divulge
/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.93 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "I will never divulge that secret to anyone."
- "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."
- "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."
- "God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: divulgen, dīvulgō