disclose

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make known information that was secret or private.

   The company refused to disclose how much it had paid for the painting.

2. 2
   verb

   To uncover something so that it can be seen.

   The curtain rose to disclose a stunning stage set.

From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.

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