divulge

English

Etymology

Latin divulgare, from di- (“widely”) + vulgare (“publish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈvʌldʒ/, /dɪˈvʌldʒ/

Verb

1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known

   I will never divulge that secret to anyone.

   • Dec 8, 2016, The Economist, The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change

     In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.

   • 1910, Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses - How to Avoid Getting Married

     Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.

   Synonym: disclose

2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
   • John Milton

     God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.

Synonyms

• bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal

Related terms

• divulgation

Translations

to make public

• Bulgarian: разгласявам (bg) (razglasjavam)
• Catalan: divulgar (ca)
• Finnish: paljastaa (fi), saattaa julkisuuteen, julkistaa (fi)
• French: divulguer (fr), rendre public (fr), ébruiter (fr)
• German: verbreiten (de), bekanntmachen, enthüllen (de)
• Greek: αποκαλύπτω (el) (apokalýpto), κοινολογώ (el) (koinologó)
• Italian: divulgare (it)
• Latin: divulgō
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• Maori: puaki, whakakakau, tuwhiri, tauākī
• Polish: ujawnić (pl)
• Portuguese: divulgar (pt)
• Romanian: divulga (ro), denunța (ro)
• Russian: разглаша́ть (ru) (razglašátʹ)
• Swedish: offentliggöra (sv), förmedla (sv)
• Turkish: yaymak (tr)

to indicate publicly; to proclaim

• Bulgarian: разкривам (bg) (razkrivam)
• Catalan: divulgar (ca)
• Finnish: ilmoittaa (fi), julistaa (fi)
• German: ausplaudern, bekannt machen, bekanntgeben (de), enthüllen (de)
• Greek: αποκαλύπτω (el) (apokalýpto)
• Italian: divulgare (it)
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• Maori: paki
• Polish: rozgłaszać
• Russian: оглаша́ть (ru) (oglašátʹ)
• Swedish: avslöja (sv), kungöra (sv)
• Turkish: açığa vurmak (tr), ifşa etmek (tr)

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} propalar (es)
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