promulgate

[prom-uhl-geyt, proh-muhl-geyt]

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verb (used with object), prom·ul·gat·ed, prom·ul·gat·ing.

to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
to set forth or teach publicly (a creed, doctrine, etc.).

Origin of promulgate

1520–30; < Latin prōmulgātus, past participle of prōmulgāre to promulge; see -ate¹

Related formsprom·ul·ga·tion

[prom-uhl-gey-shuhn, proh-muhl-] /ˌprɒm əlˈgeɪ ʃən, ˌproʊ məl-/, nounprom·ul·ga·tor, nounnon·prom·ul·ga·tion, nounre·prom·ul·gate, verb (used with object), re·prom·ul·gat·ed, re·prom·ul·gat·ing.re·prom·ul·ga·tion, nounun·prom·ul·gat·ed, adjective

Synonyms for promulgate

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1. announce, issue, declare. 2. advocate.

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Related Words for promulgate

promote, declare, publish, notify, sound, decree, drum, disseminate, issue, communicate, proclaim, broadcast, toot, spread, call, annunciate, announce, advertise, trumpet, circulate

Examples from the Web for promulgate

Contemporary Examples of promulgate

The federal and state governments, at their core, establish laws and promulgate rules.
How Cities Are Fixing America
Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley
June 17, 2013

Historical Examples of promulgate

Are you going to promulgate that doctrine at the Suffrage League?
Miss Pat at School
Pemberton Ginther
It was for him to promulgate the Imperial laws, sometimes to put forth edicts of his own.
Theodoric the Goth
Thomas Hodgkin
No greater earnestness was ever given by man to promulgate a Gospel.
Ariadne Florentina
John Ruskin
And as soon as he made this discovery he hastened to promulgate it.
Cruel As The Grave
Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
But the President and Secretary had no right to promulgate any such order.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)
Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for promulgate

promulgate

verb (tr)

to put into effect (a law, decree, etc), esp by formal proclamation
to announce or declare officially
to make widespread

Also (archaic): promulge (prəʊˈmʌldʒ)

Derived Formspromulgation, nounpromulgator, noun

Word Origin for promulgate

C16: from Latin prōmulgāre to bring to public knowledge; probably related to provulgāre to publicize, from pro- 1 + vulgāre to make common, from vulgus the common people

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Word Origin and History for promulgate

1520s, from Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulgare "make publicly known, propose openly, publish," perhaps altered from provulgare, from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + vulgare "make public, publish." Or the second element might be from mulgere "to milk" (see milk (n.)), used metaphorically for "cause to emerge." Related: Promulgated; promulgating. The earlier verb in English was promulge (late 15c.).