revealv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈviːl/, U.S.

/rəˈvil/,

/riˈvil/

Forms: late Middle English reveele, late Middle English–1500s reuele, late Middle English–1600s revele, 1500s reaueal, 1500s reaueale, 1500s reuyl, 1500s–1600s reueal, 1500s–1600s reueale, 1500s–1600s reueele, 1500s–1600s reveale, 1500s–1600s revell, 1500s– reveal, 1600s reveel, 1900s– rayvale (regional); Scottish pre-1700 reual, pre-1700 reueal, pre-1700 reuel, pre-1700 reuele, pre-1700 reveail, pre-1700 reveale, pre-1700 reveall, pre-1700 revel, pre-1700 revele, pre-1700 revelie, pre-1700 revile, pre-1700 revill, pre-1700 revyle, pre-1700 rewel, pre-1700 rewele, pre-1700 rewell, pre-1700 rewelle, pre-1700 rewil, pre-1700 1700s– reveal. See also reveil v.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French reveler; Latin revēlāre.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reveler, Middle French reveller (French révéler ) to disclose or communicate (something) by divine or supernatural means (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to disclose or make known (something previously unknown or kept secret) in speech or writing (second half of the 12th cent.), to show oneself, make oneself visible or apparent (second half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman) and its etymon classical Latin revēlāre to remove the covering from, unveil, to raise the lid of, open, to unmask, to divulge, in post-classical Latin also to explain, to manifest (with reference to divine revelation) (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < re- re- prefix + vēlāre to cover (see veil v.). Compare Old Occitan revelar (end of the 13th cent.), Catalan revelar (13th cent.), Spanish revelar (second half of the 12th cent.), Portuguese revelar (13th cent.), Italian rivelare (second half of the 13th cent.; first half of the 13th cent. as †revelare ). Compare reveil v.

a. transitive. To disclose or make known (something previously unknown or kept secret) in speech or writing; to divulge, declare publicly or openly. Later also in weakened sense: to tell. Frequently with to, †unto.

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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]

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to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861

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to blow the lid off1928

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to take or pull the wraps off1964

1409 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 72 And gif ony..persavis ony..perele apperand til othir he sal..revele it or ger it be revelit & made knawin to the tothir part.

c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 234 (MED) There ben fowre spices of bacbytynge..Therd maner when he reuelet, openez, vnwarly priuy thynge.

1540 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 266 A mattyer of gret Secresye which I dyde Reaueale.

c1560 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1887) 254 Whar as you say you will kepe ye burde in your breste saiffe and [the] othe that you have sworne never to revelle nor breake.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 16 A Bishop, who being the Queenes Confessour, was cast into Molda because he would not reueale her confession to her husband.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 383 Did not she..reveal The secret wrested from me?

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 47 They would not..reveal to me all the Particulars of the Conspiracy.

1784 New Spectator No. 15. 6 His attendance gave birth to a passion which he dared not to reveal.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 126 Wolsey has revealed to us fully his own objects in a letter.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope vi. 138 Having no character to lose, he could reveal his own practices without a blush.

1938 D. Cooper Diary 14 Sept. (2005) 259 The Prime Minister..spoke for 50 minutes, gradually revealing to us his intention of paying a personal visit to Hitler.

1964 J. Stewart tr. G. Simenon Maigret Mystified (1974) iv. 49 She had revealed nothing sensational to the Inspector.

1995 Country Living May 32/2 My guidebook had revealed that beavers, nutrias, and more than 40 other species of mammals roamed in the recesses of Louisiana's bayous.

2000 F. Dennis in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 81 When she came back, Olivia revealed that Sylvester had invited all of us to a blues dance.

2006 Architects' Jrnl. 19 Jan. 9/1 English Heritage (EH) is on the verge of abolishing the Grade II rating from the listing system, the AJ can exclusively reveal.

†b. transitive. To betray (a person). Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [verb (transitive)]

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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > betrayal > betray [verb (transitive)]

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1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 92 A servant of his, by whom..hee was revealed and there taken and beheaded.

1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 22 Crying blood, blood! the Villain will reveal us, the Villain will reveal us.

