divulgate

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/dɪˈvʌl.ɡeɪt/

verb

To divulge.

OriginMiddle English divulgat(e) ← Latin dīvulgātus →
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Meanings

verbdivulgate (third-person singular simple present divulgates, present participle divulgating, simple past and past participle divulgated)

present singular third person divulgates · participle present divulgating · participle past divulgated · past divulgated

  1. obsoleteTo divulge.
  2. obsoleteTo publish.

    he did divulgate and disperse abroad among the king's subjects great numbers of books

    1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC
adjectivedivulgate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletePublished.

    It was diuulgate through all Rome.

    1574, Edward Hellowes, The familiar epistles, translation of original by Anthony of Gueuara

Origin

  1. Latindīvulgātus
  2. Middle Englishdivulgat(e)“divulgated”
  3. Englishdivulgate

The adjective is first attested circa 1440, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; inherited from Middle English divulgat(e) (“divulgated”, used participially), borrowed from Latin dīvulgātus, perfect passive participle of dīvulgāre, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of divulge.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with divulgate

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APA

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Chicago

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