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Webster 1913 Edition


Divulge

Di-vulge′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Divulged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Divulging
.]
[F.
divulguer
, L.
divulgare
;
di- = dis-
+
vulgare
to spread among the people, from
vulgus
the common people. See
Vulgar
.]
1.
To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; – said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown;
as, to
divulge
a secret
.
Divulge not such a love as mine.
Cowper.
2.
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
[R.]
God . . . marks
The just man, and
divulges
him through heaven.
Milton.
3.
To impart; to communicate.
Which would not be
Syn. – To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.

Di-vulge′

,
Verb.
I.
To become publicly known.
[R.]
“To keep it from divulging.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Divulge

DIVULGE

,
Verb.
T.
divulj. [L., to make public; the common people; people.]
1.
To make public; to tell or make known something before private or secret; to reveal; to disclose; as, to divulge the secret sentiments of a friend; to divulge the proceedings of the cabinet. Divulge is more generally applied to verbal disclosures, and publish to printed accounts. But they may be used synonymously. We may publish by words, and divulge by the press.
2.
To declare by a public act; to proclaim. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024


divulge

divulge

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divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)

  1. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.
  2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
    • God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. -- John Milton.

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