The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry
for the earl's death.
Bacon.
Unto thee have I opened my cause.
Jer. xx. 12.
While he opened to us the Scriptures.
Luke xxiv. 32.
4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible
for settlements, trade, etc.
The English did adventure far for to open the North parts of
America.
Abp. Abbot.
5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon
an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or
a meeting.
6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by
separating the fibers.
To open one's mouth, to speak. -- To open up, to lay open; to discover;
to disclose.
Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views into the
character and condition of our "bold peasantry, their country's
pride."
Prof. Wilson.
O"pen, v. i. 1. To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be
unclosed; to be parted.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company
of Abiram.
Ps. cvi. 17.
2. To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to
our view.
3. To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery
opened upon the enemy.