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