It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 20th.
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Today's word is divulge, also pronounced divulge, and spelled D-I-V-U-L-G-E.
Divulge is a verb.
To divulge something, especially secret or private information, is to make it known.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Place Envy, Essays in Search of Orientation by Michael Lowenthal.
Sun Ra's agent had called.
He said the orchestra was heading out on tour soon to Europe, and Sonny wanted the three of us to join him.
After we'd calmed down, Don divulged the hitch.
The tour would take us away for the school years last weeks,
meaning we would miss exams and also all the end-of-college parties.
Information divulged is typically secret or known only to insiders, and it isn't usually shouted from the rooftops.
But when the word divulged first entered English in the 15th century, it did so as a synonym of proclaim.
Divulging involved declaring or announcing something to the public,