Dictionary entry

Divulge

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Divulge not such a love as mine. Cowper.

2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

God... marks

The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.

3. To impart; to communicate.

Which would not be

To them made common and divulged. Milton.

Syn. — To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.