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▪ I. divulge, v.|dɪˈvʌldʒ, daɪ-|
Also 5 dy-.
[ad. L. dīvulgā-re to spread abroad among the people, make common, f. dī-, dis- 1 + vulgāre to make common, publish; cf. F. divulguer (14th c.), but the palatalized g in English is abnormal.]
†1. trans. To make publicly known, to publish abroad (a statement, etc.). Obs.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. 1 It is somewhat divulgid in this lond, that I have aftir my possibilitie be occupied in wryting. 1490Caxton Eneydos vi. 25 Fame of his ouurages hath ben dyuulged. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV (an. 3) 20 Whiche fraude the Kyng caused openly to be published and divulged. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. ii. i. 4 Their fables they divulge, first by Hymns and Songs. 1768H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 14 It is impossible to believe the account as fabricated and divulged by Henry the Seventh. 1791Cowper Iliad i. 133 Among the Danai thy dreams Divulging.
†b. To proclaim (a person, etc.) publicly. Obs.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. ii. 42, I will divulge Page himselfe for a secure and wilfull Acteon. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 60 When God..with approbation marks The just man, and divulges him through Heaven To all his angels.
†c. To publish (a book or treatise). Obs.
1566in Strype Ann. Ref. I. xlviii. 517 That treatise..so publickly by print divulged and dispersed. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb) 53 Ye must repeal and proscribe all scandalous and unlicenc't books already printed and divulg'd. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. lvii. 629 Divers other articles..propounded and divulged abroad by the said Cartwright.
2. To declare or tell openly (something private or secret); to disclose, reveal.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. Induct. Wks. 1856 I. 4, I will ding his spirit to the verge of hell, that dares divulge a ladies prejudice. 1671Milton Samson 201 Who..have divulg'd the secret gift of God To a deceitful woman. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xxvi, Command him to divulge the crimes confessed to him. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 268 Cowardly traitors hastened to save themselves, by divulging all..that had passed in the deliberations of the party.
†3. transf. To make common, impart generally. [A Latinism.] Obs. rare.
1667Milton P.L. viii. 583 The sense of touch..would not be To them made common & divulg'd.
4. intr. (for refl.) To become publicly known. rare.
1602Shakes. Ham. iv. i. 22 To keepe it [a disease] from divulging, let's it feede Euen on the pith of life. 1890Child Ballads vii. cxciv. 29 Nothing seems to have been done to keep the murder from divulging.
Hence diˈvulged ppl. a.; diˈvulging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1601Shakes. All's Well ii. i. 174 A divulged shame Traduc'd by odious ballads. 1604St. Trials, Hampton Crt. Confer. (R.), There is no such licencious divulging of these books. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 555 That which divulged fame doth perswade the believers. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 338 Cease your obstreperous clamours, and divulging slanders. 1883Daily News 20 July 6/2 An action brought for alleged divulging of telegrams.
▪ II. † diˈvulge, n. Obs.
[f. prec. vb.]
The act of divulging or publishing abroad.
1619Lushington Repet. Serm. in Phenix (1708) II. 478 Our modern News..is forg'd in Conventicles..and the Divulge committed to some vigilant and watchful Tongue. |