unmaskv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɑːsk/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmask/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmæsk/

Forms: 1500s–1600s vnmaske, 1500s– unmask, 1600s unmaske, 1600s vnmasque, 1600s–1700s unmasque.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², mask n.³; un- prefix², mask v.⁴

Etymology: Partly < un- prefix² + mask n.³, and partly (especially in senses 3a and 4) < un- prefix² + mask v.⁴Compare Dutch ontmasken (1645), German entmasken (1696 or earlier).

a. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To take off a mask; to reveal one's face by removing a mask, veil, or other covering.In quot. 1683 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > remove specific garments > headgear

disvisor1548

capa1555

unmask1562

vail1597

off-capa1616

unbonnet1810

uncap1875

uncasque1880

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 5^v When they had maskd a whyle, with dames in courtly wise: All dyd vnmaske, the rest dyd shew them to theyr ladies eyes.

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. B3^v But now vnmaske thy selfe, that we may see, What warlike wrinckles time hath charactered, With ages print vpon thy warlike face.

1611 G. Chapman May-day v. 74 Quint. O no, you must not vnmaske. Innoc. No, no, Ile kisse her with my maske and all.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 2 At the first sight of me, you all unmasque, and appear in more lively colours.

1696 T. Scott Mock-marriage iv. i. 42 (stage direction) She unmasques her self.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 349 A female bed-fellow, who never unmasks till she comes into the bed-chamber.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 299 I was obliged to unmask from the heat, and soon got a crowd about me.

1855 J. S. Coyne Secret Agent ii. 30 Well I've given you fair warning, and now I have to request that you will unmask, that I may know my antagonist?

1875 Belgravia Jan. 416 As soon as they were seated, Aïchouna unmasked herself completely, while Haoua merely drew her muslin veil slightly on one side so as to show her face to her friends.

1909 M. L. Ryley Mice & Men iii. 45 (stage direction) Joanna unmasks, and he steps back in surprise.

2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 13 July b1 In the mosque, the Overbrook High graduate ‘unmasks’ herself and reveals an expressive face with almond-shaped eyes.

b. transitive. To remove a mask or other covering from (a person's face); to reveal by taking off a mask, veil, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > headgear > veil or mask

disshroud1577

unmask1594

discurtain1616

unveil1770

disenshroud1835

1594 Zepheria ii. sig. B1^v When I empris'd..The siluer lustre of thy brow t' unmask, Though hath my Muse hyperboliz'd trajections: Yet stands it aye deficient to such task.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 37 The Chariest maide is prodigall enough, If she vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 163 The Bridge..was..full of women,..many of which..in a fair deportment unmasqued their faces.

1727 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (new ed.) II. 29 The Demand I am about to make..is to follow my Example, and immediately be all unmask'd.

1841 R. W. Emerson Lect. on Times (1844) 72 To-day is a king in disguise... Let us unmask the king as he passes.

1876 J. Saunders Lion in Path xxxvii We must unmask you, pretty Mistress Preston.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent xi. 364 He..dragged the veil off, unmasking a still, unreadable face.

2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 12 July 5 Omar is followed by the ubiquitous Ejim who, at the right moment, unmasks his face for the terrified Omar to behold.

†c. transitive. To remove (a covering of some kind) from the face as if it were a mask. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > remove like a mask

unmask1613

1613 Golden Meane 37 To vnmaske the vizour that hides the deformitie of this customarie vilenesse, much guilt is to be laid on the change of the times.

1624 G. Raleigh in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 242 Our tender muse hath labored as she could; Her sable vaile she must of force unmaske.

a. transitive. To reveal, disclose, or uncover (something hidden or obscured); to discover, expose, or reveal the identity of (a person).Frequent as past participle in work titles from the early 17th cent. onwards.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > the presence or identity of

wrayc1290

discoverc1330

unmask1582

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vi. sig. Si In Theologie, he reade those bookes, that cleared the mistes of Ignoraunce, and vnmasked the deceiptes of the superstitious Monkes.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L3 Vnmaske..this moodie heauinesse, And tell thy griefe.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xlii. 81/2 Since the true God hath vnmasked the errors of those times by the truth of his word.