†c. intransitive. To divulge information; to tell a secret or secrets. Obsolete.

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1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 782 But I to enemies reveal'd, and should not.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 167 A dozen boys and girls..crowded round me, questioning,..speculating, revealing in a way which enchanted me.

2. transitive. To disclose or communicate by divine or supernatural means. Frequently with to, †unto.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > inspire [verb (transitive)]

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?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 367 (MED) I constreynede a certeyn creature in his soule..for to bere to þo wymmen fyue smale loues, whiche also I reuelide to þe soule of Agneys.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lii. 75 There it was shewed & reueled to hym that she shold be saued.

a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 121 (MED) Erkenwolde..hade nattyd his houres To biseche his souerayn..To vouche safe to reuele hym hit by a visoun.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 3 Although these two kyndes of reuealing haue ben very rare since the tyme that Christ was reueled.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I2^v A matter reuealed and prefigured unto Domitian in a Dreame.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 29 O wherefore was my birth..from some great act Or benefit reveal'd to Abraham's race?

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lii. 180 If the plot..had been whispered by a genie, communicated by a dream, or revealed by an angel from on high.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 236 The plan That truth and mercy had reveal'd to man.

1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple xviii. 206 The Spirit revealed Divine truth by inspired prophets.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iii. 71 God has revealed the fact that He made the heaven and the earth.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iv. 185 I will offer up my mass tomorrow morning, said the director, that Almighty God may reveal to you His holy will.

1969 C. Potok Promise (1971) ix. 163 He was asking me if I believed the Pentateuch had been revealed by God to Moses at Sinai.

2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 61 At the time, had this been revealed to him in Alva's crystal ball or via some other tarot table, it would have seemed pure madness.

a. transitive (reflexive). To show oneself, make oneself visible or apparent; to make oneself or one's true identity known to a person; to expose one's true nature. In later use also of things.

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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (reflexive)]

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in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 116 The chamberlaine to see that hee reveale himselfe at all tymes.

a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) iv. f. 29^v I haue no husband, y^u saiest wel said our sauior, for y^u hast had 5. & this y^t y^u hast now, is not thy husband: & so he reueled himself vnto her.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 28 Here is Lord Angelo.., Reueale your selfe to him.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 84 in Justice Vindicated The doing it in conformity to Gods command, as he hath supernaturally revealed himself.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 498. ⁋3 When they were apart, the impostor revealed himself.

1784 R. Cumberland Carmelite iv. 53 Shall I reveal myself? I'm strongly tempted?

1832 Ld. Tennyson Eleänore in Poems (new ed.) 25 Thy dark eyes opened not—Nor first revealed themselves to English air.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 13 A position where the mechanical conditions of the glacier revealed themselves.

1939 Fortune Oct. 75 (caption) The New Deal revealed itself as a Scrooge to the veterans, a gift horse to the farmers, and no friend to the utilities.

1970 J. G. Farrell Troubles ii. 219 The Major had seen his type in the army, where trouble-makers reveal themselves as surely as acid on litmus paper.

1999 M. Foley Mankind, have Nice Day! xxxvii. 498 Steve looked at Shane and the younger McMahon flipped him off, revealing himself to be a no-good SOB just like his dad.

b. transitive. To make manifest or apparent; to demonstrate, exhibit; to show (a person) to be something.

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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

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a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 23 (MED) Lete us accounte ourself as..unworþi to come to so gret a glory, þe whiche shal be reueled in us in tyme ordeined.

1594 I. T. tr. T. Watson Ould Facioned Love ii. 8 Those faire eyes, your true remorce reveale.

1605 S. Rowlands Hell's broke Loose 26 Our inward loue, let outward deedes reueale it.

1667 J. Caryll Eng. Princess v. viii. 60 Her Disguise reveals her Infamie.

1709 M. Prior Henry & Emma 118 His down-cast Eye reveals his inward Woes.

1781 J. Logan in Scott. Paraph. ix. 4 Nature's universal frame its Maker's power reveals.

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 212 The gossiping of a profound politician..often, by a spontaneous stroke, reveals the individual.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. viii. 100 His fascinating melodies revealed him to be cordial and impassioned.

