, Unveil
Generic synonyms: Show
Specialized synonyms: Disclose, Expose, Excavate, Unearth, Trot Out, Unfold

2. Verb. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. "They reveal that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

3. Verb. Disclose directly or through prophets. "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

Definition of Reveal

1. v. t. To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

2. n. A revealing; a disclosure.

Definition of Reveal

1. Noun. The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb. ¹

2. Noun. (context: cinematography) A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) 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. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reveal

1. to make known [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reveal

revanchism
revanchisme
revanchisms
revanchist
revanchists
revarnish
revarnished
revarnishes
revarnishing
revascularisation
revascularisations
revascularization
revascularizations
revdite
reve
reveal (current term)
revealability
revealable
revealed
revealed check
revealed checks
revealed religion
revealer
revealers
revealest
revealeth
revealing
revealingly
revealment
revealments

Literary usage of Reveal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"It is part of her beautiful nature that she did not reveal it to any of the many suitors who had sought her hand. ..."

2. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, by a Square, with Illustration by by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1899)
"... How the Stranger vainly endeavored to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland. As soon as the sound of my Wife's retreating footsteps had died ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... answer a question which is put to him for the purposes of justice, on the ground that his answer would reveal something that he had known in confession. ..."

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