divulge
/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/ verb
Forms divulges divulging divulged
- verb (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known. “I will never divulge that secret to anyone.”
- verb (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
Synonyms
disclose bewray bring out uncover discover expose give away impart let on let out reveal bring to light let the cat out of the bag make known out spill one's guts spill the beans tell unwrap break
Antonyms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
- verb To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." Shak.
Etymology [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “divulge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details