单词 | revelative |
释义 | revelativeadj. Serving to reveal something, esp. significant information; revelatory; demonstrative of something. Also: of or relating to a revelation or revelations. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] revealing1563 telltale1579 discoveringa1631 proditoriousa1639 revelative1652 unfolding1762 unconcealing1804 revelatory1821 eye-opening1825 disclosing1892 now-it-can-be-told1932 1652 Mercurius Britannicus No. 14. 225 Room for a blue-apron'd Mercury, which though I cannot be so much master of the Revelative spirit, to foreknow. 1850 Chambers's Papers for People I. 20 Not a little revelative, too, of hereditary Yorkshire blood. 1887 Lit. World 25 Mar. 275/2 The subject is of such a nature, that somehow it becomes more luminous and revelative. 1929 Daily Mail 18 July 6/4 The revelative few lines of him which I must quote. 1978 Philos. East & West 28 57 Concepts that belong to revelative theology proper, such as those of the Logos. 2000 R. S. Corrington Semiotic Theory Theol. & Philos. i. 39 Melancholy and ecstasy are more deeply revelative of worldhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652 |
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