Hypertext Webster Gateway: "divulged"

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.


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