1903 Lancet 18 Apr. 1102/1 Examination of the pus revealed the presence of abundant streptothricial growth.

1964 Listener 20 Aug. 266/1 Radio astronomy has already revealed to us an entirely new universe.

1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Business section) 18/2 A healthy free-asset ratio reveals the company's ability to maintain bonuses.

2008 N.Y. Times 24 Feb. (T: Style Mag.) 232/2 Kawakubo decided to branch out.., a move that revealed her to be an innovative businesswoman.

c. transitive. To expose to view, make visible; to display.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > make visible

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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd5^v Earely the morrow next, before that day His ioyous face did to the world reuele.

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. E5^v The mighty Silver-river..His tributorie sandes to him reveal'd; Nor sdained it to be a tributour, Vnto the Oceans mighty Emperour.

1636 C. Fitzgeffry Blessed Birth-day (ed. 2) 36 So doth some skilfull Artisan reveale His Master-peece.

1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride v. i. 66 All's dark within, save what A Lamp that feebly lifts a sickly Flame, By fits reveals.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 34 She rais'd her Head, and laid her Lips to that part of his Face that was reveal'd.

a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1884) I. 153 If the thin Coan Web her shape reveal.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 118 The gorges, opening wide apart, reveal Troas and Ilion's column'd citadel.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. 64 The evening light reveals the real landscape, though it may reveal it dimly.

1934 H. Roth Call it Sleep iii. iv. 221 The growing gas-light revealed another pupil in the room whom he hadn't noticed before.

