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[syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. 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.
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Divulge not such a love as mine. --Cowper.
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2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
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God . . . marks
The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
--Milton.
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3. To impart; to communicate.
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Which would not be
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To them [animals] made common and divulged.
--Milton.
Syn: To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal;
communicate; impart; tell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. i.
To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging."
--Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
divulge
v 1: make known to the public information that was previously
known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how
old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to
her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let
out]