divulge

To divulge is defined as to disclose information or share private information.

(verb)

An example of divulge is when you reveal the secret ingredient in your mom's recipe.

See divulge in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to make known; disclose; reveal

Origin: ME divulgen < L divulgare < di- (< dis-), apart + vulgare, to make public < vulgus, the common people: see vulgar

See divulge in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb di·vulged, di·vulg·ing, di·vulg·es

Origin:

Origin: Middle English divulgen

Origin: , from Old French divulguer

Origin: , from Latin dīvulgāre, to publish

Origin: : dī-, dis-, among; see dis-

Origin: + vulgāre, to spread among the multitude (from vulgus, common people)

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