'Divulge' definitions:

Definition of 'divulge'

From: WordNet
verb
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]

Definition of 'Divulge'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Divulge'

From: GCIDE
  • Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. i. To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." --Shak. [1913 Webster]