revelate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛvəleɪt/
Etymology
Latin revēlātus, perfect passive participle of revēlō. By surface analysis this English verb can be interpreted as a back-formation from such words as revelation, revelator, and revelatory.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To reveal.
The bysshoppes were not bounde to betraye theyr prynces nor to revelate theyr councelles to the Pope.
1534, Robert Barnes, Supplication:the trueth may revelate
1529, John Frith, A Pistle to the Christian Reader: The Revelation of the Anti-Christ; An Antithesis between Christ and the Pope:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| revelated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| revelated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| revelating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| revelates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
revelator · revelatoriness · Revelation · revelative · revelation · revelatory