Crossword clues for divulge
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. i.
To become publicly known. [R.] ``To keep it from divulging.''
--Shak.
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.]
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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. -
To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
--Milton. -
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 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. 2 To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
WordNet
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" [syn: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, impart, break, give away, let out]
Usage examples of "divulge".
He found Dayuma cooperative, although he was very careful not to divulge to her the reason for his desire to be taught some simple Auca phrases.
Asked why he had not given this second reason before, he said that as Auguste was not a medical man it would have been damaging to his reputation to divulge the fact of his wishing to make unauthorised experiments on animals.
Having decided that it would be both unsafe and unkind to divulge to her the story of Miles Calverleigh and Celia Morval, Abby was thankful to be spared searching enquiries into the circumstances under which Miles Calverleigh had contrived to become intimately acquainted with a girl who had been married within two months of her come-out, and had lived thereafter in a Bedfordshire manor.
Claude, what between the Burgundy and your usual foolishness, you seem very much inclined to divulge the Eleusinian mysteries.
Thanksgiving surprise for his parents, but when he brought home the big gobbler he was unable longer to keep the secret, and divulged his share in what had happened.
If both fail, all monies and property hereinbefore mentioned shall be disposed of according to the further provisions of this Will, which are not to be divulged at this time.
Upon this, Jones began to beg earnestly to be let into this secret, and faithfully promised not to divulge it.
As I lay down, the gallop under the dark pines, the frosty moon, the forest fires, the flaring lights and roaring din of Truckee faded as dreams fade, and eight hours later a pure, pink dawn divulged a level blasted region, with grey sage brush growing out of a soil encrusted with alkali, and bounded on either side by low glaring ridges.
Maginn sucked her mouth into a rosette as she divulged a seamier use of the secret passage.
As quick as a flash there leaped to his mind nine Martian sounds, but as quickly faded as he answered that this was a secret he must not divulge.
This system has hitherto been a jealously guarded secret and is only divulged to you now by the British government in view of the extraordinary circumstances and their friendly feeling toward the United States.
He asked if zoning applicants are required to divulge the names of all property owners.
Yet here, just three days after the autopsies, a teenager, who might also be a suspect, was telling West Memphis detectives that when he was questioned by Jones two days earlier, Jones had divulged this peculiar information to him.
It was a simple but time-tested scam: Bribes allegedly were funneled to judges in exchange for reducing criminal bonds, suppressing evidence and divulging confidential police information.
Chapter 4 Containing one of the most bloody battles, or rather duels, that were ever recorded in domestic history For the reasons mentioned in the preceding chapter, and from some other matrimonial concessions, well known to most husbands, and which, like the secrets of freemasonry, should be divulged to none who are not members of that honourable fraternity, Mrs.