disclose

To disclose is defined as to make something known or reveal something.

(verb)

When you tell someone secret information, this is an example of a situation where you disclose secret information.

See disclose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to bring into view; uncover
to reveal; make known; specif., to reveal (dental plaque) as by applying a special coloring agent to the teeth

Origin: ME disclosen < base of OFr desclore: see dis- & close

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See disclose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·closed, dis·clos·ing, dis·clos·es

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Origin: Middle English disclosen

Origin: , from Old French desclore, desclos-

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + clore, to close (from Latin claudere)

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