1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 106 Alexander the sixt, setting aside all modesty, was the first that vnmasked his Nephewes, acknowledging them to be his sonnes.

1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 44 Time..doth by degrees discover & unmask the fallacy of ungrounded perswasions.

1798 Monthly Mag. 6 552 In unmasking the popular heathenism, and in revealing the immortality of the soul.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 241 The accuser..unmasked their conspiracy with Apelles.

1869 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1876) ii. 43 That judicial mission which was to unmask false goodness.

1873 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 349 Unmasking the villain who has supplanted him with his mistress.

a1901 J. Fiske Ess. Hist. & Literary (1902) i. vi. 262 This bold measure..unmasked the duplicity of the governor.

1917 Washington Post 15 Apr. (Mag. section) 4/2 Internal revenue officers..admit that they are baffled in their efforts to unmask the drug barons in the inner shrine of the dope hierarchy.

1972 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Mar. 587/2 This..suggests that lack of exogenous oral corticosteroid in the blood stream..had unmasked latent allergic symptoms in the nasal mucosa or skin.

2011 Guardian (Nexis) 20 July 34 Most dramatists would be happy with a plot that unmasked skulduggery inside the world's most powerful media organisation.

b. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To reveal one's true identity, character, intentions, feelings, etc.; to cease to dissemble. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character

unmaska1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiii. sig. Dd3^v (heading) Zelmane thought-sicke, vnmaskes her selfe.

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres i, in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 28 For shame vnmaske, leaue for to cloke intent, And show thou art vaine-glorious, impudent.

1639 C. Allen tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Eurialus & Lucretia 37 Confident of his loyall integritie, shee reveal'd her dissembled love, and unmask'd her selfe in this Letter.

1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1720) II. 97 They must now suddenly unmask themselves in one way or other, no farther Pretences being left.

1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Civil Char. Julius Cæsar in Philos. Wks. I. 312 Tho' this was ever his Scheme, and at last put in execution, yet he did not unmask.

1827 O. Oakwood Village Tales 176 When the spirits are up, and all reserve thrown off, the heart unmasks itself.

1868 Atlantic Monthly July 105/1 To him he unmasked, and said boldly that at last he was really in love.

1900 L. Strachey tr. A. Potocka Mem. Countess Potocka iii. 199 At the moment his fortunes ceased Madame Walewska felt at liberty to unmask, and followed the emperor to the Island of Elba.

2012 Slavic Rev. 71 99 Stein responds to his new situation..not by unmasking himself as a Jew, but by engaging in concrete action.

c. transitive. To disclose the true nature of, or reveal the hidden truth about, (a person or thing); to expose as.

