'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]
Synonyms of 'divulge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affect,
- air,
- betoken,
- betray,
- brandish,
- break it to,
- break the news,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- broach,
- come out with,
- confide,
- confide to,
- dangle,
- demonstrate,
- develop,
- disclose,
- discover,
- display,
- divulgate,
- dramatize,
- embody,
- enact,
- evidence,
- evince,
- evulgate,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- give away,
- give out,
- give sign,
- give token,
- give vent to,
- gossip,
- highlight,
- illuminate,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- let get around,
- let in on,
- let out,
- make clear,
- make known,
- make plain,
- make public,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- mouth,
- open up,
- out with,
- parade,
- perform,
- present,
- proclaim,
- produce,
- publish,
- put out,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- set forth,
- show,
- show forth,
- spill,
- spotlight,
- tattle,
- tell,
- token,
- trot out,
- unfold,
- utter,
- vent,
- ventilate,
- wave