divulge

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/
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/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/ · /dɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/

Definition of divulge

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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.”
    “In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.”
    “Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.”
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verb

  1. (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.”
    “In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.”
    “Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.”
  2. (transitive)To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
    “God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).

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