unhele means To uncover, to reveal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
UNHELE — [Verb] To uncover or reveal something that was hidden. From Old English unhelan, formed from the prefix un- (expressing reversal) and helan ("to conceal, cover"). Unlike "disclose," which suggests a formal declaration, or "expose," which implies laying something dangerously bare, to unhele is the quiet, physical act of reversal. It is peeling back damp canvas from a forgotten statue, lifting a river stone to reveal pale life beneath, or brushing centuries of dust from a manuscript's colophon—a patient archaeology of presence, where what was kept apart is, without ceremony, returned to the world.
verb
- To uncover, to reveal.“Then suddeinly both would themselues vnhele, / And th'amarous sweet spoiles to greedy eyes reuele.”