1961 R. M. Dashwood Provinc. Daughter 55 She shifts furniture around briskly, revealing squalid piles of dust, marbles and minibricks.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Apr. a12/1 The young men's ‘sagging pants’ look, with trousers slung low enough to reveal a generous swath of boxer shorts, has some lamentable drawbacks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reveal
释义	revealn.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈviːl/, U.S. /rəˈvil/, /riˈvil/ Forms: see reveal v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reveal v. Etymology: < reveal v. Compare earlier revealing n., revealment n., revelation n. 1. An act of revealing something; a revelation; a disclosure; an unveiling. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > a disclosure reveal1596 disclosure1773 showdown1880 outing1991 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 17 They misdoubting not thy false reueale Are caught vnwares like Woodcocks in a sprenge. 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime iii. 22 He vtterly disclaimed their superstitious reueales. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 195 In nature the concealment of secret parts is the same in both sexes and the shame of their reveale equall. View more context for this quotation 1858 P. J. Bailey Age 41 Faith her first law, knowledge her last reveal. 1997 W. Goldman William Goldman 479 The reveal of the spade ace as the next card. 2. Broadcasting and Advertising. A final revelation of something previously kept from an audience, a participant in a programme, etc. Frequently with the. ΚΠ 1952 A. Funt Eavesdropper at Large iii. 41 This is the process we call ‘the reveal’—the point, toward the end of each candid portrait, where we reveal to the subject what we've been doing. 1975 New Times (N.Y.) 21 Mar. 52/3 But now the final coup, Allen's trademark—the ‘reveal’. ‘Madame, did you know that at this moment you are on nationwide TV?’ 1991 Campaign 16 Aug. 17 Is this for a theme park? A pub? A cocktail? A club? Search me. It's obviously a teaser campaign and the reveal's been lost in the post. 2005 G. A. Foster Class-passing vi. 113 After a barrage of commercials, we are presented with what the show describes as ‘the reveal’, the first view of her face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). revealn.² Brit. /rᵻˈviːl/, U.S. /rəˈvil/, /riˈvil/ Forms: α. 1600s revail, 1600s revale. β. 1700s– reveal, 1800s revele, 1800s– revel. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: revale v. Etymology: < revale v. (compare forms at that entry). Compare French ravalement (1554 in Middle French). The β. forms probably show the influence of reveal v. Compare revailed adj. Architecture. Either of the sides of an opening or recess at right angles to the face of the work; esp. that part of the side of a doorway or window opening between the frame and the arris.Sometimes specifically restricted to that part of the side of a doorway or window opening between the frame and the arris of the external wall. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > deep opening of > part of opening soil1447 reveal1666 rabbet-head1833 1666 in R. T. Gunther Archit. Sir R. Pratt (1928) (modernized text) ix. 129 They must be on each corner 9 ins. at the least for the margin, and its ogee; 4 ins. round at the least for the revail. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 394/2 Of two other sorts of Moulds..the second is a square with a swelling Frize and revale. 1766 C. Vallancey Pract. Treat. Stone-cutting xix. 40 Hollow the Arch of the Reveal as in the first Stone; and by a Ruler waste away the remaining Part of the Stone, according to the rear Arras of the Reveal. 1786 M. Archdall Monasticon Hibernicum 772 The stones are the entire depth of the walls, with a reveal cut at the inside for the door. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 593 In the clear of the reveals on the outside. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1384 Any recess in the wall where the two surfaces of the wall and the reveal meet at right angles. 1944 E. Lucas in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder ii. 52/1 A reveal is the portion of the jamb which can be seen—usually the portion or brickwork between the frame and the face of the wall. 1985 Corfe Castle (National Trust) (1990) 19 The tower originally had four arrow-loops, but only the north reveals of the two flanking ones survive. 2005 J. T. Paoletti & G. M. Radke Art in Renaissance Italy (ed. 3) x. 204/2 A series of classicizing figures decorates the inner reveals of the door. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). revealv. Brit. /rᵻˈviːl/, U.S. /rəˈvil/, /riˈvil/ Forms: late Middle English reveele, late Middle English–1500s reuele, late Middle English–1600s revele, 1500s reaueal, 1500s reaueale, 1500s reuyl, 1500s–1600s reueal, 1500s–1600s reueale, 1500s–1600s reueele, 1500s–1600s reveale, 1500s–1600s revell, 1500s– reveal, 1600s reveel, 1900s– rayvale (regional); Scottish pre-1700 reual, pre-1700 reueal, pre-1700 reuel, pre-1700 reuele, pre-1700 reveail, pre-1700 reveale, pre-1700 reveall, pre-1700 revel, pre-1700 revele, pre-1700 revelie, pre-1700 revile, pre-1700 revill, pre-1700 revyle, pre-1700 rewel, pre-1700 rewele, pre-1700 rewell, pre-1700 rewelle, pre-1700 rewil, pre-1700 1700s– reveal. See also reveil v. