uncloudv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklaʊd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklaʊd/, U.S. /ˌənˈklaʊd/ 1. transitive. To free from obscurity; to make clear or apparent; to brighten or clear (the face, expression, etc.); to illuminate (the mind or understanding). Also occasionally reflexive: to become clear.
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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
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] > make face or eyes cheerful
to clear up1594
uncloud?1594
lighten1605
irradiate1651
light1761
society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] > undeceive
to bring (a person) to reasona1400
to set (also put) someone right1551
unhoodwink1585
undeceive1598
unbeguile1599
disabuse1611
disdeceive1622
disinveigle1635
clarify1642
unconfound1649
uncheat1650
undelude1651
ungull1652
unpervert1655
unseduce1664
unbewilder1668
unclouda1711
disillude1860
disillusionize1861
disillusion1864
de-bamboozle1919
straighten1956
?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) Printer to Rdr. sig. A2 Obscur'd wonders..visited me.., and I in regard of Aeneas honour, have vnclouded them vnto the worlde.
1607 W. Alexander Trag. Iulius Cæsar iv. i. sig. Y3, in Monarchicke Trag. When that friendship one of them pretends, Then th'other likewise doth vncloude his face.
a1672 P. Sterry Appearance of God to Man in Gospel (1710) 328 Things seen in their Unseen and Divine Forms, unclouding themselves, shining out upon the Soul.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo xiii, in Wks. (1721) III. 375 Down from high Heav'n rush'd a strong gracious Wind, Dispelling Mists, unclouding ev'ry Mind.
1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 203 It is in the true spirit of a modern drinking song; recommending it to the servant to uncloud his brow.
1832 ‘B. Cornwall’ Eng. Songs vi. 8 Uncloud thy beauty, rare and bright.
1891 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy II. xxviii. 179 The psalm..affords light which may uncloud your understanding.
1920 Mod. Lang. Rev. 15 103 The tumbler is shaken and the water unclouds itself.
1994 Material Culture 26 52 Accessible works such as this help uncloud the picture and help direct our efforts towards fruitful collaboration.
2. transitive. Chiefly literary and poetic. To clear or free (the sun, sky, etc.) from clouds. Now rare.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (transitive)] > make clear
to clear the airc1380
uncloud1598
serene1613
enubilate1736
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disnebbiare, to vncloude, to cleare vp.
1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster iv. 44 Tis the king will haue it so, whose breath can still the winds, vnclowd the Sun.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. xlviii. 73 This Monarch Star, Making his Progresse through the Signes, unclouds the Air.
1857 C. J. P. Eyre Our Lord's Desertion by Disciples 20 Let the mountain be covered with snow..yet, when spring unclouds the sun, the white mantle shall melt away.
1932 W. Plomer Fivefold Screen 62 Your smile would shelter me from Indian rains..Life-giving wonder..Folds the umbrella and unclouds the skies.
3. intransitive. To become clear; to brighten; (of the sun, sky, etc.) to become free from clouds.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > be sane [verb (intransitive)] > become sane
uncloud1793
sanify1836
to get (or take) a grip on (oneself)1895
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become clear
clearc1374
to clear up1627
uncloud1793
1793 G. Butt Poems II. 101 For, lo! the British Constantine, Enraptur'd, marks th'unclouding sky; Bids us behold the cross divine.
1800 J. Bannantine New Joe Miller (ed. 2) §273. 92 His visage now began to uncloud, And now he laugh'd both long and loud.
1874 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) II. 431 I am hopeful that as she gets weaker the brain will uncloud.
1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber I. xv. 176 Every now and then she cast up a glance, and there were black suns unclouding over a white sea.
1971 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 71 2108/3 If hemoglobin S is present, the system will uncloud.
1997 Ploughshares 23 143 Betty..wants to marvel with them at their resurrection. Their eyes uncloud. The color rises in their faces.
Derivatives
unˈclouding n.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]
keyeOE
undoinga1330
expositiona1340
declarationc1374
declaringc1374
clearingc1380
expoundingc1380
explanationa1382
interpretation1382
exploitingc1390
unfolding1483
explicating1531
explication1537
clearance?1548
elucidation1570
explaining1576
manifestation1576
untwining1577
illustration1581
untwisting1591
eviscerating1599
unclouding1601
enodation1603
opening1611
dilucidation1615
unsnarling1640
declarement1646
enucleation1650
illumination1656
dilucidatinga1660
luciferousness1665
clarifying1677
unravelling1713
disentanglement1751
exegesis1770
disambiguation1827
evisceration1831
keyword1848
clarificationa1866
exponence1880
exponency1880
straightening1900
demystification1964
1601 R. Linche tr. G. Nanni Hist. Treat. Trav. Noah sig. Miij The clearer manifesting and unclouding of what was first proposed.
1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 14 Aug. 528/1 A gradual clearing of the mind was observed, and this unclouding is still going forward.
2000 L. Norfolk In Shape of Boar i. 87 The sudden unclouding of the sun's rays.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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