DIVULGE
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover
(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”; “The newspaper uncovered the President’s illegal dealings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)
(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known
Synonym: disclose
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
Synonyms
• bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal; see also divulge
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vulge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divulged; p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.]
Etym: [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.
Di*vulge", v. i.
Definition: To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging."
Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition