Reveal

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REVEALED; p. pr. & vb. n. REVEALING.] [Fr. révéler, Pr., Sp., & Pg. revélar, It. rivelare, Lat. revelare, from re, again, back, and velare, to vail, from velum, a vail.]

1Sense 1. To make known after having been concealed; to unveil; to disclose; to show.

Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown; She might not, would not yet, reveal her own. Waller.

2Sense 2. Specifically, to communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Synonyms—To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover; open; discover; impart; show. See COMMUNICATE.—REVEAL, DIVULGE. To reveal is literally to lift the vail, and thus make known what was previously concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or make publicly known. A mystery or hidden doctrine may be revealed; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is at length divulged. “Time, which reveals all other things, is itself not to be discovered, or laid open.” Locke.

A tragic history Of facts divulged. Wordsworth.

n. 1. A revealing; disclosure. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the framework and the outer surface of the wall. [Written also revel.]