Reveal

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=veal

CIDE DICTIONARY

Reveal, v. t. [F. révéler, L. revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re- re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See Veil.].

•  To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.  [1913 Webster]

  "Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
  She might not, would not, yet reveal her own."  [1913 Webster]
•  Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover; open; discover; impart; show.

Reveal, n. 

•  A revealing; a disclosure.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Reveal, v.tr.
1 display or show; allow to appear.
2 (often as revealing adj.) disclose, divulge, betray (revealed his plans; a revealing remark).
3 tr. (in refl. or passive) come to sight or knowledge.
4 Relig. (esp. of God) make known by inspiration or supernatural means.

Idiom

revealed religion a religion based on revelation (opp. natural religion).

Derivative

revealable adj. revealer n. revealingly adv.

Reveal, n. an internal side surface of an opening or recess, esp. of a doorway or window-aperture.

Etymology

obs. revale (v.) lower f. OF revaler f. avaler (as RE-, VAIL)

THESAURUS

Reveal

affect, air, argue, bare, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, betray, brandish, break it to, break the news, break the seal, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to light, bring to notice, characterize, clear, come out with, communicate, confide, confide to, connote, dangle, demonstrate, denominate, denote, deobstruct, develop, differentiate, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, dismask, display, divulgate, divulge, dramatize, draw the veil, embody, enact, entail, evidence, evince, evulgate, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, expose to view, express, ferret out, fish up, flaunt, flourish, free, give, give evidence, give out, give sign, give token, give vent to, highlight, hint, identify, illuminate, impart, incarnate, indicate, involve, lay bare, lay open, leak out, let daylight in, let get around, let in on, let on, let out, let slip, make clear, make known, make plain, manifest, mark, materialize, mean, note, open, open up, out with, parade, patefy, perform, present, produce, publish, raise the curtain, represent, roll out, root up, set forth, show, show forth, show up, signify, spotlight, stand for, strip bare, suggest, symptomatize, symptomize, tell, testify, token, trot out, turn up, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unearth, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unveil, unwrap, utter, vent, ventilate, wave, worm out

ROGET THESAURUS

Reveal

Disclosure

VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.