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reveal

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈviːl/

The English word “reveal” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The outer side of a window or door frame.
  2. A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.

verb

  1. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.
  2. To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Etymology

From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)). Also compare typologically English…

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