divulge
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verb (used with object), di·vulged, di·vulg·ing.
to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin dīvulgāre, equivalent to dī- di-2 + vulgāre to make general or common, to spread (vulg(us) the masses + -āre infinitive suffix)
1425–75; late Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin dīvulgāre, equivalent to dī- di-2 + vulgāre to make general or common, to spread (vulg(us) the masses + -āre infinitive suffix)
Related forms
di·vulge·ment, noun
di·vulg·er, noun
non·di·vulg·ing, adjective
un·di·vulged, adjective
un·di·vulg·ing, adjective
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| —vb | |
| (tr; may take a clause as object) to make known (something private or secret); disclose | |
| [C15: from Latin dīvulgāre, from | |
| di'vulgence | |
| —n | |
| di'vulgement | |
| —n | |
| di'vulger | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
divulge
mid-15c., from L. divulgare "publish, make common," from dis- "apart" + vulgare "make common property," from vulgus "common people" (see vulgar). Related: Divulged; divulging.
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Example sentences
Neither campaign will publicly divulge its precise tally of superdelegates.
Headstones, crypts, and landscapes divulge clues into the spirit of a place and its people.
Scammers pressure people to divulge their bank account information so that they can steal the money in the account.
But the actress won't divulge what she does for fun at home in Madrid.
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