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divulge

[dih-vuhlj, dahy-]

verb (used with object), -vulged, -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)

Related forms

di·vulge·ment, noun

di·vulg·er, noun

non·di·vulg·ing, adjective

un·di·vulged, adjective

un·di·vulg·ing, adjective

Synonyms
See reveal.

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divulge (daɪˈvʌldʒ)

—vb
	(tr; may take a clause as object) to make known (something private or secret); disclose

[C15: from Latin dīvulgāre, from di-² + vulgāre to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people]

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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