Divulge

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DIVULGED; p. pr. & vb. n. DIVULGING.] [Fr. divulguer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. divulgar, It. divulgare, divolgare, Lat. divulgare, from prefix di, for dis, and vulgare, to spread among the multitude, to make public, from vulgus, the multitude, the common people.]

1Sense 1. To make public; to reveal or communicate to the public; to reveal; to disclose;—said of that which was confided as a secret, or had been before unknown.

Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets. Milton.

2Sense 2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [Rare.]

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

3Sense 3. To impart; to communicate.

Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.

Synonyms—To publish; disclose; discover; reveal; communicate; impart.