单词 | revealer |
释义 | revealern. A person who or thing which reveals something (in various senses of the verb). Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > one who or that which discloses or reveals bewrayerc1440 revelatorc1443 revealer1492 disclosera1513 detector1541 unmasker1605 dark lantern1616 unlocker1619 eye-opener1928 1492 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1492/2/9 The scheware and revelare tharof sall haf to his reward jc merkis worth of lande. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 40v The lorde of all kingis and reueler of all secretes. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 137 The one halfe..shal be to the Kings use, and the other halfe to the use of the revealer. 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 103 Having no other revealer, nor prompter than the holy Spirit. a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) xiii. 212 How..this truth may be deduced, I leave to the revealers of Revelations. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 276 I must not forget taking Notice of the Revealer of this notable Conspiracy. 1791 M. De Fleury Divine Poems & Ess. 212 He must be also the revealer of them to our hearts. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) ix. 231 The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 31 Set up the true prophet in their place as the revealer of the future. 1927 A. Levinson in Theatre Arts Mag. Aug. 581 The illiterate ballerina can be the unconscious revealer of something which she symbolises without understanding what it is. 1960 Jrnl. Bible & Relig. 28 369/1 God was in Christ as Messiah and revealer to Jew and non-Jew alike. 2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. 12 The reaction to one's own ignorance is a key revealer of character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1492 |
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