revelate

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/ˈɹɛvəleɪt/

verb

To reveal.

OriginLatin revēlātus →
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Meanings

verbrevelate (third-person singular simple present revelates, present participle revelating, simple past and past participle revelated)

present singular third person revelates · participle present revelating · participle past revelated · past revelated

  1. obsoleteTo reveal.

    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
    1 more example

    The bysshoppes were not bounde to betraye theyr prynces nor to revelate theyr councelles to the Pope.

    1534, Robert Barnes, Supplication

Origin

  1. Latinrevēlātus
  2. Englishrevelate

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

relevate
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APA

revelate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revelate

MLA

“revelate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revelate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revelate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revelate.

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