disclose

verbnounattested in dialogue

//dɪsˈkləʊz//

To uncover; physically expose to view.

verb

1
obsoleteTo open up; unfasten.
The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
2
To uncover; physically expose to view.
The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
And it seemed to me that the dream smote the roof above my bed, and the roof opened and disclosed the outer dark, and in the dark travelled a bearded star, and the night was quick with fiery signs.
Some [nest toys] open to disclose a set of babies, tumbling dolls with weights, or old men might open so that they could be used as money-boxes.
Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
3
To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
Skogan's study is based on weak data. Worse yet, he fails to disclose […] that his data reveal no statistically significant relationship between disorder and crime with regard to four out of five crime variables. Skogan only […] discusses the results of the one test that supports the […] theory
I feel duty bound to disclose I'm trans. I have a certain emotional investment in the relationship, [so] I've decided I have to disclose, and it scares me.

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.

noun

1
obsoleteA disclosure.

Forms

plural: discloses
past tense: disclosed
past participle: disclosed
present participle: disclosing
third person singular: discloses

disciplinary · Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of…discipline · A controlled behaviour; self-control.disciplined · Possessing mental discipline.

disclose · To uncover; physically expose to view.

disclosure · The act of revealing something.disco · A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s,…discomfort · Mental or bodily distress.

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