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   Divulge , 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.]
   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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   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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   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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   Divulge, v. i. To become publicly known. [R.] “To keep it from divulging.”  
   Shak.
   
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