rĕ-vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to unveil, uncover, lay bare (not ante-Aug.; syn.: patefacio, aperio, nudo, retego).
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), Ap. Met. 10, 18, 17; sacra, Ov. H. 11, 73. —
II Trop., to disclose , reveal : fraudes (with detegere), Ap. Met. 9, 26, 19; 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.