figurative. To reveal, disclose, make known (some hidden thing or fact, sin, etc.); to communicate or divulge (a matter).

transitive. To uncover (something) so as to display or make visible; hence figurative, to discover, reveal, make patent or known. Also reflexive.

transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to come forth; to bring forth. Also (in quot. 1400) intransitive: †to proceed, come forth (obsolete).

= unhele, v. 1.

To bring to light, or public view. Obsolete.

transitive. To undo, unfasten, open. Also figurative.

let wit: rarely †let to wit (let, v.1 12 13): to let (a person) know (a thing): (a) to inform (one), or to make (something) known (= 9a); (b) to…

figurative. To disclose, lay bare, make known.

gen. To reveal, disclose, or divulge (some fact, etc.); to declare, communicate, or make known; = bewray, v. 4.

transitive. To cause to be known, make known; to disclose, reveal, manifest; to declare. Also reflexive: to make oneself known, reveal one's…

figurative. To disclose, reveal, make manifest.

transferred. To reveal, disclose. Obsolete.

figurative. To unfold, reveal, disclose, explain. Obsolete. rare.

transitive to reveal, uncover.

transitive. To reveal or disclose; to expose to view.

transitive. To reveal, disclose, or exhibit; to divulge; to speak out or utter. Formerly (Scottish) spec.: †to vent (obsolete).

To disclose or reveal (something secret or private, or previously not generally known); to divulge. transitive.

transitive. To make openly known; to reveal (esp. new or secret information). Also intransitive.

figurative. With up, †out. To utter; to disclose. Also intransitive.

transitive. To make unhidden; to lay open; to disclose, reveal.

transitive. To disclose (something secret or hidden); to make known or apparent; to reveal. In later use chiefly literary.

transitive. To free from a hasp or catch; to unfasten; figurative to disclose.

Less specifically: To reveal, divulge, disclose, declare, make known, show. Obsolete.

transitive. To disclose or make known (something previously unknown or kept secret) in speech or writing; to divulge, declare publicly or openly…

transitive. To betray, disclose (a fault, crime, or offence); (hence) to reveal, show, or make known. Now rare.

transitive. = reveal, v. (in various senses).

transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To release or unleash; to free up, make available (esp. something previously inaccessible…

transitive. To uncover, disclose, reveal.

transitive. To disclose, reveal to view. Obsolete.

transitive. To uncover; to disclose.

To disclose or reveal (something unknown, secret, or hidden); to make manifest; to declare, divulge. Obsolete.

transitive. To uncover, lay bare, expose, display (something covered up or hidden). Obsolete.

Hence, intransitive to break with (rarely to a person), of or concerning (a thing). Obsolete.

To make known, disclose (secrets, one's intentions or projects, etc.). Formerly in wider sense: To explain, set forth or describe in detail.

To make out or interpret by supernatural or magical insight (what is hidden, obscure, or unintelligible to ordinary faculties); hence, in later use…

transitive. To disclose or communicate, (in early use) esp. by divine or supernatural means; to reveal.

to bring (also †put) to light: to reveal, make known; to publish.

transitive. To reveal, disclose; to make manifest or apparent the nature of (a person's character, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To draw or drag in a specified direction with or as with a rake. Frequently also in… With up. In early use frequently: to seek out or…

transitive. To disclose, make known (a matter); to open up, lay bare; (also) to search into, examine. Cf. sense 2a. Obsolete (archaic in later…

transitive. To free from shadow; figurative to disclose, reveal.

To put into a condition (usually one of subjection, passivity, or exposure to view or danger: cf. the corresponding uses of lie, v.1 8), which is…

transitive. To bring up, mention, disclose.

transitive. To disclose, reveal (something hidden or unknown). Obsolete.

transitive. To strip of a visor; to unmask.

transitive. To unseal; to disclose, reveal. Also intransitive.

transitive. To expose, reveal, uncover.

transitive. To deprive of a shroud; figurative to unveil, expose.

figurative and in figurative context.

transitive. To rip or rake up, to bring up again (a matter, esp. one unpleasant or discreditable).

transitive. To disclose, divulge (a hidden thought, feeling, or intention). Now rare.

transitive. To divulge, reveal, disclose.

transferred and figurative.

