divulge
verb /daɪˈvʌldʒ/
/daɪˈvʌldʒ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they divulge | /daɪˈvʌldʒ/ /daɪˈvʌldʒ/ |
| he / she / it divulges | /daɪˈvʌldʒɪz/ /daɪˈvʌldʒɪz/ |
| past simple divulged | /daɪˈvʌldʒd/ /daɪˈvʌldʒd/ |
| past participle divulged | /daɪˈvʌldʒd/ /daɪˈvʌldʒd/ |
| -ing form divulging | /daɪˈvʌldʒɪŋ/ /daɪˈvʌldʒɪŋ/ |
- divulge something (to somebody) | divulge what, whether, etc… to give somebody information that is supposed to be secret synonym reveal
- Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect.
- She refused to divulge the information.
- The plans must not be divulged to anyone.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDivulge is used with these nouns as the object:- detail
- information
- secret
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘announce publicly’): from Latin divulgare, from di- ‘widely’ + vulgare ‘publish’ (from vulgus ‘common people’).