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单词 revelative
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revelativeadj.

Brit. /ˈrɛvələtɪv/, /ˈrɛvl̩ətɪv/, U.S. /rəˈvɛlədɪv/, /ˈrɛvəˌleɪdɪv/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin revēlāt- , revēlāre , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin revēlāt-, past participial stem of revēlāre reveal v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin revelativus (7th cent.). Compare earlier revealing adj.
Serving to reveal something, esp. significant information; revelatory; demonstrative of something. Also: of or relating to a revelation or revelations.
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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
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).
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