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Disclose, dis-klōz′, v.t. to unclose: to open: to lay open: to bring to light: to reveal.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Who bade the grave its mouldering vault unclose?
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan
I will not attempt to describe the feelings with which the husband beheld the eyelids of his wife unclose, and the rose-tints return to the pallid cheeks.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
Before mine eyes, already dim, Doth heaven unclose the gate; I hear the choiring seraphim Around the throne that wait.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
Even then it was only after several minutes that he was able to move and unclose his heavy eyes.
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
The gap in attainment between pupils from more and less affluent backgrounds also remains stubbornly unclosed, almost a decade on from it being made the government's "number one priority".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
In other words: Once again on “Succession,” a big deal remains unclosed.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
In many of the unclosed cases, the investigations are in their early stages.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018
When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
When you sing, your entire vocal cord vibrates, with the elastic, fatty tissue of the vocal folds closing and unclosing with each vibration, which produce a sustained note.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011
She bent down to look at him now, smiling and unclosing her hand from his gently, so that she could look at her mother's face.
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
"Oh, he passed from the window, to save you the trouble of unclosing the gate."
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
The curtain unclosing shows the interior of the Hall of the Gibichungen, open at the further end on the Rhine.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
But the duchess presses a spring unclosing a secret drawer, from which she takes two packets of letters and some photographs.
From Majesty A Novel by Louis Couperus
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