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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. i. To become publicly known [R.] ``To keep it from divulging.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: divulge v : 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 aution 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" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal}, {discover}, {expose}, {declare}, {impart}, {break}, {give away}, {let out}]
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