promulgate
verbEtymology
Inherited from Middle English promulgaten, from Latin prōmulgātus, perfect passive participle of prōmulgō (“to make known, publish”), either from provulgō (“to make known, publish”), from pro (“forth”) + vulgō (“to publish”), or from mulgeō (“to bring forth”, literally “to milk”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of promulge.
- derived from prōmulgātus
- inherited from promulgaten
Definitions
To make known or make public.
- ’Tis yet to know, / Which when I know, that boaſting is an Honour, / I ſhall promulgate. I fetch by life and being, / From Men of Royall Seige.
To put into effect as a regulation.
- […] the Statute of Uses was delayed until 1536 and the Statute of Wills until 1540, but both statutes were promulgated in 1532, and formed part of a policy which we may compare, not favourably, with the of Edward I[…]
To advocate on behalf of (something or someone, especially of an idea)
To advocate on behalf of (something or someone, especially of an idea); to spread knowledge of and make more widely known.
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past participle of promulgate
The neighborhood
- neighborpromulge
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for promulgate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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