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revealed, ppl. a.|rɪˈviːld|
[f. reveal v.]
1. Brought to light, disclosed; esp. made known by divine or supernatural agency.
1562Winȝet Last Blast Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 44 The reuelit wyl of God. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iii. viii. §13 Scripture teacheth all supernatural revealed truth. 1643Milton Divorce ii. iii, Tis wonderd how there can be in God a secret, and a reveal'd will. 1736Butler Anal. ii. i, The whole moral law is as much matter of revealed command, as positive institutions are. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 306 From revealed specimens of the conversation on these occasions, it would appear [etc.]. 1894Meredith Ld. Ormont xxx, Her brother Rowsley's revealed human appearance of the stricken man.
b. revealed religion (cf. natural a. 4 b).
1719Welwood Pref. to Rowe's Lucan p. xlvii, He exprest on all occasions his full persuasion of the truth of Reveal'd Religion. 1755Young Centaur i. Wks. 1757 IV. 122 Therefore revealed religion rejected, proves natural religion disobeyed. 1859Mill Liberty i. 19 Every one who believes in a revealed religion. 1865Ecclesiastic Aug. 345 Natural and revealed religion bear mutual witness one to the other.
2. Ent. Not hidden by other parts.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 330 Revealed.., when it [sc. the alitrunk] is not so covered, but is equally conspicuous with the Prothorax, or even more so.
Hence reˈvealedly adv. rare.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Immed. Addr. 139 Here wee beholde as in a glasse: There..our Beholding is reuealedly, and Face to face. a1641― Acts & Mon. (1642) 222 His dispensation of grace, which..he more and more revealedly did discover. |