Revelated

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. Archaic term meaning having been made known, disclosed, or brought out into the open after being hidden
2. An obsolete past form describing something that was uncovered or made visible to others after having been concealed
3. Old-fashioned word for something that has been divulged, shown, or made plain to people who did not know it before

Etymology: "Revelated" is the past tense and past participle of "revelate," a verb that means to reveal. It is a rare word, and its history is simple: "revelate" traces back to Latin "revelatus," the past participle of "revelare," meaning to unveil or uncover, built from "re-" (back, again) and "velare" (to veil). English took its own verb from the Latin participle, and the "-ate" ending is the ordinary pattern for English verbs drawn from Latin participles. The verb "revelate" is probably best understood as a back-formation, a verb created by stripping an ending off a related noun or adjective. Words such as "revelation," "revelator," and "revelatory" already existed in English, and speakers appear to have worked backward from them to form "revelate." The result is a verb that sounds old-fashioned and is seldom used, but its roots are the same Latin veiling-and-unveiling idea that sits behind "reveal" itself.