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rĕ-vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to unveil, uncover, lay bare (not ante-Aug.; syn.: patefacio, aperio, nudo, retego).

  1. I. Lit.: caput (opp. involvere), Suet. Galb. 7: frontem, Tac. G. 31: os, Ov. F. 6, 619: pectus, Flor. 4, 2, 71: carpenta (opp. contegere), App. M. 10, p. 247: sacra, Ov. H. 11, 73.
  2. II. Trop., to disclose, reveal: fraudes (with detegere), App. M. 9, p. 229: omnia (tempus), Tert. Apol. 7 fin.: justitiam et salutem Domini cunctis gentibus, Hier. in Isa. 15, 56, 2; Vulg. Psa. 28, 9; id. Matt. 10, 26 et saep.: Ulixes Eumaeo, quis sit, revelat. Aus. Per. Od. 21.