Divulge

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: daɪˈvʌɫdÊ’, daɪˈvÊŠÉ«dÊ’
• US IPA: /daɪˈvÊŒlÊ’/, /dɪˈvÊŒlÊ’/

Origin

Latin divulgare, from di- ("widely") + vulgare ("publish").

Full definition of divulge

Verb

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.
• Divulge not such a love as mine. - William Cowper.
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
• God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. -- John Milton.

Synonyms

• bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal

Derived terms

• divulgation