promoveo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [proːˈmou̯eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈmo.ve.o/, [proˈmɔːveo]
Verb
prōmoveō (present infinitive prōmovēre, perfect active prōmōvī, supine prōmōtum); second conjugation
- I move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance.
- I extend, enlarge, increase.
- (of a joint) I put out, dislocate, displace.
- (figuratively) I bring to pass, effect, accomplish, progress.
- (figuratively) I enlarge, increase, promote, advance.
- (figuratively) I bring to light, reveal.
- (figuratively) I put off, defer, postpone.
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Descendants
- Catalan: promoure
- English: promote
- French: promouvoir
- Galician: promover
- German: promovieren
- Italian: promuovere
- Occitan: promòure
- Portuguese: promover
- Romanian: promova
- Spanish: promover
References
- “promoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “promoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.