Definition of "divulge"

divulge

/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/

verb
third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged
1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
  Quotations
  In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.
  2016 December 8, “The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change”, in The Economist
  Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.
  1910, Stephen Leacock, “How to Avoid Getting Married”, in Literary Lapses
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
  Quotations
  God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
  1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […]

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