disclose

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). English equivalent dis- + close.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
2. (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
   Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside. 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 13
3. (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.

noun

1. (obsolete) A disclosure.