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disclosed

disclosed is the simple past and past participle of disclose.

Adjective

disclosed

  1. Made known; admitted.
    • There was nothing wrong with any of the cough syrup's disclosed ingredients; the problem was the undisclosed ones, not only because one of them is illegal but also because it is illegal not to disclose what a product contains.
  2. Expanded, spread; (of a winged creature) with its wings extended or spread.
    • Azure, a harpy with her wings disclosed, her hair flotant or, armed of the same. This coat stands in Huntingdon church.1854, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, An Introduction to Heraldry, page 137
    • Culcheth of Culcheth: argent, an eagle disclosed, preyant on a child in a mantle gules, wattled or. This is the crest of Stanley, well known in Lancashire as the bird and bantling.1880, Thomas Spencer Baynes, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 700

Meaning of disclose

Verb

disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To open up; unfasten.
    • The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.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...
  2. (transitive) To uncover; physically expose to view.
    • The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.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
    Synonyms:
    reveal, unveil, expose
  3. (transitive, occasionally intransitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
    • Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II

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Words formed from disclosed

Questions about disclosed

What does disclosed mean?
Disclosed means made known; admitted.
What is disclosed the simple past and past participle of?
Disclosed is the simple past and past participle of disclose.
What part of speech is disclosed?
Disclosed is an adjective.

Words near disclosed in the dictionary

  1. discloak
  2. discloaked
  3. discloaks
  4. disclosable
  5. disclose
  6. disclosed
  7. discloser
  8. disclosers
  9. discloses
  10. disclosest
  11. discloseth

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