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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for divulge:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

divulge
    v 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
         unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
         discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let
         out]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            Divulge not such a love as mine.      --Cowper.
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   2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
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            God . . . marks
            The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. To impart; to communicate.
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            Which would not be
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            To them [animals] made common and divulged.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal;
        communicate; impart; tell.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Divulge \Di*vulge"\, v. i.
   To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging."
   --Shak.
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