divulged

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Divulge not such a love as mine.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]

2.To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.] [1913 Webster]

God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To impart; to communicate. [1913 Webster]

Which would not be [1913 Webster]
To them [animals] made common and divulged.— Milton.

Syn: To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell. [1913 Webster]

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