Part 3181

<hw>Dis`cla*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A disavowing or disowning.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disclame</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*clame"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To disclaim; to expel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Money did love <i>disclame</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Disclaunder</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*claun"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From OE. <ets>disclaundre</ets>, <ets>n.</ets>, for <ets>sclandre</ets>, <ets>esclandre</ets>, OF. <ets>esclandre</ets>. See <er>Sclaundre</er>, <er>Slander</er>.]</ety> <def>To injure one's good name; to slander.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Discloak</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cloak"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To take off a cloak from; to uncloak.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Disclose</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*close"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disclosed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disclosing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>desclosen</ets>, <ets>disclosen</ets>, fr. <ets>disclos</ets>, <ets>desclos</ets>, not shut in, open, OF. <ets>desclos</ets>, p. p. of <ets>desclore</ets> to open, F. <ets>d\'82clore</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>clore</ets> to shut, fr. L. <ets>claudere</ets> to shut. See <er>Close</er>, and cf. <er>Disclusion</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of <i>to hatch</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the <b>discloseth</b> them. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.</def>

<blockquote>The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby <b>disclosed</b> and set at liberty. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.</def>

<blockquote>How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, <b>Disclosing</b> rock, and slope, and forest brown! <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Her lively looks a sprightly mind <b>disclose</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; <as>as, events have <ex>disclosed</ex> his designs</as>.</def>

<blockquote>If I <b>disclose</b> my passion, Our friendship 's an end. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.</syn>

<h1>Disclose</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*close"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disclosure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak. Young.</i>

<h1>Disclosed</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*closed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.</def>

<i>Cussans.</i>