Definition of Divulge

producto produxi productum

(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.
  

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divulge
\di*vulge"\, v. i. to become publicly known. [r.] "to keep it from divulging."
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.]
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.
2. to indicate publicly; to proclaim. [r.] god marks the just man, and divulges him through heaven.
3. to impart; to communicate. which would not be to them [animals] made common and divulged.

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To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.

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Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, impart, break, give away, let out
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) blackwash
(cause) break, get out, get around
(verb-group) break, get out, get around
(derivation) divulgence, divulgement