revelative

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈrɛvələtɪv/ UK /ˈrɛvələtɪv/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
serving to reveal or disclose something previously hidden

Her diary proved deeply revelative of the family's secrets.

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1 adj · serving to reveal or... revealing revelatory disclosing illuminatingenlighteningtelling

Opposites

concealing

Word family

Related forms reveal revelation revelatory veil

Etymology

From Latin revelatus, past participle of revelare ('to unveil, reveal'), from re- ('back, opposite') + velare ('to cover, veil'), from velum ('veil'), + -ive.

revelare Latin velum Latin

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# revelative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈrɛvələtɪv
**IPA (UK):** ˈrɛvələtɪv

## Meanings
1. serving to reveal or disclose something previously hidden

## Examples
- Her diary proved deeply revelative of the family's secrets.

## Synonyms
- revealing
- revelatory
- disclosing
- illuminating
- enlightening
- telling

## Antonyms
- concealing

## Related Forms
- reveal
- revelation
- revelatory
- veil

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: revelare
- Root: velum

## Etymology
From Latin revelatus, past participle of revelare ('to unveil, reveal'), from re- ('back, opposite') + velare ('to cover, veil'), from velum ('veil'), + -ive.

## AI Etymology
Revelative comes from Latin revelatus, past participle of revelare ('to unveil, reveal'), from re- ('back, opposite') + velare ('to cover, veil'), from velum ('veil'), + -ive. The historical chain includes Latin revelare and Latin velum. Older glosses in the chain include "to unveil, reveal", "back, opposite", "to cover, veil", and "veil", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, revelative is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "serving to reveal or disclose something previously hidden". related forms include reveal, revelation, revelatory, and veil. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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