ΘΚΠ

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

unwryc825

unhelec1000

to draw forthc1175

unhillc1200

to bring forth?c1225

unsteekc1250

let witc1275

uncovera1300

wraya1300

knowc1300

barea1325

shrivec1374

unwrapc1374

again-covera1382

nakena1382

outc1390

tellc1390

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cough1393

unhidea1400

unclosec1400

unhaspc1400

bewrayc1405

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accusea1413

reveil1424

unlocka1425

unrekec1425

disclude?1440

uncurec1440

utter1444

detect1447

break1463

expose1483

divinec1500

revelate1514

to bring (also put) to light1526

decipher1529

rake1547

rip1549

unshadow1550

to lay to sight1563

uppen1565

unlace1567

unvisor?1571

resign1572

uncloak1574

disshroud1577

spill1577

reap1578

unrip1579

scour1585

unharboura1586

unmask1586

uncase1587

descrya1591

unclasp?1592

unrive1592

discover1594

unburden1594

untomb1594

unhusk1596

dismask1598

to open upc1600

untruss1600

divulge1602

unshale1606

unbrace1607

unveil1609

rave1610

disveil1611

unface1611

unsecret1612

unvizard1620

to open up1624

uncurtain1628

unscreen1628

unbare1630

disenvelop1632

unclothe1632

to lay forth1633

unshroud1633

unmuffle1637

midwife1638

dissecret1640

unseal1640

unmantle1643

to fetch out1644

undisguise1655

disvelop1658

decorticate1660

clash1667

exert1692

disinter1711

to up with1715

unbundlea1739

develop1741

disembosom1745

to open out1814

to let out1833

unsack1846

uncrown1849

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

unfrock1866

disbosom1868

to blow the lid off1928

flush1950

surface1955

to take or pull the wraps off1964

1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror vii. 134 Noble King Henry the eight first vnmasked this proude Pope.

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iv. 150 Wordes of him..who cals himself Clarus Bonarscius, but is unmask'd and disanagrammatiz'd by his fellow, who calls him, Carolus Scribanius.

1640 W. Mure Counter-buff 6 Now thy piece I must anatomize... The frontespiece unmaskes an hypocrite.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 257 Could we but unmask nature, and strip it of all those false ornaments wherewith our prejudiced imagination has cloathed it.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 265 ‘The hypocrite!’ said he to himself..‘but I will unmask him.’

1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xii. 17 No sooner was it [sc. her hand in marriage] ask'd Than she the lovely Jezebel unmask'd.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 Christian charity feels constrained to unmask a demon from the depths of the pit.

1959 K. R. Popper Logic of Sci. Discov. ii. 51 Nothing is easier than to unmask a problem as ‘meaningless’ or ‘pseudo’.

2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Feb. 27/2 Newt Gingrich..attacked Romney from the left by unmasking him as a corporate raider who had devised clever ways to loot a company legally and leave many of its workers without a job.

3. Military.

a. transitive. To reveal (troops, a weapon, a manoeuvre, etc.) to the enemy; esp. to reveal the presence or location of (a gun, battery, etc.) either by making it visible to the enemy, or by opening fire (cf. mask v.⁴ 2b(a)).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) > the enemy or his position

discover1487

recognize1637

recognosce1637

reconnoitre1705

unmask1733

to feel for ——?1795

observe1853

spot1914

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > reveal position by firing

unmask1733

1733 E. Budgell Bee 4 67 A new Battery was unmasked upon the Platform, and another to the Right of the Attack.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 450/1 The besieged unmask'd 4 batteries.

1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges iv. 110 The other divisions..hastened their march as soon as the movement was unmasked.

1879 C. R. Low Afghan War 100 With a view of making the Afghan commandant..unmask his force.

1884 Manch. Examiner 9 Sept. 8/4 The Chinese, unmasking a mountain gun, fired on the Bayard.

1904 Engineering 21 Oct. 546/2 Unmasked batteries may be destroyed; each general will exhaust his ingenuity in forcing his adversary to unmask his position while remaining sheltered himself.

1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xx. 290 All ships turn as necessary to unmask batteries.

2004 W. B. Cisco Wade Hampton v. 76 Hidden by trees were two field guns and a 32-pounder... Only when the work was complete were the trees felled, unmasking the position.

b. transitive. Of a body of troops: to move out of the line of fire of (a friendly force); to clear the line of attack for (a force). Cf. mask v.⁴ 2b(c). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > other manoeuvres

geta1400

to get the sun of1598

to get the back of1653

attenda1674

unmask1779

1779 Regulations Order & Discipline Troops U.S. I. 45 So soon as the fourth platoon has unmasked the fifth, its officer commands, Halt! Front! March!

1814 W. Duane Syst. Mil. Discipline iii. ii. 149 At the command march, the even platoons only will move out by the right flank, to unmask the odd platoons the guides who have faced to the right about will not move.

1862 S. Casey Infantry Tactics II. v. 268 When the platoons or sections placed in the interior of a square or column, are to be deployed, they will be marched out by the flank..and as soon as they have unmasked the column or square, they will be deployed.

