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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
- Example: "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"
- Example: "The actress won't reveal how old she is"
- Example: "bring out the truth"
- Example: "he broke the news to her"
- Example: "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
[syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]

2. disclose to view as by removing a cover;
- Example: "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
[syn: disclose, expose]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] 1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. [1913 Webster] The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. [1913 Webster] The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] 3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. [1913 Webster] How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! --Byron. [1913 Webster] Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. [1913 Webster] If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. --Addison. Syn: To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disclose \Dis*close"\, n. Disclosure. [Obs.] --Shak. Young. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disclose v 1: 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" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 2: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]