The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disclose \Dis*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. d['e]clore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of disclose English)
WordNet
adj. allowing to be seen; making visible; "the screen fell with a disclosing crash"
Usage examples of "disclosing".
Die-hard materialists can have these experiences as easily as purebred idealists, and both are completely stunned into awestruck silence: the depths of the Mystery are disclosing themselves, and a muted mind must only bend in reverential awe.
He debated with himself, whether he should make a parade of his intrepidity and public spirit, by disclosing his achievement, and surrendering his guide to the penalty of the law.
Jourard found that the best way to encourage others to disclose to you was by disclosing to them.
It isn't like therapy where the patient does all the disclosing and the therapist mostly listens.
Self-disclosure is not primarily disclosing old family secrets, old affairs, embarrassing psychopathology or pulling other skeletons out of the closet.
That is, social practices, or social injunctions, are crucial in creating and disclosing the types of worldspace in which types of subjects and objects appear (and thus the types of knowledge that can unfold).
But paradigms are first and foremost injunctions, actual practices (all of which have nondiscursive components that never are entered in the theories they support)they are methods for disclosing new data in an addressed domain, and the paradigms work because they are true in any meaningful sense of the word.
No longer did Spirit or the Over-Soul shine through me and illuminate nature with a spiritual radiance, disclosing nature as a perfect manifestation of Spirit.
Repeat, further reconnaissance may only be undertaken if there is no risk of disclosing Alliance presence in the system.
She peered down and saw an orange slice of sled top, half hidden by an overhang and deep in the ravine, only its luminescent paint and her altitude disclosing it.
A choking cry escaped him as the head fell back limply, disclosing a throat that had been severed from ear to ear.
Suddenly Conan's long left arm shot out and ripped the mask from the man's head, disclosing the pallid features.
This the man threw back, disclosing a pale oval of a face, with calm, delicately chiselled features.