promulge
Americanverb (used with object)
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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
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Thus we pronounce not so much against the principle of culture; we only supervise it, and promulge along with it, as deep, perhaps a deeper, principle.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
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
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
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
Warriors of Islam! attend a moment, and listen well to the precepts which I am about to promulge to you for observation in times of war.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
Yet here he stood, promulged and published, strikingly and flagrantly pronounced!
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Some historians have had the effrontery to excuse this cruelty because the Quakers promulged their doctrines too boldly and thus provoked the Cambridge authorities.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
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
On the evening before the day which had been appointed for the trial, no proclamation or other token was promulged to appease the anxiety of the cited preachers.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
We recall at this moment but one English writer of supreme mark who has held and promulged, in its fullest extent, the theory of Optimism.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
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
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
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
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