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Divulge

//daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known. transitive

    "I will never divulge that secret to anyone."

  2. 2
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
  3. 3
    To indicate publicly; to proclaim. transitive

    "God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven."

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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