Hypertext Webster Gateway: "divulge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Divulge \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. i.
To become publicly known. [R.] ``To keep it from divulging.''
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
divulge
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" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out},
{reveal}, {discover}, {expose}, {declare}, {impart}, {break},
{give away}, {let out}]
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