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disclose

verb
/dɪsˈkləʊz/

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.

  1. derived from dis-
  2. derived from disclaudere
  3. derived from desclore
  4. derived from desclos
  5. inherited from disclosen

Definitions

  1. To open up

    To open up; unfasten.

    • The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.

  2. To uncover

    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.

  3. To expose to the knowledge of others

    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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A disclosure.

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Derived

disclosable, discloser, disclosive, predisclose, redisclose, undisclose, undisclosing

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disclose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at disclose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at disclose

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA