v. t. | 1. | To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show. |
2. | Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency). | |
n. | 1. | A revealing; a disclosure. |
2. | (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. |
Verb | 1. | reveal - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings" |
2. | reveal - 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" | |
3. | reveal - make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government" | |
4. | reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |