Antonyms for divulge


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-vuhlj, dahy-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvʌldʒ, daɪ-


Definition of divulge

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin divulgare "publish, make common," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + vulgare "make common property," from vulgus "common people" (see vulgar). Related: Divulged; divulging.
  • verb make known; confess
Example sentences :
  • There will be no danger of that, Bududreen, for there will be no one to divulge our secret.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • She merely again urged the Princess never to divulge the secret.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • Fandor understood that this was an official secret which Juve was not at liberty to divulge.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • Whatever it was that Vitelli wrote to Ramiro, this gentleman was not minded to divulge it.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • It occurred to Wilson that it might be just as well not to divulge his real destination.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Now I'll tell you; but mind, you're pledged, you're sworn, never to divulge it.'
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • But I have had my plans, too; it is time I should begin to divulge them.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • To every appeal they heartlessly refused to divulge the key to the lock-in.
  • Extract from : « Meeting of the Board » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • The secret was enjoined on me by the constitution and the law, and I shall not divulge it.
  • Extract from : « Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. » by Josiah Quincy
  • He has confided to me his name and position, which I think it as well not to divulge.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for divulge

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