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

figurative. To uncover, lay bare, expose to view or observation.

Without implication of injurious revelation: to make visible or apparent; spec. transitive. Of light: to reveal (something previously unseen or…

transitive. figurative. To open up, reveal, make known. Also reflexive. Obsolete.

transitive. To tear apart; to split open; = rive, v.1

transitive. Theatre. To reveal or present (a character, group of characters, etc.) in a particular position or state when the curtain rises. (Esp…

To cast off, get rid of, discharge, after the manner of a burden; to disclose, reveal.

transitive. To disentomb. Also figurative.

figurative. To strip of a covering or disguise; to lay open, expose.

transitive. To divest of a mask or covering; to unmask.

Physical senses. transitive. To make accessible or available for use, passage, view, etc. (usually with the implication of the removal of an…

figurative. To expose, disclose, reveal. Obsolete.

To declare or tell openly (something private or secret); to disclose, reveal.

transitive. figurative. To disclose, reveal, expound.

figurative. To lay open; to disclose, reveal.

figurative. To uncover, disclose, display, reveal.

transitive. To tear, pull; to rake, drag. Frequently with up. Also figurative.

transitive. To strip of a veil; to unveil, unmask.

transitive. To strip of a facing or disguise; to expose the face of.

transitive. To disclose.

transitive. = unvisor, v. Also absol. for reflexive.

Non-physical senses. transitive. To disclose, to unburden oneself of; to bring to attention, reveal. Also: to raise for discussion (and leave…

transitive. To remove a curtain or veil from; to disclose or reveal. Also reflexive.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1c.)

transitive. To lay bare, to expose to view. (Cf. bare, v.)

transitive. To free from that in which it is enveloped; to unfold, develop.

transitive. In extended use: to divest of; (also) to uncover, reveal.

To put or bring forward in argument or the like; to expound; to make patent; to expose. Also reflexive to expatiate upon.

transitive. To strip of a shroud; figurative to uncover, lay bare, expose.

transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To help or be instrumental in bringing (something hidden) to light, or (a piece of work, esp. a work of art) into being or into public…

transitive. To deprive of secrecy, bring to light.

To disclose, reveal.

transitive. figurative. To uncover or reveal (something hidden or concealed).

To draw forth; to bring into clearness; to develop and display.

transitive. To strip of, or free from, a disguise. Also reflexive and absol.

transitive. To uncover or reveal; to bring to light or make known. Cf. develop, v. 1b.

To ‘flay’.

transitive with object of result.

To bring to light (something previously hidden); to exhibit, reveal. Also, to put forth in action (one's latent character). Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To take out as if from a tomb; to bring out of concealment, ‘unearth’.

to up with. To come out with (a story, etc.). rare. Cf. out, v. 5b.

transitive. To unpack, take out of a bundle. Also figurative.

transitive. To reveal (something previously undisclosed); to make known. Now rare (chiefly U.S.). Cf. disvelop, v. 2.

transitive. To cast out or separate from the bosom; to disclose, reveal. (Cf. disbosom, v.)

transitive. To make known to the mental or spiritual view; to reveal, disclose; = sense 12a.

To disclose, divulge; frequently with clause as object.

transitive. To take out of a sack. Also figurative.

figurative. To uncover; to display.

(out) in (also into) the open: openly; without concealment or obfuscation. to bring (out) in (also into) the open: to bring to public notice or…

transferred. To unmask or expose.

transitive. To disburden one's bosom of; to unbosom; to confess.

to blow the lid off (figurative): to expose (a state of affairs). Originally U.S.

transferred and figurative. To reveal; to bring into the open; to drive out.

figurative. transitive. Chiefly North American. To bring to public notice; to draw attention to. In early use also: spec. to expose or reveal the…

plural. In figurative phrases referring to concealment or disuse, as underor in wraps, concealed; in abeyance; to takeor pull the wraps off, to…