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Definition of Disclose
1. 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 disclose that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
Specialized synonyms: Blackwash, Muckrake, Blow, Out, Come Out, Come Out Of The Closet, Out, Spring, Betray, Bewray, Confide, Leak, Babble, Babble Out, Blab, Blab Out, Let The Cat Out Of The Bag, Peach, Sing, Spill The Beans, Talk, Tattle, Reveal
Causes: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Related verbs: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Disclosure, Discovery, Divulgement, Divulgence, Expose, Exposure, Giveaway, Revealing, Revelation
2. Verb. Disclose to view as by removing a cover. "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
Specialized synonyms: Face
Generic synonyms: Bring Out, Reveal, Uncover, Unveil
Derivative terms: Exposure
Definition of Disclose
1. v. t. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
2. n. Disclosure.
Definition of Disclose
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A disclosure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disclose
1. to reveal [v -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES] - See also: reveal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disclose
Literary usage of Disclose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by John Bayly Moore, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1824)
"Here, as the letter written by the defendant does not disclose whether the promise
was made by him for a past or future consideration, nor the cause for ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"... BOOK XX CHAPTER I How Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred were busy upon Sir Gawaine
for to disclose the love between Sir ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"none of the pleas disclose the facts on which the assumption that the drawer and
indorsers stand in ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... and subsequently thereto made a complete Investigation into the affairs of
the company, the results of which latter investigation they do not disclose. ..."
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