divulge

[dih-vuhlj, dahy-]

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

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

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)

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

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See reveal.

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Related Words for divulge

disclose, reveal, leak, communicate, admit, publish, uncover, blab, exhibit, spill, spring, expose, discover, promulgate, declare, broadcast, tattle, mouth, betray, impart

Examples from the Web for divulge

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
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
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
Neither Kline nor his client is allowed to divulge the amount of the settlement.
Sandusky Son to Settle
Diane Dimond
August 18, 2013

Historical Examples of divulge

There will be no danger of that, Bududreen, for there will be no one to divulge our secret.
The Monster Men
Edgar Rice Burroughs
She merely again urged the Princess never to divulge the secret.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
Robert Barr
Fandor understood that this was an official secret which Juve was not at liberty to divulge.
A Nest of Spies
Pierre Souvestre
Whatever it was that Vitelli wrote to Ramiro, this gentleman was not minded to divulge it.
The Shame of Motley
Raphael Sabatini
It occurred to Wilson that it might be just as well not to divulge his real destination.
The Web of the Golden Spider
Frederick Orin Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for divulge

divulge

verb

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

Derived Formsdivulgence 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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Word Origin and History for divulge

mid-15c., from Latin divulgare "publish, make common," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + vulgare "make common property," from vulgus "common people" (see vulgar). Related: Divulged; divulging.