divulge

[ dih-vuhlj, dahy- ]
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verb (used with object),di·vulged, di·vulg·ing.
  1. to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).

Origin of divulge

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (from Anglo-French ), from Latin dīvulgāre, equivalent to dī-di-2 + vulgāre “to make general or common, to spread” (vulg(us) “the masses” + -āre infinitive suffix)

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See reveal.

Other words from divulge

  • 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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How to use divulge in a sentence

  • Without pausing he flung open a door that divulged a shop, with a bench and tools.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • Nevertheless, schoolboy honour stood firm, and the name of the culprit was not divulged.

  • This despatch is confidential, and the direction of the route is, on no account, to be divulged.

  • And one of these fanatics was the turtle-egg seller, with special hopes in mind which for the present cannot be divulged.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • For those purposes a treasonable book against the King's right to the Crown was 'divulged.'

    Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing

British Dictionary definitions for divulge

divulge

/ (daɪˈvʌldʒ) /


verb
  1. (tr; may take a clause as object) to make known (something private or secret); disclose

Origin of divulge

1
C15: from Latin dīvulgāre, from di- ² + vulgāre to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people

Derived forms of divulge

  • divulgence or divulgement, noun
  • divulger, noun

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