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{{Quote|The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. Simply tap a book or parchment with your wand and any hidden message will be revealed. This spell is more than sufficient to overcome the basic concealing charms and so is a favourite of parents and teachers alike.|[[Miranda Goshawk]], ''[[Book of Spells]]''.|Wonderbook: Book of Spells}}
  
{{Quote|The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. Simply tap a book or parchment with your wand and any hidden message will be revealed. This spell is more than sufficient to overcome the basic concealing charms and so is a favourite of parents and teachers alike.|[[Miranda Goshawk]], ''[[Book of Spells]]''.|Wonderbook: Book of Spells}}
   
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The '''Revealing Charm'''<ref name="1stspells">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFDVVrqphI First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells] on YouTube</ref> (''Aparecium'') is a [[charm]] that forces [[invisible ink]] or other [[Concealing charms|hidden messages]] to appear. It is also possible this spell can be used to make other invisible things reveal themselves. [[Hermione Granger]] used this spell on [[Tom Riddle's Diary]] to see if anything could be read. Nothing appeared after she used the spell because that was not the enchantment placed on the book.
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The '''Revealing Charm'''<ref name="1stspells">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFDVVrqphI First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells] on YouTube</ref> (''Aparecium'') is a [[charm]] that forces [[invisible ink]] or other [[Concealing charms|hidden messages]] to appear. It is also possible this spell can be used to make other invisible things reveal themselves.
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==History==
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[[Hermione Granger]] used this spell on [[Tom Riddle's Diary]] to see if anything could be read. Nothing appeared after she used the spell because that was not the enchantment placed on the book.
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This spell is also listed in the [[Book of Spells|''Book of Spells'']]'' ''(chapter 2) by [[Miranda Goshawk]].
   
 
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*This is possibly the spell [[Severus Snape]] used to attempt to force the [[Marauder's Map]] to display its content, though it may also have been [[Scarpin's Revelaspell]].
  
*This is possibly the spell [[Severus Snape]] used to attempt to force the [[Marauder's Map]] to display its content, though it may also have been [[Scarpin's Revelaspell]].
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*In the Nintendo DS version of the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', there is a minigame called ''Aparecium'' Pairs, the goal of which is to rub the DS's bottom screen within a time limit to reveal a card or group of cards matching the one(s) on the top screen.
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Revision as of 01:40, 31 December 2014

"The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. Simply tap a book or parchment with your wand and any hidden message will be revealed. This spell is more than sufficient to overcome the basic concealing charms and so is a favourite of parents and teachers alike."
— Miranda Goshawk, Book of Spells.[src]

The Revealing Charm[1] (Aparecium) is a charm that forces invisible ink or other hidden messages to appear. It is also possible this spell can be used to make other invisible things reveal themselves.

History

Hermione Granger used this spell on Tom Riddle's Diary to see if anything could be read. Nothing appeared after she used the spell because that was not the enchantment placed on the book.

This spell is also listed in the Book of Spells (chapter 2) by Miranda Goshawk.

Known practioneers

"She tapped the diary three times and said, "Aparecium!""
— Hermione using the spell on Tom Riddle's diary[src]

Etymology

The Latin word appareo which means "to become visible or to appear".

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells on YouTube
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