promulgate

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English promulgaten, from Latin prōmulgātus, past participle of prōmulgō (I make known, publish), either from provulgō (I make known, publish), from pro (forth) + vulgō (I publish), or from mulgeō (I bring forth, literally I milk).[1] Compare promulge.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒml̩.ɡeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑ.məl.ɡeɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

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promulgate (third-person singular simple present promulgates, present participle promulgating, simple past and past participle promulgated)

  1. (transitive) To make known or public.
    Synonyms: declare, proclaim, publish
    Antonym: withhold
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
      ’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.
    • 1784 November 6, William Cowper, “Tirocinium: Or, A Review of Schools”, in Poems, page 303:
      Prieſts have invented, and the world admir’d / What knaviſh prieſts promulgate as inſpir’d ; / ’Till reaſon, now no longer overaw’d, / Reſumes her pow’rs, and ſpurns the clumſy fraud ; / And, common-ſenſe diffuſing real day, / The meteor of the goſpel dies away !
  2. (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
    Synonyms: carry out, execute, implement, put into effect
    Antonym: abrogate
    • 1881 June 7, William Stubbs, “The Reign of Henry VIII”, in Seventeen Lectures on the Study of Medieval and Modern History and Kindred Subjects, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1887, page 293:
      [] 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 []
  3. (transitive, nonstandard) To advocate on behalf of (something or someone, especially of an idea); to spread knowledge of it and make it more widely known.
    Synonyms: propagate, promote, disseminate

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “promulgate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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promulgate

  1. adverbial present passive participle of promulgar

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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promulgate

  1. inflection of promulgare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Participle

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promulgate f pl

  1. feminine plural of promulgato

Latin

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prōmulgāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōmulgō

Spanish

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Verb

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promulgate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of promulgar combined with te