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/dɪsklˈoʊz/ Listen

verb

Disclose v. t. (past & past part. disclosed; pres. part. disclosing)

To unclose; to open; applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. "The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them."

To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. "The shells being broken,... the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty."

To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. "How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!" "Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose."

To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. "If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end."

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

noun

Disclose n. Disclosure. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Disclose'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disclose" Quotes from Famous Books

... under heaven. If I be too much of an abolitionist, send one who admires slavery, and who will write up the Slave-Trade of The Desert. I have written in my way: you write in your way. If my pages disclose no discoveries in science, this I can only lament. When a man has no science in him, or no education in science, he can give you none. But what are your European Societies of Science for? Are they play-things, or are they serious affairs? ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

... happiness and life—to make as little fuss as possible—that had been her code; but now, the same restraint that had held Marg from going to the Hollow awhile back, when she thought that, with night, Burke Lawson might disclose his whereabouts, held Nella-Rose! So insistent was the rising argument that it angered the girl. "Why? Why?" her longings and desires cried. "Because! Because!" was the stern response, and the woman in Nella-Rose thrilled and throbbed and trembled, while the girlish ...

— The Man Thou Gavest • Harriet T. Comstock

... had brought a large number of the reels. They were confident that a microscopic search of the ribbons would disclose something to bear out Jackson's theory that the great structure was really a repository for books, or whatever corresponded ...

— The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life • Homer Eon Flint

... wooden cases stored in the full-length closet in the houseboat cabin. Rick and Scotty took the two bulkiest to the cockpit and opened them to disclose full skin-diving equipment. The boys had made the cases themselves, to be carried like suitcases. Each held a single air tank, regulator, mask, fins, snorkel, underwater watch, depth gauge, weight belt, equipment belt, and knife. The third case contained spears and spear guns, but they wouldn't ...

— The Flying Stingaree • Harold Leland Goodwin

... you to tell me everything, Polly, because you can't do it. Your sex never do. You're like spendthrifts who are asked to disclose all their debts. They always keep the heaviest one back. Tell me as much or as little as you please or nothing at all, if it ...

— Madame Flirt - A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' • Charles E. Pearce

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