Divulge
/daɪˈvʌldʒ/ verb [T]
What does it mean?
- sth (to sb) (formal) to give sb information that is supposed to be secret; to make something secret known
Example:
Lady Gaga has admitted that she takes cocaine, describing her usage as "occasional". In an interview with US magazine Vanity Fair, the singer divulged that she used the drug "maybe a couple of times a year". However, the 24-year-old Poker Face singer discouraged her fans from copying her. ✽ Quoted from: ✽ BBC News
Etymology:
mid-15c., from L. divulgare "publish, make common," from dis- "apart" (see dis- ) + vulgare "make common property," fromvulgus "common people"
c.1300, "divulge, reveal, disclose," from O.Fr. descovrir " uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray," from L.L.discooperire , from L. dis- "opposite of" (see dis- ) + cooperire "to cover up" (seecover ). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"); the meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s.
Synonyms:
Reveal , tell, make known, disclose, let drop, give away, let slip show, unwarp, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, break, give away, let out
Antonyms:
Conceal, hide, keep secret
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