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  1. transitive verb To expose to view, as by removing a cover; uncover.
  2. transitive verb To make known (something heretofore kept secret).

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disclose:   disclosing ·  disclosed ·  discloses
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English disclosen, from Old French desclore, desclos- : des-, dis- + clore, to close (from Latin claudere).

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  1. Middle English disclose, disclos, from Old French desclos, French déclos, past participle of desclore, desclorre, French dé-clore = Provencal desclaure = Italian dischiudere, schiudere, unclose, open, from Latin discludere, past participle disclusus, shut up separately, keep apart, part, open, unclose, from dis-, apart, + claudere, past participle clausus, close: see close, close.
  2. from Middle English disclosen, desclosen, reveal, open, inform, from disclos, adjective, revealed, open, manifest: see disclose, adjective, and cf. close, v., as related to close, a.
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/dɪsˈkloʊz/
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