divulge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: divulge	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for divulge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 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" Synonym(s): unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divulge \Divulge"\, 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.] [bd]To keep it from divulging.[b8] --Shak.