reveal
v.
show, exhibit, display; expose, disclose, make public
Reveal
reveal
Verb
1. make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
(synonym) uncover, bring out, unveil
(hypernym) show
(hyponym) disclose, expose
2. 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"
(synonym) disclose, let on, bring out, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) blackwash
(cause) break, get out, get around
(verb-group) break, get out, get around
(derivation) revelation
3. make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government"
(synonym) display, show
(hypernym) communicate, pass on, pass, put across
(hyponym) express
(derivation) disclosure, revelation, revealing
4. disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
(hypernym) disclose, let on, bring out, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
(derivation) revelation
(classification) theology, theological system
Reveal
(v. t.)
To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
(v. t.)
Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A revealing; a disclosure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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When the map is unrolled, the dagger is revealed.
Implying that a scheme is exposed. The dagger is drawn when all other means are exposed.