1925 A. French Day of Concord & Lexington xxii. 195 To maintain a fixed position, the second platoon was to move forward as soon as the first had vacated its place... To retire, it fired from its own place as soon as the first platoon had unmasked it.

†4. intransitive. To emerge into view; to become visible. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible

ariseOE

to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225

'peara1382

appear1382

kithea1400

to show out?a1425

muster?1435

to come forthc1449

to look outa1470

apparish1483

to show forth1487

come1531

to come out?1548

peer1568

to look through1573

glimpse1596

loom1605

rise1615

emicate1657

emike1657

present1664

opena1691

emerge1700

dawn1744

to come down the pike1812

to open out1813

to crop out1849

unmask1858

to come through1868

to show up1879

to come (etc.) out of thin air1932

surface1961

1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 227 Two Obelisks..on the strand..will..unmask.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmask
释义	unmaskv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɑːsk/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈmask/, U.S. /ˌənˈmæsk/ Forms: 1500s–1600s vnmaske, 1500s– unmask, 1600s unmaske, 1600s vnmasque, 1600s–1700s unmasque. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², mask n.³; un- prefix², mask v.⁴ Etymology: Partly < un- prefix² + mask n.³, and partly (especially in senses 3a and 4) < un- prefix² + mask v.⁴Compare Dutch ontmasken (1645), German entmasken (1696 or earlier). 1. a. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To take off a mask; to reveal one's face by removing a mask, veil, or other covering.In quot. 1683 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > remove specific garments > headgear disvisor1548 capa1555 unmask1562 vail1597 off-capa1616 unbonnet1810 uncap1875 uncasque1880 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 5^v When they had maskd a whyle, with dames in courtly wise: All dyd vnmaske, the rest dyd shew them to theyr ladies eyes. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. B3^v But now vnmaske thy selfe, that we may see, What warlike wrinckles time hath charactered, With ages print vpon thy warlike face. 1611 G. Chapman May-day v. 74 Quint. O no, you must not vnmaske. Innoc. No, no, Ile kisse her with my maske and all. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 2 At the first sight of me, you all unmasque, and appear in more lively colours. 1696 T. Scott Mock-marriage iv. i. 42 (stage direction) She unmasques her self. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 349 A female bed-fellow, who never unmasks till she comes into the bed-chamber. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 299 I was obliged to unmask from the heat, and soon got a crowd about me. 1855 J. S. Coyne Secret Agent ii. 30 Well I've given you fair warning, and now I have to request that you will unmask, that I may know my antagonist? 1875 Belgravia Jan. 416 As soon as they were seated, Aïchouna unmasked herself completely, while Haoua merely drew her muslin veil slightly on one side so as to show her face to her friends. 1909 M. L. Ryley Mice & Men iii. 45 (stage direction) Joanna unmasks, and he steps back in surprise. 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 13 July b1 In the mosque, the Overbrook High graduate ‘unmasks’ herself and reveals an expressive face with almond-shaped eyes. b. transitive. To remove a mask or other covering from (a person's face); to reveal by taking off a mask, veil, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > headgear > veil or mask disshroud1577 unmask1594 discurtain1616 unveil1770 disenshroud1835 1594 Zepheria ii. sig. B1^v When I empris'd..The siluer lustre of thy brow t' unmask, Though hath my Muse hyperboliz'd trajections: Yet stands it aye deficient to such task. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 37 The Chariest maide is prodigall enough, If she vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 163 The Bridge..was..full of women,..many of which..in a fair deportment unmasqued their faces. 1727 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (new ed.) II. 29 The Demand I am about to make..is to follow my Example, and immediately be all unmask'd. 1841 R. W. Emerson Lect. on Times (1844) 72 To-day is a king in disguise... Let us unmask the king as he passes. 1876 J. Saunders Lion in Path xxxvii We must unmask you, pretty Mistress Preston. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent xi. 364 He..dragged the veil off, unmasking a still, unreadable face. 2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 12 July 5 Omar is followed by the ubiquitous Ejim who, at the right moment, unmasks his face for the terrified Omar to behold. †c. transitive. To remove (a covering of some kind) from the face as if it were a mask. