divulged

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divulged - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Divulge \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.
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              Divulge not such a love as mine.      --Cowper.
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     2. 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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     3. 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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