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<h1>Divulge</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vulge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Divulged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Divulging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>divulguer</ets>, L. <ets>divulgare</ets>; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>vulgare</ets> to spread among the people, from <ets>vulgus</ets> the common people. See <er>Vulgar</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>divulge</ex> a secret</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Divulge not such a love as mine. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To indicate publicly; to proclaim.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>God . . . marks The just man, and <b>divulges</b> him through heaven. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To impart; to communicate.</def>

<blockquote>Which would not be

<blockquote>To them [animals] made common and <b>divulged</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.</syn>

<h1>Divulge</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vulge"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become publicly known.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "To keep it from <i>divulging</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Divulsive</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vul"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.</def>

<h1>Dixie</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Dix"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Dizen</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Diz"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dizened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dizening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to <ets>dizzy</ets>: but cf. also OE. <ets>dysyn</ets> (<ets>Palsgrave</ets>) to put tow or flax on a distaff, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., to dress it. Cf. <er>Distaff</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To dress; to attire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.</def>

<blockquote>Like a tragedy queen, he has <b>dizened</b> her out. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To-morrow when the masks shall fall That <b>dizen</b> Nature's carnival. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dizz</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Dizz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dizzy</er>.]</ety> <def>To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gayton.</i>

<h1>Dizzard</h1> <Xpage=439>