divulge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    disclose; reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; break; let out; give away.
    • 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

WordNet

Di*vulge" transitive verb
Etymology
F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Divulged ; present participle & verbal noun Divulging
Definitions
  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. R.
    God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.
  3. To impart; to communicate.
    Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.
    Syn. -- To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.
Di*vulge" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become publicly known. R. "To keep it from divulging." Shak.

Webster 1913