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French reveler; Latin revēlāre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reveler, Middle French reveller (French révéler ) to disclose or communicate (something) by divine or supernatural means (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to disclose or make known (something previously unknown or kept secret) in speech or writing (second half of the 12th cent.), to show oneself, make oneself visible or apparent (second half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman) and its etymon classical Latin revēlāre to remove the covering from, unveil, to raise the lid of, open, to unmask, to divulge, in post-classical Latin also to explain, to manifest (with reference to divine revelation) (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < re- re- prefix + vēlāre to cover (see veil v.). Compare Old Occitan revelar (end of the 13th cent.), Catalan revelar (13th cent.), Spanish revelar (second half of the 12th cent.), Portuguese revelar (13th cent.), Italian rivelare (second half of the 13th cent.; first half of the 13th cent. as †revelare ). Compare reveil v. 1. a. transitive. To disclose or make known (something previously unknown or kept secret) in speech or writing; to divulge, declare publicly or openly. Later also in weakened sense: to tell. Frequently with to, †unto. 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Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 72 And gif ony..persavis ony..perele apperand til othir he sal..revele it or ger it be revelit & made knawin to the tothir part. c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 234 (MED) There ben fowre spices of bacbytynge..Therd maner when he reuelet, openez, vnwarly priuy thynge. 1540 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 266 A mattyer of gret Secresye which I dyde Reaueale. c1560 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1887) 254 Whar as you say you will kepe ye burde in your breste saiffe and [the] othe that you have sworne never to revelle nor breake. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 16 A Bishop, who being the Queenes Confessour, was cast into Molda because he would not reueale her confession to her husband. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 383 Did not she..reveal The secret wrested from me? View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 47 They would not..reveal to me all the Particulars of the Conspiracy. 1784 New Spectator No. 15. 6 His attendance gave birth to a passion which he dared not to reveal. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 126 Wolsey has revealed to us fully his own objects in a letter. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope vi. 138 Having no character to lose, he could reveal his own practices without a blush. 1938 D. Cooper Diary 14 Sept. (2005) 259 The Prime Minister..spoke for 50 minutes, gradually revealing to us his intention of paying a personal visit to Hitler. 1964 J. Stewart tr. G. Simenon Maigret Mystified (1974) iv. 49 She had revealed nothing sensational to the Inspector. 1995 Country Living May 32/2 My guidebook had revealed that beavers, nutrias, and more than 40 other species of mammals roamed in the recesses of Louisiana's bayous. 2000 F. Dennis in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 81 When she came back, Olivia revealed that Sylvester had invited all of us to a blues dance. 2006 Architects' Jrnl. 19 Jan. 9/1 English Heritage (EH) is on the verge of abolishing the Grade II rating from the listing system, the AJ can exclusively reveal. †b. transitive. To betray (a person). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [verb (transitive)] trechec1230 betrayc1275 trayc1275 treason13.. traise1320 trechetc1330 betradec1375 betraisec1386 deceivea1400 bewray1535 reveal1640 double-cross1889 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > betrayal > betray [verb (transitive)] sellc950 forredea1000 belewec1000 trechec1230 betrayc1275 trayc1275 wrayc1275 traise1320 trechetc1330 betradec1375 betraisec1386 bewray1535 betrantc1540 boil1602 reveal1640 peacha1689 bridge1819 to go back on (also upon)1859 to sell (a person) down the river1921 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 92 A servant of his, by whom..hee was revealed and there taken and beheaded. 1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 22 Crying blood, blood! the Villain will reveal us, the Villain will reveal us. †c. intransitive. To divulge information; to tell a secret or secrets. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 782 But I to enemies reveal'd, and should not. View more context for this quotation 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 167 A dozen boys and girls..crowded round me, questioning,..speculating, revealing in a way which enchanted me. 2. transitive. To disclose or communicate by divine or supernatural means. Frequently with to, †unto. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > inspire [verb (transitive)] inblowc975 inspirea1340 illuminec1340 enlightenc1384 reveal?a1425 aspire1532 illuminatea1538 clarify1631 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 367 (MED) I constreynede a certeyn creature in his soule..for to bere to þo wymmen fyue smale loues, whiche also I reuelide to þe soule of Agneys. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lii. 75 There it was shewed & reueled to hym that she shold be saued. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 121 (MED) Erkenwolde..hade nattyd his houres To biseche his souerayn..To vouche safe to reuele hym hit by a visoun. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 3 Although these two kyndes of reuealing haue ben very rare since the tyme that Christ was reueled. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I2^v A matter reuealed and prefigured unto Domitian in a Dreame. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 29 O wherefore was my birth..from some great act Or benefit reveal'd to Abraham's race? View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lii. 180 If the plot..had been whispered by a genie, communicated by a dream, or revealed by an angel from on high. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 236 The plan That truth and mercy had reveal'd to man. 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple xviii. 