divulge

[Di*vulgeĀ·]

If you've been sneaking around with your best friend's boyfriend, that's probably one secret you don't want to divulge, because revealing that tidbit of information will probably cut your friendship short.

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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.

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


v. t.
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.

v. t.
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

v. t.
To impart; to communicate.

v. i.
To become publicly known.


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.
Divulge not such a love as mine.
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
3. To impart; to communicate.
Which would not be
To them [animals] made common and divulged.
Syn. -- To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.

Divulge

Di*vulge", v. i. To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." Shak.

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.

To become publicly known.

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Usage Examples

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.

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