confessedadj.
/kənˈfɛst/ 1.
a. Acknowledged as true; avowed, owned, admitted; evident, made manifest.
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society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > manifested
objecta1398
displayedc1425
manifested?1531
confessed1561
understood1576
objected1606
ostended1608
ostential1609
exposed1630
evolveda1641
the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > acknowledged, avowed, or confessed
ownedeOE
openOE
avowed1340
confessed1561
avouched1637
granted1640
declared1651
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 23 The Prophet..taketh it for confessed truth.
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 5 To..doe a confest good work.
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 2 The design and composition of the letters are in general so confessed.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 127 The prince, confest to every warrior's sight.
a1842 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. iv. 185 A confessed unconquerable difficulty.
b. to stand (†appear) confessed: i.e. made known, revealed, open to recognition.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed
to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE
sutelea1000
kitheOE
unfoldc1350
disclosea1513
burst1542
to break up1584
to take vent1611
vent1622
bleed1645
emerge1664
to get (also have) vent1668
to get or take wind1668
to stand (appear) confessed1708
eclat1736
perspire1748
transpire1748
to come out1751
develop1805
unroll1807
spunk1808
effloresce1834
to come to the front1871
to show up1879
out1894
evolve1920
to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964
1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert (T.) The perfidious author stands confest.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 17 Instant a grateful form appear'd confest.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. i. 144 Throwing off his disguise..the youthful paladin stood confessed.
2. That has confessed his sins, shriven.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [adjective] > having received
yscryve1387
confesseda1500
shriven1846
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 10 Yef he were confessed and repentant, and..he wolde resceyve penance..he sholde [haue] anoon foryevenesse.
1812 J. Brady Clavis calendaria I. 198 One who looked like a confessed or shrived culprit.
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