disclose

Meanings

1. 1
   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

2. 2
   verb

   disclose to view as by removing a cover

   The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set

3. 3
   verb

   To open up; unfasten.

   The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.

4. 4
   verb

   To uncover; physically expose to view.

   The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.

5. 5
   verb

   To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).

   Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.

6. 6
   noun

   A disclosure.

Etymology

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.