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Revealing   /rɪvˈilɪŋ/  /rivˈilɪŋ/   Listen
Revealing

adjective
1.
Disclosing unintentionally.  Synonyms: telling, telltale.  "A telltale panel of lights" , "A telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
2.
Showing or making known.
noun
1.
The speech act of making something evident.  Synonyms: disclosure, revelation.


Reveal

verb
(past & past part. revealed; pres. part. revealing)
1.
Make visible.  Synonyms: bring out, uncover, unveil.  "He brings out the best in her"
2.
Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.  Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, unwrap.  "The actress won't reveal how old she is" , "Bring out the truth" , "He broke the news to her" , "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
3.
Disclose directly or through prophets.





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"Revealing" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the hillside, midway between the woolen mills of Woodvale and Johnstown proper, which I reached to-day after a journey through the portions of the city from which the waters, receding fast, are revealing scenes of unparalleled horror. From the point on the hillside referred to an excellent view of the site of the town can be obtained. Here it can be seen that from the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, ...
— The Johnstown Horror • James Herbert Walker
... Alcide asked himself, but he thought it best to make this incident known only to Harry Blount, and they both agreed in not alarming their companions by revealing to ...
— Michael Strogoff - or, The Courier of the Czar • Jules Verne
... word we have a quite different attitude. Here is revealed to us the profound and perfect humility of the Blessed Virgin. This answer comes from the experience of her whole life. It is of such utterances that we say that they are revealing. What we at any time say, does in fact reveal what we are—what we have come to be through the experience of our past life. And no doubt it is these instinctive utterances which are called out by some unexpected occurrence that reveal more of us than our weighed and guarded words. ...
— Our Lady Saint Mary • J. G. H. Barry
... uncreated truth, he is bound when God makes a revelation to obey it by faith. This faith is a supernatural virtue, and the beginning of man's salvation who believes revealed things to be true, not for their intrinsic truth as seen by the natural light of reason, but for the authority of God in revealing them. But, nevertheless that faith might be agreeable to reason, God willed to join miracles and prophecies, which, showing forth his omnipotence and knowledge, are proofs suited to the understanding ...
— History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science • John William Draper
... like the rest, pulls herself up with a blush lest she has been unduly moved to laughter. The mother presides over all with a quiet efficiency, taking keen, intelligent interest in the conversation, now and then putting a revealing question, all the while keeping a watchful eye upon the visitors' plates lest they should come near ...
— Beyond the Marshes • Ralph Connor


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