divulge

[ dih-vuhlj, dahy- ]

/ dɪˈvʌldʒ, daɪ- /

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verb (used with object), di·vulged, di·vulg·ing.

to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).

Words nearby divulge

divorcement, divorcé, divorcée, divot, divulgate, divulge, divulgence, divulse, divulsion, divulsor, divvy

Origin of divulge

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)

SYNONYMS FOR divulge

See reveal.

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OTHER WORDS FROM divulge

di·vulge·ment, noundi·vulg·er, nounnon·di·vulg·ing, adjectiveun·di·vulged, adjective

un·di·vulg·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for divulge

Fortunately, the resident expert took the time to divulge his tips and tricks to The Daily Beast.
ESPN’s Bracket Champion Shares His March Madness Secrets|Ben Teitelbaum|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That will be hard to judge: the director of elections has so far failed to divulge many technical details.
Crimeans Are Resigned To Pro-Russia Vote|Jamie Dettmer|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But only in recent years have athletes begun to divulge lurid details of Olympic sexcapades and debauchery.
Sochi Athletes Get It On At The Tinder Olympics|Lizzie Crocker|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She refuses to divulge the name of the man who truly stole her heart, but Madden was one of the boys, she says.
Is Eliza Doolittle the Next Adele?|Nico Hines|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Neither Kline nor his client is allowed to divulge the amount of the settlement.
Sandusky Son to Settle|Diane Dimond|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Polly darling, I have been engaged in affairs of state, which I am not at liberty to divulge to the common public.
The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes
He did not care at the time to divulge any of the plan he but now had confided to Aurora and Anne.
The Broken Gate|Emerson Hough
I will not divulge it—no not although you are hard upon me in regard to these terms of mine.
Castle Richmond|Anthony Trollope
The art I practise is a secret known to the Immortals only: how can I divulge it to you?
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio vol. II (of 2)|Songling Pu
Some secret thought was in her whole face, but her faltering tongue was paralyzed and could not divulge it.
Cord and Creese|James de Mille

British Dictionary definitions for divulge

divulge

/ (daɪˈvʌldʒ) /

verb

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

Derived forms of divulge

divulgence or divulgement, noundivulger, noun

Word Origin for divulge

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

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divulge

verb (used with object), di·vulged, di·vulg·ing.

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Origin of divulge

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British Dictionary definitions for divulge

verb

Derived forms of divulge

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