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.
Cowper.
2.
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
[R.]
God . . . marks
The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
Milton.
3.
To impart; to communicate.
Which would not be
To them [animals] made common and divulged.
Milton.
Syn. -- To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.
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Di*vulge", v. i.
To become publicly known.
[R.] "To keep it from divulging."
Shak.
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