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promulgate

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Verb (transitive)
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prom=ul=gate

CIDE DICTIONARY

promulgatev. t. [L. promulgatus, p. p. of promulgare to promulgate; of unknown origin. Cf. Promulge.].
     To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To publish; declare; proclaim. See Announce.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

promulgate, v.tr.
1 make known to the public; disseminate; promote (a cause etc.).
2 proclaim (a decree, news, etc.).

Derivative
promulgation n. promulgator n.
Etymology
L promulgare (as PRO-(1), mulgere milk, cause to come forth)

THESAURUS

promulgate

abide by, adhere to, administer, advertise, announce, annunciate, bid, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, broadcast, call on, call the signals, call upon, carry out, carry through, celebrate, charge, command, commission, complete, cry, cry out, declaim, declare, decree, dictate, direct, discharge, disseminate, effect, effectuate, enforce, enjoin, execute, fill out, fulfill, give an order, give the word, herald, herald abroad, honor, implement, instruct, issue a command, issue a writ, make, make out, mandate, observe, ordain, order, order about, proclaim, pronounce, prosecute, publish, put in force, put through, render, rule, say the word, shout, sound, thunder, thunder forth, toot, transact, trumpet, trumpet forth

ROGET THESAURUS

promulgate

Publication

VB publish, make public, make known, speak of, talk of, broach, utter, put forward, circulate, propagate, promulgate, spread, spread abroad, rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate, put forth, give forth, send forth, emit, edit, get out, issue, bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public, give out, give to the world, put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about, drag into the open day, voice, proclaim, herald, blazon, blaze abroad, noise abroad, sound a trumpet, trumpet forth, thunder forth, give tongue, announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets, proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross, advertise, placard, post, post up afficher, publish in the Gazette, send round the crier, raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report, set news afloat, be published, be public, become public, come out, go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about, get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind, find vent, see the light, go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current, go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land, virum volitare per ora, pass from mouth to mouth, spread, run like wildfire, spread like wildfire.


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