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
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
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