promulge
English
Etymology
Lua error: The template Template:PIE root does not use the parameter(s):2=h₂melǵPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
Compare French promulguer. See promulgate.
Verb
Lua error in Module:en-headword at line 1145: Legacy parameter 1=STEM no longer supported, just use 'en-verb' without params
- (transitive) To promulgate; to publish or teach.
- 1768, Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England:
- the prince by his edict may promulge a new code, more ſuited to the preſent emergencies.
- 1839, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella:
- Extraordinary doctrines these for the age in which they were promulged
Synonyms
- (to publish): disclose, make known; See also Thesaurus:announce
- (to teach): educate, instruct
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “promulge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)