divulge
verbattested in dialogue
- //daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ//
- //dɪˈvʌld͡ʒ//
To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
verb
- 1
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.
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.
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.
- 2
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).
Forms
- past tense
- divulged
- past participle
- divulged
- present participle
- divulging
- third person singular
- divulges
divulge · To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
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