Divulge
[daɪ'vʌldʒ;dɪ-] or [dɪ'vʌldʒ]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
(v. t.) To impart; to communicate.
(v. i.) To become publicly known.
Typed by Dominic
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Publish, disclose, communicate, discover, impart, tell, proclaim, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad, reveal to the world.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONCEAL]
Checked by Elisha
Definition
v.t. to spread abroad among the vulgar or the people: to make public: to reveal.—v.t. Divul′gate to publish.—n. Divulgā′tion.
Typist: Maxine
Examples
- She may know more than she cared to divulge to you, Notan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But whether the assassin's dagger reached one fair bosom or another, only time will divulge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- 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. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He thought, and I thought, that she was about to divulge the mystery of the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What he will divulge I cannot tell, but I have no doubt that your Grace could make him understand that it is to his interest to be silent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lord Steyne, laughing, promised he never would divulge their conversation, and when he and Miss Briggs parted he laughed still more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His secret was a shameful one, and he could not bring himself to divulge it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He never spoke of himself, and in a conversation with Miss Norton divulged the pleasing fact. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Could the man Weller, in a moment of remorse, have divulged some secret conspiracy for his assassination? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Robert