promulge

American  

[proh-muhlj] / proʊˈmʌldʒ /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

promulged, promulging

1. to promulgate.

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Other Word Forms

• promulger
  noun

Etymology

Origin of promulge

1480–90; < Latin prōmulgāre to make known, promulgate, equivalent to prō- pro- ¹ + -mulgāre, probably akin to mulgēre to milk, extract

Example Sentences

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promulge promulged promulging

He was among the first to oppose the innovations of the crown and promulge liberal principles.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

Wisdom he wills not only for himself, But undergoes the sacred rites whereby The privilege he hath earned he may promulge, And all men make the partners of his light.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

With these, and out of these, I promulge new races of Teachers, and of perfect Women, indispensable to endow the birth-stock of a New World.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

Mr. Speaker, excuse my zeal in this case; for my mouth cannot imprison what my mind intends to let out; neither can my tongue conceal what my heart desires to promulge.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore

If falsehood uses the press to promulge her doctrines, let truth oppose her with the same weapon. 

From A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by Cooper, William

Now, too, the disaster which had befallen the 'Guardian', and the liberal and enlarged plan on which she had been stored and fitted out by government for our use, was promulged.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

Extraordinary doctrines these for the age in which they were promulged, affording a still more extraordinary contrast with those which have been since familiar in that unhappy country!

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by Prescott, William Hickling

So that it is clear he was saying, that we had no Constitution in comparison with that just promulged by the Spanish nation. 

From A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by Cooper, William

To declare the sacerdotal duties, and those of the other classes in due order, the sage Menu, sprung from the self-existing, promulged this code of laws.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Thus stands the decree prescribing our demeanour towards this sovereign in the Republic of Letters, as we find it promulged, and bearing date at the palace of Lincoln’s Inn, Nov.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

But Fame with rapid haste the city roam’d In ev’ry part, promulging in all ears The suitors’ horrid fate.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

But the first decretal Epistle now extant is this of Siricius to Himerius; by which the Pope made Himerius his Vicar over all Spain for promulging his Decrees, and seeing them observed.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir

We allude to the discussions of slavery at Lane Seminary, and the memorable expulsion of a number of the students for their persistence in promulging antislavery doctrines.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various