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > remove like a mask unmask1613 1613 Golden Meane 37 To vnmaske the vizour that hides the deformitie of this customarie vilenesse, much guilt is to be laid on the change of the times. 1624 G. Raleigh in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 242 Our tender muse hath labored as she could; Her sable vaile she must of force unmaske. 2. a. transitive. To reveal, disclose, or uncover (something hidden or obscured); to discover, expose, or reveal the identity of (a person).Frequent as past participle in work titles from the early 17th cent. onwards. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > the presence or identity of wrayc1290 discoverc1330 unmask1582 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vi. sig. Si In Theologie, he reade those bookes, that cleared the mistes of Ignoraunce, and vnmasked the deceiptes of the superstitious Monkes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L3 Vnmaske..this moodie heauinesse, And tell thy griefe. View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xlii. 81/2 Since the true God hath vnmasked the errors of those times by the truth of his word. 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 106 Alexander the sixt, setting aside all modesty, was the first that vnmasked his Nephewes, acknowledging them to be his sonnes. 1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 44 Time..doth by degrees discover & unmask the fallacy of ungrounded perswasions. 1798 Monthly Mag. 6 552 In unmasking the popular heathenism, and in revealing the immortality of the soul. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 241 The accuser..unmasked their conspiracy with Apelles. 1869 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1876) ii. 43 That judicial mission which was to unmask false goodness. 1873 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 349 Unmasking the villain who has supplanted him with his mistress. a1901 J. Fiske Ess. Hist. & Literary (1902) i. vi. 262 This bold measure..unmasked the duplicity of the governor. 1917 Washington Post 15 Apr. (Mag. section) 4/2 Internal revenue officers..admit that they are baffled in their efforts to unmask the drug barons in the inner shrine of the dope hierarchy. 1972 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Mar. 587/2 This..suggests that lack of exogenous oral corticosteroid in the blood stream..had unmasked latent allergic symptoms in the nasal mucosa or skin. 2011 Guardian (Nexis) 20 July 34 Most dramatists would be happy with a plot that unmasked skulduggery inside the world's most powerful media organisation. b. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To reveal one's true identity, character, intentions, feelings, etc.; to cease to dissemble. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character unmaska1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiii. sig. Dd3^v (heading) Zelmane thought-sicke, vnmaskes her selfe. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres i, in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 28 For shame vnmaske, leaue for to cloke intent, And show thou art vaine-glorious, impudent. 1639 C. Allen tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Eurialus & Lucretia 37 Confident of his loyall integritie, shee reveal'd her dissembled love, and unmask'd her selfe in this Letter. 1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1720) II. 97 They must now suddenly unmask themselves in one way or other, no farther Pretences being left. 1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Civil Char. Julius Cæsar in Philos. Wks. I. 312 Tho' this was ever his Scheme, and at last put in execution, yet he did not unmask. 1827 O. Oakwood Village Tales 176 When the spirits are up, and all reserve thrown off, the heart unmasks itself. 1868 Atlantic Monthly July 105/1 To him he unmasked, and said boldly that at last he was really in love. 1900 L. Strachey tr. A. Potocka Mem. Countess Potocka iii. 199 At the moment his fortunes ceased Madame Walewska felt at liberty to unmask, and followed the emperor to the Island of Elba. 2012 Slavic Rev. 71 99 Stein responds to his new situation..not by unmasking himself as a Jew, but by engaging in concrete action. c. transitive. To disclose the true nature of, or reveal the hidden truth about, (a person or thing); to expose as. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror vii. 134 Noble King Henry the eight first vnmasked this proude Pope. