divulgate

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,^[1] see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of divulge.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvʌl.ɡeɪt/

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

1. To divulge.
2. To publish.
   • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:

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

divulgate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, as a participle) Published.
   • 1574, Edward Hellowes, The familiar epistles, translation of original by Anthony of Gueuara:

     It was diuulgate through all Rome.

• “divulgate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

divulgate

1. inflection of divulgare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

divulgate f pl

1. feminine plural of divulgato

• deglutiva

dīvulgāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dīvulgō

divulgate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of divulgar combined with te