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reveal

noun
/ɹɪˈviːl/UK/ɹɪˈvil/US/ɹɪˈviːl/

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 uncloak, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).

  1. derived from revēlāre — “to reveal, uncover”
  2. derived from reveler
  3. inherited from revelen

Definitions

  1. The outer side of a window or door frame.

  2. A revelation

    A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.

    • The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
    • A simple dolly or crane move can be used for an effective reveal. A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.

  3. To uncover

    To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.

    • c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
    • The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural…

      To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

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Derived

face reveal, gender reveal, sex reveal, misreveal, revealability, revealable, revealed religion, revealee, revealer, revealment, revelation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reveal. 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 reveal. 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 reveal

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