Fine Dictionary

reveal

rɪˈvil
WordNet
Juno, in the guise of Semele's old nurse Beroë, advises Semele to ask Jupiter to reveal himself to her in his full majesty. Only in this way can she be sure that the father of the child in her womb is a god and not a mere mortal. In the bottom margin a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.
Juno, in the guise of Semele's old nurse Beroë, advises Semele to ask Jupiter to reveal himself to her in his full majesty. Only in this way can she be sure that the father of the child in her womb is a god and not a mere mortal. In the bottom margin a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.
  1. (v) reveal
    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"
  2. (v) reveal
    make visible "Summer brings out bright clothes","He brings out the best in her"
  3. (v) reveal
    disclose directly or through prophets "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
Illustrations
On the way to Damascus, Christ reveals himself to Paul. He appears from the clouds and addresses him. Paul has been thrown off his horse and is lying on the ground. Soldiers panic around him and run away.
On the way to Damascus, Christ reveals himself to Paul. He appears from the clouds and addresses him. Paul has been thrown off his horse and is lying on the ground. Soldiers panic around him and run away.
Salomé presents the bowl with the head of John the Baptist to Herod. Herodias reveals the head. Below the picture the title in Latin, four four-line verses in Dutch, French, German and English and a reference to the Bible text in Mar. 6:27.
Salomé presents the bowl with the head of John the Baptist to Herod. Herodias reveals the head. Below the picture the title in Latin, four four-line verses in Dutch, French, German and English and a reference to the Bible text in Mar. 6:27.
King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah what God has revealed to him. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Jer. 38. This print is part of an album.
King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah what God has revealed to him. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Jer. 38. This print is part of an album.
Father Time reveals the feminine personification of Faith. She stands on a pedestal in a landscape and is flanked by two mucising women. In the foreground three putti with the freedom hat and two images.
Father Time reveals the feminine personification of Faith. She stands on a pedestal in a landscape and is flanked by two mucising women. In the foreground three putti with the freedom hat and two images.
Allegorical scene, revealed by Father Time, with History surrounded by a crowd of characters symbolizing the different continents. She is accompanied by Geneology, who shows her a family tree, Chronology, tablet in hand, Geography, drawing the world map with her compass, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pointing to Diogenes. In the foreground, the personifications of the arts with their attributes. In the left background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. In the background right, monuments including the Colossus of Rhodes, the Tower of Babel, Golgotha, Pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympian gods. In the margin a seven-line caption in Dutch.
Allegorical scene, revealed by Father Time, with History surrounded by a crowd of characters symbolizing the different continents. She is accompanied by Geneology, who shows her a family tree, Chronology, tablet in hand, Geography, drawing the world map with her compass, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pointing to Diogenes. In the foreground, the personifications of the arts with their attributes. In the left background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. In the background right, monuments including the Colossus of Rhodes, the Tower of Babel, Golgotha, Pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympian gods. In the margin a seven-line caption in Dutch.
On the way to Damascus, Christ reveals himself to Paul. He appears from the clouds. Paul has been thrown off his horse and is lying on the ground. Soldiers panic around him.
On the way to Damascus, Christ reveals himself to Paul. He appears from the clouds. Paul has been thrown off his horse and is lying on the ground. Soldiers panic around him.
Father Time pushes aside a drape and reveals the scene. History writes in a book. She is accompanied by putti with various attributes in the hands. Truth personified, a shining sun above her head, points to her in the background. There, two exotically dressed people (Persians?) Walk with a camel and a black woman with an elephant. In the sky, Fame blows the trumpet, with a laurel wreath in hand.
Father Time pushes aside a drape and reveals the scene. History writes in a book. She is accompanied by putti with various attributes in the hands. Truth personified, a shining sun above her head, points to her in the background. There, two exotically dressed people (Persians?) Walk with a camel and a black woman with an elephant. In the sky, Fame blows the trumpet, with a laurel wreath in hand.
An old man, full-length, sitting reading in a bare room at a window (revealing a siege camp and a fire), dressed in a long cloak, a small book in his left hand, a stick in the right hand, a pile of books for the feet. Below the performance a seven-line Latin poem. This print is part of a series of eight prints: a title print and seven numbered portraits of Greek sages.
An old man, full-length, sitting reading in a bare room at a window (revealing a siege camp and a fire), dressed in a long cloak, a small book in his left hand, a stick in the right hand, a pile of books for the feet. Below the performance a seven-line Latin poem. This print is part of a series of eight prints: a title print and seven numbered portraits of Greek sages.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The most senior crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after making 1.4 billion crayons for Crayola. It was then that he revealed that he was actually colorblind
  1. Reveal
    A revealing; a disclosure.
  2. Reveal
    Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).
  3. Reveal
    (Arch) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed that his small intestine contained five gold Krugerrands. (not verified)
  1. reveal
    To discover; expose to sight, recognition, or understanding; disclose; divulge; make known.
  2. reveal
    Specifically To disclose as religious truth; divulge by supernatural means; make known by divine agency.
  3. reveal
    In metaphysics, to afford an immediate knowledge of.
  4. reveal
    Synonyms To unveil, uncover, communicate, show, impart.
  5. (n) reveal
    A revealing; disclosure.
  6. (n) reveal
    In architecture, one of the vertical faces of a window-opening or a doorway, included between the face of the wall and that of the window- or door-frame, when such frame is present.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in.
  1. (v.t) Reveal
    rē-vēl′ to unveil: to make known, as by divine agency: to disclose
  2. (n) Reveal
    rē-vēl′ (archit.) the square ingoing of a window, doorway, or the like, between the frame and the outer surface of the wall
  3. Reveal
    Also Revel′
Quotations
In times of storm, the shallowness of the root structure is revealed.
Source Unknown
You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.
Source Unknown
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
James Allen
Martha Graham
Nothing is more revealing than movement.
Martha Graham
Benjamin Disraeli
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
Benjamin Disraeli
Henry David Thoreau
Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.
Henry David Thoreau
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. révéler, L. revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re-, re- + velare, to veil; fr. velum, a veil. See Veil

Usage in the news

Saul Bellow 's letters may not be stylistic gems – but they reveal much about the man who wrote them. csmonitor.com

A major retrospective reveals the extraordinary breadth of the American artist's work. ashingtonian.com

Eric Benet Reveals First Photo of Daughter, Lucia Bella. essence.com

Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington revealed some of the personal demons that he had to deal with in his life. grd.com

The agency revealed air monitoring data collected in April to state Sen Wendy Davis today. texasobserver.org

Ancient blob-like creature of the deep revealed by scientists. tucsoncitizen.com

An MRI test reveals the tendinitis. latimes.com

Colorado Sen Michael Bennet dropped a bombshell last week by revealing that his Republican opponent, Tea Party favorite Ken Buck, wants to raise taxes. ashingtontimes.com

Prepare for what Mars rover Curiosity and other ' big science ' may reveal. csmonitor.com

Thrifty Christy reveals transformation from big spender to savvy saver and giver. blounttoday.com

In an appearance on TBS' Conan Monday, she reveals Bachmann's response. hollywoodreporter.com

How much information should I reveal to him. inc.com

'Hobbit' Poster Reveals a Sword-Wielding Bilbo (Photo). hollywoodreporter.com

A scientists reveals the harassment he experienced from animal rights activists. discovermagazine.com

Revealing a mini-supermassive black hole . ecnmag.com

Usage in scientific papers

Not very surprisingly, Lenard’s papers revealed many similarities to the classical moment problem ([A], [S2]).
Determinantal random point fields

Determination of the acceptance probability at step t + 1 will reveal knowledge about the colors of some subset, call it Dt , of Vt .
The Randomness Recycler: A new technique for perfect sampling

Theoretically, the new phase was revealed by a real space renormalization group (MDH) approach .
Breakdown of the perturbative renormalization group for S >= 1 random antiferromagnetic spin chains

The application of the Cauchy-Riemann operator or its conjugate to a complex function thus reveals whether the function is differentiable or not.
Bicomplex algebra and function theory

To this end, the principle of universality that applies to systems with scale-free structures can play an important role in revealing those properties of the dynamics that are relevant for the universal behavior of a network.
Access time of an adaptive random walk on the world-wide Web

Usage in literature

The vernaculars of India abound in proverbs which illumine this relationship and reveal its strange character. "India, Its Life and Thought" by John P. Jones

What a sensation would be caused when the truth became revealed! "Hushed Up" by William Le Queux

He would rather leave it to her to reveal; and if she did not choose to reveal it, then he would not care to know it. "The Cryptogram" by James De Mille

His upper lip curled, revealing teeth like ivory scimitars. "The Saracen: Land of the Infidel" by Robert Shea

He reveals God throughout the Bible, in every part, He holds the pre-eminence. "The Lord of Glory" by Arno Gaebelein

Behind it he revealed a small hole in the paper. "A Yankee Flier Over Berlin" by Al Avery

A simple dress of white silk revealed the beautiful curves of her figure. "Dreamers of the Ghetto" by I. Zangwill

A closer examination reveals further very curious facts. "The Sexual Question" by August Forel

They stood revealed, man and woman. "At the Crossroads" by Harriet T. Comstock

She had a genius, veritably uncanny for, with all sweetness and hesitancy, revealing him as stiff and unresponsively complacent. "Tante" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Usage in poetry
Shine, mighty God, on Britain shine,
With beams of heav'nly grace;
Reveal thy power through all our coasts,
And show thy smiling face.
"Psalm 67" by Isaac Watts Author object (310)
Dear Saviour, blood-stained Calvary
Reveals Thy deathless love for me!
No longer shall my spirit rove,
Since this I know, that "God is Love."
"God Is Love" by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
Thus, thus adorned, the speaking Rose,
Becomes a token fit to tell,
Of things that words can ne'er disclose,
And nought but this reveal so well.
"The Rose: To Ellen" by Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Better is blessedness concealed
From sight, than joy to sense revealed.
Thanks for this happy mortal breath!
Praise for the life wrapped up in death!
"Winter Midnight" by Lucy Larcom Author object (452)
Yet tho' a fool I should appear,
A thousand faults revealing;
And thousand cares that wait on thee,
Sweet sacred sensibility,
O let me still be feeling.
"A Fragment" by Elizabeth Bath
I love to hear your daughters dear
The simple tale in song revealing,
Whene'er your music greets my ear
My bosom swells wi' joyous feeling--
Scotland dear!
"My Mountain Hame" by Alexander Hume