discloud, v.
(dɪsˈklaʊd)
[f. dis- 7 a + cloud n.]
trans. To free or clear from clouds; to free from gloom or obscurity; to reveal, disclose.
| 1600 Tourneur Transf. Metam. Author to Bk., For 'tis the haire of crime To shunne the breath that doth discloude it [= its] sinne. 1615 J. Stephens Satyr. Ess. 50 To discloud Your vertues lost in the confused crowd Of headstrong rumor. 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. St. Pref. §6 That God would be pleased to discloud these gloomy dayes with the beames of his mercie. 1650 ― Pisgah To Rdr., Are these gloomy days already disclouded? |
Hence disˈclouded ppl. a.
| 1615 J. Stephens Satyr. Ess. 133 A rejoycing heart, an apprehensive head, and a disclouded fancy. 1889 Univ. Rev. Sept. 41 My lord Shone in his harness for a passing while An orb disclouded. |