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