DISCLOSE

unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover

(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; “The actress won’t reveal how old she is”; “bring out the truth”; “he broke the news to her”; “unwrap the evidence in the murder case”; “The newspaper uncovered the President’s illegal dealings”

disclose, expose, uncover

(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover; “The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)

(transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.

(transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.

Synonyms: reveal, unveil

(transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.

Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart

Synonyms

• (to expose to the knowledge of others): bring to light, expose, reveal; See also divulge

• (to make known, state openly): impart, make known, publish; See also announce

Antonyms

• cover up

• withhold

Noun

disclose (plural discloses)

(obsolete) A disclosure.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] Etym: [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]

1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.

2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.

3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.

4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. Addison.

Syn.

– To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.

Dis*close", n.

Definition: Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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