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单词 revealing
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revealingn.

Brit. /rᵻˈviːlɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈvilɪŋ/, /riˈvilɪŋ/
Forms: see reveal v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reveal v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < reveal v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier revelation n.
The action or an act of disclosing information, (in early use) esp. by divine or supernatural means; revelation; an instance of this.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun]
lightOE
lightingOE
inspiration1303
illuminationsc1340
inyettingc1340
revelationc1384
oraclec1425
revealingc1429
informationc1450
infusionc1450
illustrationc1480
gospel1481
aspirationc1534
illuminating1561
afflation1576
entheos1594
enthusiasm1595
flame-light1611
illapse1614
inspirement1616
spiration1629
respirationa1631
irradiation1631
income1647
afflatus1649
theopneustian1660
entheasm1752
prana1785
inflation1835
theopneusty1847
inflatusa1861
theopneustia1894
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]
discoveringa1375
nakeninga1382
bewrayingc1386
detection1471
discoverture?1473
revelationc1485
disclosinga1513
disclosurea1525
disclose1548
overture1548
patefaction1553
displaying1556
discovery1567
unripping1568
revealment1576
discoverment1578
retection1581
unmaskinga1586
unclasping?1592
denudation1593
untrussing1597
uncovering1598
detecting1604
divulging1604
divulgation1610
unvizardinga1628
exposinga1631
divulgement1632
unbowellinga1639
unfolding1646
revealinga1649
unrolling1648
pre-discovery1653
discoverance1664
unshelling1670
development1760
unveilinga1774
disclosal1786
displayment1801
divulgence1851
revelationism1854
unbosoming1910
uncovery1963
c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4734 Thilk frere..Hadde revelings dyvine and consolaciounes.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 100 (MED) No man schulde be moved aȝens the feith ther of..without evidencis takun vpon Goddis affermyng or Goddis reveling.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. viii. §29 For whiche cause the faithful did..maruelously esteme the reuelyng of the Sabbat.
1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 1084 The Prophete..had especiall warrant by Gods especial reuealing, so to bidde them.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 108 The revealing of which to the World was a Secret..derogatory to the Pontificial State.
1688 W. Mountfort Injur'd Lovers iv. i. 37 Dost thou not dread the fatal consequence Must issue from revealing of this mischief?
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxviii. 291 Not to keep her own secret, when the revealing of it could answer no possible good end.
1798 F. Burney Jrnls. 20 Sept. (1973) IV. 198 How black do those revealings bring out a young man for whose family we have so justly been interested.
1836 J. Wilson Sacred Pneumatol. ii. iii. 155 The creation of the world, and the revealing of the Gospel to mankind, were both effected by miracles.
1880 Nature 29 Apr. 627/2 He then approaches gradually till a second position is reached, when the revealing of the second light does produce a movement of the iris.
1918 W. J. Jupp Wayfarings viii. 93 The revealings of a spirit fellowly and accordant with his own.
1966 K. Burke Lang. as Symbolic Action ii. vi. 192 Even the crudest of sensory perceptions can be treated as the revealing of nature's mysteries.
2004 N.Y. Mag. 7 June 36/1 No reporting on forthcoming military tactics, no revealing of sensitive information about troop positions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

revealingadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈviːlɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈvilɪŋ/, /riˈvilɪŋ/
Forms: see reveal v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reveal v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < reveal v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier revealing n.
1. That discloses or divulges something secret or previously unknown; that makes interesting or significant information known or apparent.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective]
revealing1563
telltale1579
discoveringa1631
proditoriousa1639
revelative1652
unfolding1762
unconcealing1804
revelatory1821
eye-opening1825
disclosing1892
now-it-can-be-told1932
society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] > that reveals
revealing1563
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 710/1 Diuers of the articles pretensed, are superfluous and impertinent not reueling, though they were proued.
1630 J. Sharpe Triall Protestant Priuate Spirit i. 28 Their scripture is not to them a proponent, but (if it were true scripture) a reuealing cause, because in it is reuealed truth.
1672 G. Downing Disc. 19 The Omnipotent God..did..cause an Indian that should have been an Executioner, to be a revealing Deliverer.
1714 J. Hughes tr. Lucan Story of Sextus & Erichtho in tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine vi. 112 They, who boldly dare inquire their Fate..Are told the Truth by the revealing Spright.
1756 L. Dermott Ahiman Rezon 6 This Affair being so urgent,..the revealing Woman must prolocute for herself and the rest.
1860 J. Cochran Revelation of John ii. ii. 191 The revealing angel throws some light upon the second sense of the allegory.
1893 H. James Ess. in London & Elsewhere 126 She sent the speaker a touching, a revealing sonnet.
1927 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. II. 210 The second rebellion against Henry II was a longer and much more revealing thing than the first.
1964 W. R. Brain Doctors Past & Present 95 A man's conversation is more revealing than any description of him.
2003 Sci Fi Oct. 77/1 It's a revealing look at how a small-time mobster gets treated like royalty.
2.
a. Esp. of light: that makes a person or thing visible; that exposes a person or thing to view.
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1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H3 Reuealing day through euery crannie spies. View more context for this quotation
1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur viii. 214 The Sun himself whose bright revealing Ray..From these dark Seats removes the Shades of Night.
1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 224 Conceal themselves from all revealing Light.
1816 M. Holford Margaret of Anjou 262 Of day's revealing glance afraid, Dispers'd each darkling ambuscade.
1879 Baptist Mag. Jan. 25 Bringing the revealing power of his microscope to bear on the water he drank, it was shown that even that was full of living things.
1907 Sunset Mag. May 10/1 The earth hides uncounted mineral treasures which need only the revealing hand of the prospector.
1993 D. R. Koontz Mr. Murder iii. vi. 459 The body..was bathed in the mercilessly revealing beam of the flashlight.
b. Of an item of clothing: that reveals more of the wearer's body than is considered usual or appropriate.In quot. 1908 in figurative context.
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1908 R. Lynd Irish & Eng. 197 The trees green and shining, as though some nymph-like spirit had descended and put on the leaves for a revealing garment.
1910 Boston Cooking-school Mag. Nov. 175/1 It is almost irreverent to wear a hobble dress to church. It is as bad form to wear the ‘intimate’, revealing dress of long lines in sinuous draperies, as it is execrable to wear it at any time.
1958 Jet 20 Nov. 43 [She] pranced out on the Concord Plaza ballroom floor in a revealing outfit of flesh colored, skin-tight net.
1989 Miami Herald (Nexis) 29 Aug. a1 [She] would never pose on top of a pile of cash, nor would she ever wear a dress that revealing.
2007 Grazia 9 July 95 Scarlett swears by: a Brazilian wax for those revealing bikinis.

Derivatives

reˈvealingly adv.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adverb]
into opena1382
up1593
revealingly1846
apocalyptically1848
1846 E. Robinson Cæsar Borgia I. xiii. 260 We must to horse ere the sun looks too revealingly down upon our enterprise.
1921 Munsey's Mag. Nov. 230/2 She held herself calmly, but the color came and went revealingly in her cheeks.
2003 Marie Claire Dec. 115/3 If we pass a woman dressed revealingly, I check he isn't eyeing her up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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