disclosed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of disclose.

   The report disclosed several safety violations at the plant.

   He had disclosed his financial interests before the vote.

   Note

   One spelling serves as both the past tense and the participle. It is the past tense in the report disclosed the violations, the perfect in he had disclosed his interests, and the passive in the figures were disclosed. Most uses carry disclose's everyday meaning of making something known. The verb also has a physical side, to uncover or expose to view, and an obsolete one, to open up or unfasten. That older openness sits closest to the heraldic "spread wings" adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Made known publicly or to a relevant party; openly admitted rather than concealed.

   The disclosed terms of the merger surprised several investors.

   Fully disclosed risks allow clients to make informed decisions.

   Similarrevealed, announced, published, declared, public

   Oppositeundisclosed

   Note

   As an adjective it usually stands before a noun: disclosed ingredients, disclosed terms, disclosed risks. It earns its keep through contrast with undisclosed. Calling something disclosed usually implies that something else was not, as when a product's disclosed ingredients are fine and its undisclosed ones are the problem. Nondisclosed also serves as an opposite.

3. 3
   adjective

   Expanded or spread out; especially, of a bird depicted with its wings extended.

   The crest features a dove disclosed above a silver shield.

   Heralds rendered the bird disclosed, its wings spread across the field.

   Similaroutspread, displayed

   Oppositefolded, closed

   Note

   Heraldry places it after its noun, in the word order of a blazon: an eagle disclosed, a harpy with her wings disclosed. It describes a winged creature borne with its wings expanded but pointing downward. That sets it apart from displayed, where the wings are spread and raised. Guillim's Display of Heraldry puts it more loosely: "a Harpey disclosed in her wings."

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