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discloses

discloses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disclose.

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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Discloses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disclose.

Words near discloses in the dictionary

  1. disclosable
  2. disclose
  3. disclosed
  4. discloser
  5. disclosers
  6. discloses
  7. disclosest
  8. discloseth
  9. disclosing
  10. disclosing tablet
  11. disclosing tablets

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