Definition of "disclose"

disclose

/dɪsˈkləʊz/

verb
third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed
1. (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
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  The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
2. (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
  Quotations
  The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
  1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […]
  Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
  1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 13
3. (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
  Quotations
  Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
  1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], canto II
  If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
  1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, Act I, scene iii, page 1
noun
plural discloses
1. (obsolete) A disclosure.

Definition of "disclose"

disclose

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