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iv. 150 Wordes of him..who cals himself Clarus Bonarscius, but is unmask'd and disanagrammatiz'd by his fellow, who calls him, Carolus Scribanius. 1640 W. Mure Counter-buff 6 Now thy piece I must anatomize... The frontespiece unmaskes an hypocrite. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 257 Could we but unmask nature, and strip it of all those false ornaments wherewith our prejudiced imagination has cloathed it. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 265 ‘The hypocrite!’ said he to himself..‘but I will unmask him.’ 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xii. 17 No sooner was it [sc. her hand in marriage] ask'd Than she the lovely Jezebel unmask'd. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 Christian charity feels constrained to unmask a demon from the depths of the pit. 1959 K. R. Popper Logic of Sci. Discov. ii. 51 Nothing is easier than to unmask a problem as ‘meaningless’ or ‘pseudo’. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Feb. 27/2 Newt Gingrich..attacked Romney from the left by unmasking him as a corporate raider who had devised clever ways to loot a company legally and leave many of its workers without a job. 3. Military. a. transitive. To reveal (troops, a weapon, a manoeuvre, etc.) to the enemy; esp. to reveal the presence or location of (a gun, battery, etc.) either by making it visible to the enemy, or by opening fire (cf. mask v.⁴ 2b(a)). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) > the enemy or his position discover1487 recognize1637 recognosce1637 reconnoitre1705 unmask1733 to feel for ——?1795 observe1853 spot1914 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > reveal position by firing unmask1733 1733 E. Budgell Bee 4 67 A new Battery was unmasked upon the Platform, and another to the Right of the Attack. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 450/1 The besieged unmask'd 4 batteries. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges iv. 110 The other divisions..hastened their march as soon as the movement was unmasked. 1879 C. R. Low Afghan War 100 With a view of making the Afghan commandant..unmask his force. 1884 Manch. Examiner 9 Sept. 8/4 The Chinese, unmasking a mountain gun, fired on the Bayard. 1904 Engineering 21 Oct. 546/2 Unmasked batteries may be destroyed; each general will exhaust his ingenuity in forcing his adversary to unmask his position while remaining sheltered himself. 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xx. 290 All ships turn as necessary to unmask batteries. 2004 W. B. Cisco Wade Hampton v. 76 Hidden by trees were two field guns and a 32-pounder... Only when the work was complete were the trees felled, unmasking the position. b. transitive. Of a body of troops: to move out of the line of fire of (a friendly force); to clear the line of attack for (a force). Cf. mask v.⁴ 2b(c). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > other manoeuvres geta1400 to get the sun of1598 to get the back of1653 attenda1674 unmask1779 1779 Regulations Order & Discipline Troops U.S. I. 45 So soon as the fourth platoon has unmasked the fifth, its officer commands, Halt! Front! March! 1814 W. Duane Syst. Mil. Discipline iii. ii. 149 At the command march, the even platoons only will move out by the right flank, to unmask the odd platoons the guides who have faced to the right about will not move. 1862 S. Casey Infantry Tactics II. v. 268 When the platoons or sections placed in the interior of a square or column, are to be deployed, they will be marched out by the flank..and as soon as they have unmasked the column or square, they will be deployed. 1925 A. French Day of Concord & Lexington xxii. 195 To maintain a fixed position, the second platoon was to move forward as soon as the first had vacated its place... To retire, it fired from its own place as soon as the first platoon had unmasked it. †4. intransitive. To emerge into view; to become visible. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ariseOE to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 'peara1382 appear1382 kithea1400 to show out?a1425 muster?1435 to come forthc1449 to look outa1470 apparish1483 to show forth1487 come1531 to come out?1548 peer1568 to look through1573 glimpse1596 loom1605 rise1615 emicate1657 emike1657 present1664 opena1691 emerge1700 dawn1744 to come down the pike1812 to open out1813 to crop out1849 unmask1858 to come through1868 to show up1879 to come (etc.) out of thin air1932 surface1961 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 227 Two Obelisks..on the strand..will..unmask. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1562
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