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▪ I. reˈvealing, vbl. n.
[f. reveal v.]
The action of the verb, in various senses; revelation.
1375Barbour Bruce x. 738 Throw reveling Of him that knawis and wat all thing. c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 154 Thilk Frere..hadde revelings dyvine and consolacionnes. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. viii. §29 For whiche cause the faithful did..maruelously esteme the reuelyng of the Sabbat. 1573J. Bridges Supremacy Chr. Princes 1084 The Prophete..had especiall warrant by Gods especial reuealing, so to bidde them. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. V, Wks. (1711) 108 The Revealing of which to the World was a Secret..derogatory to the pontificial State. 1830Tennyson Madeline ii, Revealings deep and clear are thine Of wealthy smiles. 1875J. P. Hopps Princ. Relig. xviii. 58 These also take their place among the revealings of God to man.
▪ II. reˈvealing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That reveals.
1593Shakes. Lucr. clvi, Revealing day through every cranny spies. 1927Belloc Hist. Eng. II. 210 The second rebellion against Henry II was a longer and much more revealing thing than the first.
Hence reˈvealingly adv.
1868N. Brit. Rev. XLIX. 366 There are descriptive patches or belts that lie revealingly on objects like [etc.]. 1973Nature 30 Mar. 306/2 There is the case of Graham Young..who, having been ‘cured’ at Broadmoor..of enjoying poisoning people, had an unfortunate relapse and poisoned several more. Revealingly, his last bout of evil..was not attributed to mental disease: this time he was sent to prison. |