divulge

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, break, give away, let out

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