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divulge

verb
/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).

  1. derived from dīvulgō
  2. inherited from divulgen

Definitions

  1. To make public or known

    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 indicate publicly; to proclaim.

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

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Derived

divulgeable, divulger, undivulged, undivulging

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA