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reveal

/ɹɪˈvil/ noun B2
  1. The outer side of a window or door frame.
  2. A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story. (informal)

Plural reveals

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“Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,—‘Wait and hope.’—Your friend,
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1106 · C1
Two flashes mean, ‘Are you there?’ Three mean ‘yes’ and four ‘no.’ Five mean, ‘Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal.’ Diana has just signaled five flashes, and I’m really suffering to know what it is.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 144 · C1
Marilla looked at her with a tenderness that would never have been suffered to reveal itself in any clearer light than that soft mingling of fireshine and shadow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 243 · C1
We could, of course, have gone in and taken him, but it amused me to make him reveal himself.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 63 · C1

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