divulge

Etymology

From Latin divulgare, from di- (“widely”) + vulgare (“publish”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
    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. December 8 2016, “The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change”, in The Economist
    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. 1910, Stephen Leacock, “How to Avoid Getting Married”, in Literary Lapses
  2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

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