Definition of: reveal

(ri·vēl′) v.t.
1. To make known; disclose; divulge.
2. To make visible; expose to view; exhibit; show. See synonyms under ANNOUNCE, INFORM, PUBLISH.
—noun Archit. The vertical side of an aperture or opening in a wall; especially, the portion of the side of a door or window between the line where the window frame or door frame stops and the outer edge of the opening. [<OF reveler <L revelare unveil <re- back + velum veil]
—re·veal′a·ble adjective
—re·veal′er noun