206 The Spirit revealed Divine truth by inspired prophets. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iii. 71 God has revealed the fact that He made the heaven and the earth. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iv. 185 I will offer up my mass tomorrow morning, said the director, that Almighty God may reveal to you His holy will. 1969 C. Potok Promise (1971) ix. 163 He was asking me if I believed the Pentateuch had been revealed by God to Moses at Sinai. 2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 61 At the time, had this been revealed to him in Alva's crystal ball or via some other tarot table, it would have seemed pure madness. 3. a. transitive (reflexive). To show oneself, make oneself visible or apparent; to make oneself or one's true identity known to a person; to expose one's true nature. In later use also of things. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (reflexive)] awnc1175 reveal1493 demonstrate1553 present1585 manifest1726 showa1768 announce1768 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 116 The chamberlaine to see that hee reveale himselfe at all tymes. a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) iv. f. 29^v I haue no husband, y^u saiest wel said our sauior, for y^u hast had 5. & this y^t y^u hast now, is not thy husband: & so he reueled himself vnto her. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 28 Here is Lord Angelo.., Reueale your selfe to him. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 84 in Justice Vindicated The doing it in conformity to Gods command, as he hath supernaturally revealed himself. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 498. ⁋3 When they were apart, the impostor revealed himself. 1784 R. Cumberland Carmelite iv. 53 Shall I reveal myself? I'm strongly tempted? 1832 Ld. Tennyson Eleänore in Poems (new ed.) 25 Thy dark eyes opened not—Nor first revealed themselves to English air. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 13 A position where the mechanical conditions of the glacier revealed themselves. 1939 Fortune Oct. 75 (caption) The New Deal revealed itself as a Scrooge to the veterans, a gift horse to the farmers, and no friend to the utilities. 1970 J. G. Farrell Troubles ii. 219 The Major had seen his type in the army, where trouble-makers reveal themselves as surely as acid on litmus paper. 1999 M. Foley Mankind, have Nice Day! xxxvii. 498 Steve looked at Shane and the younger McMahon flipped him off, revealing himself to be a no-good SOB just like his dad. b. transitive. To make manifest or apparent; to demonstrate, exhibit; to show (a person) to be something. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 23 (MED) Lete us accounte ourself as..unworþi to come to so gret a glory, þe whiche shal be reueled in us in tyme ordeined. 1594 I. T. tr. T. Watson Ould Facioned Love ii. 8 Those faire eyes, your true remorce reveale. 1605 S. Rowlands Hell's broke Loose 26 Our inward loue, let outward deedes reueale it. 1667 J. Caryll Eng. Princess v. viii. 60 Her Disguise reveals her Infamie. 1709 M. Prior Henry & Emma 118 His down-cast Eye reveals his inward Woes. 1781 J. Logan in Scott. Paraph. ix. 4 Nature's universal frame its Maker's power reveals. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 212 The gossiping of a profound politician..often, by a spontaneous stroke, reveals the individual. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. viii. 100 His fascinating melodies revealed him to be cordial and impassioned. 1903 Lancet 18 Apr. 1102/1 Examination of the pus revealed the presence of abundant streptothricial growth. 1964 Listener 20 Aug. 266/1 Radio astronomy has already revealed to us an entirely new universe. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Business section) 18/2 A healthy free-asset ratio reveals the company's ability to maintain bonuses. 2008 N.Y. Times 24 Feb. (T: Style Mag.) 232/2 Kawakubo decided to branch out.., a move that revealed her to be an innovative businesswoman. c. transitive. To expose to view, make visible; to display. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > make visible wisec1400 show1532 reveal1590 unbosom1610 unveil1656 visualize1912 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd5^v Earely the morrow next, before that day His ioyous face did to the world reuele. 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. E5^v The mighty Silver-river..His tributorie sandes to him reveal'd; Nor sdained it to be a tributour, Vnto the Oceans mighty Emperour. 1636 C. Fitzgeffry Blessed Birth-day (ed. 2) 36 So doth some skilfull Artisan reveale His Master-peece. 1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride v. i. 66 All's dark within, save what A Lamp that feebly lifts a sickly Flame, By fits reveals. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 34 She rais'd her Head, and laid her Lips to that part of his Face that was reveal'd. a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1884) I. 153 If the thin Coan Web her shape reveal. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 118 The gorges, opening wide apart, reveal Troas and Ilion's column'd citadel. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. 64 The evening light reveals the real landscape, though it may reveal it dimly. 1934 H. Roth Call it Sleep iii. iv. 221 The growing gas-light revealed another pupil in the room whom he hadn't noticed before. 1961 R. M. Dashwood Provinc. Daughter 55 She shifts furniture around briskly, revealing squalid piles of dust, marbles and minibricks. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Apr. a12/1 The young men's ‘sagging pants’ look, with trousers slung low enough to reveal a generous swath of boxer shorts, has some lamentable drawbacks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1596n.²1666v.1409
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