Disclamation
(Dis`cla*ma"tion) n. A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall.
Disclame
(Dis*clame") v. t. To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] "Money did love disclame." Spenser.
Disclaunder
(Dis*claun"der) v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre.
See Sclaundre, Slander.] To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]
Discloak
(Dis*cloak") v. t. To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Disclose
(Dis*close") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] [OE. desclosen,
disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref.
des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
1. To unclose; to open; — applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
Bacon. 2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
Woodward. 3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.
How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,
Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!
Byron.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
Pope. 4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have
disclosed his designs.
If I disclose my passion,
Our friendship 's an end.
Addison. Syn. — To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.
Disclose
(Dis*close"), n. Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.
Disclosed
(Dis*closed") p. a. (Her.) Represented with wings expanded; — applied to doves and other
birds not of prey. Cussans.
Discloser
(Dis*clos"er) n. One who discloses.
Disclosure
(Dis*clo"sure) n. [See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.]
1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.
He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure.
D. Webster. 2. That which is disclosed or revealed.
Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten?
Macaulay. Discloud
(Dis*cloud") v. t. To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.
Disclout
(Dis*clout") v. t. To divest of a clout. [R.]
Disclusion
(Dis*clu"sion) n. [L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See Disclose.] A
shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
