Defn: A divulger. [R.]
DIVULGATION
Div`ul*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. divulgatio: cf. F. divulgation.]
Defn: The act of divulging or publishing. [R.]
Secrecy hath no use than divulgation. Bp. Hall.
DIVULGE
Di*vulge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divulged; p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.]
Etym: [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread
among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]
1. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; — said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret. Divulge not such a love as mine. Cowper.
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.] God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.
3. To impart; to communicate. Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.
Syn. — To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.
DIVULGE
Di*vulge", v. i.
Defn: To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging."
Shak.