All 3 Uses of
divulge
in
Moby Dick
- For as the secrets of the currents in the seas have never yet been divulged, even to the most erudite research; so the hidden ways of the Sperm Whale when beneath the surface remain, in great part, unaccountable to his pursuers; and from time to time have originated the most curious and contradictory speculations regarding them, especially concerning the mystic modes whereby, after sounding to a great depth, he transports himself with such vast swiftness to the most widely distant points.†
Chpt 40-42divulged = made known (secret or private information)
- Some of the subtlest secrets of the seas seemed divulged to us in this enchanted pond.†
Chpt 85-87 *
- Unwittingly here a secret has been divulged, which perhaps might more properly, in set way, have been disclosed before.†
Chpt 106-108
Definition:
make known (secret of private information)