Meaning of DIVULGE
| Pronunciation: | | di'vulj
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| | Definition: | | [v] make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" |
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| | Synonyms: | | break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal |
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| | See Also: | | babble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blackwash, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, get around, get out, leak, muckrake, out, peach, sing, spring, talk, tattle, tell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Di*vulge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divulged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Divulging}.] [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis-
+ vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common
people. See {Vulgar}.]
1. 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. --Cowper.
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him
through heaven. --Milton.
3. To impart; to communicate.
Which would not be
To them [animals] made common and divulged.
--Milton.
Syn: To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal;
communicate; impart; tell.
\Di*vulge"\, v. i.
To become publicly known. [R.] ``To keep it from divulging.''
--Shak.
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