Marsh, Lects

on Eng. Lang., xxi. 447. revelt, v. A Middle English form of reave . Chancer. reve2t, n. A Middle English form of reevel . reve3t (rēv), v . i . [ réver , OF. resver , dream: see ravel .] To dream; muse. OF. reveler , F. révéler = Pr. Sp. Pg. revelar = It. revel are , rivel are , revel are , unveil, draw back a veil, re- , back, + velare , veil, velum , a veil: see veil .] 1. To discover; expose to sight, recognition, or understanding; disclose; divulge; make known. I had well played my first act, a uring myself that under that disguisement I should find opportunity to reveal myself. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, i. I have not revealed it yet to any Soul breathing, but now I'll tell your Excellency, and so fell a relating the Pa age in Flanders. Howell, Letters, I. iv. 28. While in and out the verses wheel, The wind-caught robes trim feet reveal . Lowell , Dobson's "Old World Idylls." Specifically - 2. To disclose as religious truth; divulge by supernatural means; make known by divine agency. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodline and unrighteousne of men. Rom. i. 18. No Man or Angel can know how God would be worship't and serv'd unle God reveal it. Milton , True Religion. I call on the souls who have left the light To reveal their lot. Whittier, My Soul and I. 3. In metaph ., to afford an immediate knowledge of. Such is the fact of perception revealed in consciousne . Sir W. Hamilton , Edinburgh Rev., Oct., 1830. =Syn. To unveil, uncover, communicate, show, impart. reveal (re-vēl'), п. [ reveal , v .] 1. A revealing; disclosure. In nature the concealment of secret parts is the same in both sexes, and the shame of their reveal equal. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 7. 2. In arch ., one of the vertical faces of a window-opening or a doorway, included between the face of the wall and that of the window-or door-frame, when such frame is present. revealable (rē-vēʻla-bl), a . Capable of being revealed. [ reveal + -able . ]