disclose

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To open up; unfasten.

   “The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.”

2. (transitive)To uncover; physically expose to view.

   “The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.”

   “And it seemed to me that the dream smote the roof above my bed, and the roof opened and disclosed the outer dark, and in the dark travelled a bearded star, and the night was quick with fiery signs.”

   “Some [nest toys] open to disclose a set of babies, tumbling dolls with weights, or old men might open so that they could be used as money-boxes.”

   “Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.”

3. (transitive)To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).

   “Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.”

   “If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.”

   “Skogan's study is based on weak data. Worse yet, he fails to disclose […] that his data reveal no statistically significant relationship between disorder and crime with regard to four out of five crime variables. Skogan only […] discusses the results of the one test that supports the […] theory”

   “I feel duty bound to disclose I'm trans. I have a certain emotional investment in the relationship, [so] I've decided I have to disclose, and it scares me.”

   “Disclosing to a child his or her own HIV-positive status is yet another complicated process. Who should disclose and when and how that person should do it are prominent questions […]”

noun

1. (obsolete)A disclosure.