Revelating

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Making known something that was previously hidden or secret, often in a way that exposes the truth
2. Bringing into view facts or details that had been concealed from others until this moment
3. Uncovering and exposing information that had been kept out of sight or unrecognized by people

Etymology: "Revelating" is the present participle of "revelate", a verb that English took from Latin "revēlātus", the past participle of "revēlāre", meaning "to unveil" or "to reveal". The Latin root combines "re-", "back" or "again", with "velum", a veil or covering, so the underlying image is of pulling a cloth away from something hidden. English "revelate" is not a straightforward borrowing of the Latin verb. Its existence can be explained as a back-formation, meaning it was produced by stripping an ending from an existing English word. Nouns and adjectives such as "revelation", "revelator" and "revelatory" were already in use, and speakers appear to have worked backward from them to create a verb. Its participle, "revelating", therefore arrived as a product of that backward reasoning rather than through an older tradition of use.

Synonyms: revealing, disclosing

Antonyms: concealing, hiding