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divulge

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di⋅vulge

  [di-vuhlj, dahy-]
Use divulge in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -vulged, -vulg⋅ing.
to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
Origin:
1425–75; late ME (< AF) < L dīvulgāre, equiv. to dī- di- 2 + vulgāre to make general or common, to spread (vulg(us) the masses + -āre inf. suffix)

Related forms:
di⋅vulge⋅ment, noun
di⋅vulg⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
See reveal.
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di·vulge   (dĭ-vŭlj')   
tr.v.   di·vulged, di·vulg·ing, di·vulg·es

  1. To make known (something private or secret).

  2. Archaic To proclaim publicly.


[Middle English divulgen, from Old French divulguer, from Latin dīvulgāre, to publish : dī-, dis-, among; see dis- + vulgāre, to spread among the multitude (from vulgus, common people).]
di·vul'gence n., di·vulg'er n.
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