divulge
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Etymology[edit]
Latin divulgare, from di- (“widely”) + vulgare (“publish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)
- To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.
- Divulge not such a love as mine. - William Cowper.
- To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
- God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. -- John Milton.
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Translations[edit]
to make public
to indicate publicly; to proclaim
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
