divulge
[ dih-vuhlj, dahy- ]
/ dɪˈvʌldʒ, daɪ- /
verb (used with object), di·vulged, di·vulg·ing.
to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
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disclose, reveal, leak, communicate, admit, publish, uncover, blab, exhibit, spill, spring, expose, discover, promulgate, declare, broadcast, tattle, mouth, betray, impart
Nearby words
- divorcé,
- divorcée,
- divot,
- divulgate,
- divulgation,
- divulgence,
- divulse,
- divulsion,
- divulsive,
- divulsor
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)
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divulge
/ (daɪˈvʌldʒ) /
verb
(tr; may take a clause as object) to make known (something private or secret); disclose
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
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.
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