DIVULGED

Verb

divulged

past participle of divulge

Source: Wiktionary


DIVULGE

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



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