“discloses” is a form of
disclose
/dɪsˈkləʊz/ verb, noun
Forms discloses disclosing disclosed
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To open up; unfasten.
- verb (transitive) To uncover; physically expose to view.
- verb (transitive, occasionally intransitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
- noun (obsolete) A disclosure.
Synonyms
reveal unveil expose divulge publish impart bring to light make known unwrap let on bring out discover break give away let out
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To unclose; to open; --applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
- verb To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
- noun Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.
Etymology [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “disclose”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details