# disclose
## English
### 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). English equivalent dis- +‎ close.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪsˈkləʊz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊz

### Verb

disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)
* (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
** 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
* (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
    Synonyms: reveal, unveil
** 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
** 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎, London: Jonathan Cape, page 18: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.
** 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 166: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.
** 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 13:Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
* (transitive, occasionally intransitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal (something).
    Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart
** 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II:Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
** 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, page 1:If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
** 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order: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
** 2013, Anne Cognito, Sunlight in the Darkness : My life as a trans woman, page 100:
    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.
** 2013, Pranee Liamputtong, Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS, page 83:
    Disclosing to a child his or her own HIV-positive status is yet another complicated process. Who should disclose and when and how that person should do it are prominent questions […]

#### Synonyms

* (to expose to the knowledge of others): bring to light, expose, reveal; See also Thesaurus:divulge
* (to make known, state openly): impart, make known, publish; See also Thesaurus:announce

#### Antonyms

* cover up
* withhold

#### Derived terms

* disclosable
* discloser
* disclosive
* predisclose
* redisclose
* undisclose
* undisclosing

#### Related terms

* disclosure

#### Translations

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### Noun

disclose (plural discloses)
* (obsolete) A disclosure.