Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of spreading abroad or publishing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of divulging or publishing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
divulging orpublishing .publication (obs) - noun The
disclosure orrevelation of asecret - noun The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Je ne dirai pas qui a traduit ce roman, car cela serait de la divulgation méchante.
Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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His musical engagement is principally turned to the studying, divulgation and practice in liturgy of Ambrosian and Gregorian singing.
A wonderful YouTube chant resource bls 2009
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His musical engagement is principally turned to the studying, divulgation and practice in liturgy of Ambrosian and Gregorian singing.
Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009
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Click on “Français” and note that the equivalent phrase is “divulgation proactive”.
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Unfortunately I deem these misconceptions and misrepresentations are to be considered as side effects of the easy/light divulgation approach that often characterises such TV productions as well as some easy/light literature.
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The right of divulgation is a problem, which needs to be watched.
Orphan Works, Panel 2, part 2 Rebecca Tushnet 2006
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Miller was a witness to a potential crime–the possibly-unauthorized divulgation by someone the “source” within the administration of classified information.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: What Was That About “No Underlying Crime?” 2006
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The "publication" which incurs this censure is not the material divulgation of a document, but presupposes that such document is offered as, and affirmed to be, authentic.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Alceste a ete nitiee aux profonds mysteres de la mort; elle a vu l'invisible, elle a entendu l'ineffable; toute parole sortie de ses levres serait une divulgation sacrilege.
Robert Browning Dowden, Edward 1904
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He moved in a cloud, if not rather in a high radiance, of precipitation and divulgation, a chartered rebel against cold reserves.
A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879
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