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disclose
English
Etymology
From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?kl??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
- (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
- Synonyms: reveal, unveil
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
- The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 13:
- Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
- (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
- Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart
- If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
Synonyms
- (to expose to the knowledge of others): bring to light, expose, reveal; See also Thesaurus:divulge
- (to make known, state openly): impart, make known, publish; See also Thesaurus:announce
Antonyms
- cover up
- withhold
Derived terms
- discloser
Related terms
- disclosure
Translations
Noun
disclose (plural discloses)
- (obsolete) A disclosure.
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allege
English
Alternative forms
- alledg, alledge, allegge (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English aleggen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exl?tig?re (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + l?tig? (“sue at law”), the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin all?g?re, present active infinitive of all?g? (“send, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + l?g? (“send”).
Verb
allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)
- (obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.
- (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
- (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
- (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
Related terms
- allegation
- privilege
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French alegier, from Latin allevi?re, present active infinitive of allevi? (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate.
Verb
allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)
- (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.
- and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects, nother the soveraygne of your persone and londys.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart […].
See also
- Wikipedia article on "oath"
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “allege”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Further reading
- allege in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- allege in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Verb
allege
- second-person singular present active imperative of alleg?
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