divulge
verb/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/ · /dɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).
1
To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- I will never divulge that secret to anyone.
- In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.2016 December 8, “The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change”, in The Economist:
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- Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.1910, Stephen Leacock, “How to Avoid Getting Married”, in Literary Lapses:
2
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
- God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal, bring to light, divulge, let the cat out of the bag, make known, out, spill one's guts, spill the beans, tell
- Derived terms
- divulgeable, divulger, undivulged, undivulging
- Related terms
- divulgation, divulgement, divulgence