Dictionary

promulgate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɒml̩.ɡeɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈpɹɑ.məl.ɡeɪt/ (US)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English promulgaten, from Latin prōmulgātus, perfect passive participle of prōmulgō (“to make known, publish”), either from provulgō (“to make known, publish”), from pro (“forth”) + vulgō (“to publish”), or from mulgeō (“to bring forth”, literally “to milk”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of promulge.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make known or make public.
   • ’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. 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]:
   • 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 ! 1784 November 6, William Cowper, “Tirocinium: Or, A Review of Schools”, in Poems, page 303:
2. (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
   • […] 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[…] 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:
3. (nonstandard, transitive) To advocate on behalf of (something or someone, especially of an idea); to spread knowledge of and make more widely known.
4. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of promulgate
   form of promulgate

Forms

Antonyms

abrogate · withhold

Deriveds

promulgater · repromulgate · promogulate · promulgatory · promulgation · promulgator · unpromulgated

Relateds

promulge

Synonyms

propagate · promote · put into effect · proclaim · implement · publish · disseminate · carry out · execute · declare

Translations (52)

pl promulgować (to make known/public) · es promulgar (to put into effect as a regulation) · fi saattaa voimaan (to put into effect as a regulation) · cs uvést (to make known/public) · it promulgare (to put into effect as a regulation) · sv utfärda (to put into effect as a regulation) · ru опублико́вывать (to put into effect as a regulation) · ca promulgar (to put into effect as a regulation) · vi công bố (to make known/public) · de erlassen (to put into effect as a regulation) · cs zveřejnit (to make known/public) · cs zveřejňovat (to make known/public) · it proclamare (to make known/public) · de verkünden (to make known/public) · sh promulgírati (to make known/public) · cs šířit (to make known/public) · sh promulgírati (to put into effect as a regulation) · sv förkunna (to make known/public) · bg обявявам (to make known/public) · ro promulga (to make known/public) · pt promulgar (to make known/public) · cs uvádět (to make known/public) · cs zavést (to put into effect as a regulation) · ga scaip (to make known/public) · vi ban bố (to make known/public) · sh obnárodovati (to make known/public) · ru опублико́вывать (to make known/public) · vi ban hành (to put into effect as a regulation) · cs uveřejnit (to make known/public) · fi hyväksyttää (to put into effect as a regulation) · de bekanntmachen (to make known/public) · la promulgo (to make known/public) · cs uveřejňovat (to make known/public) · fr promulguer (to make known/public) · hy հրապարակել (to make known/public) · es promulgar (to make known/public) · fr promulguer (to put into effect as a regulation) · bg публикувам (to put into effect as a regulation) · sv kungöra (to make known/public) · it promulgare (to make known/public) · vi ban bố (to put into effect as a regulation) · cs rozšiřovat (to make known/public) · ru опубликова́ть (to put into effect as a regulation) · cs zavádět (to put into effect as a regulation) · sv promulgera (to put into effect as a regulation) · fi levittää (to make known/public) · uk оприлюднити (to make known/public) · fi julistaa (to make known/public) · cs rozšířit (to make known/public) · nl uitvaardigen (to put into effect as a regulation) · ca promulgar (to make known/public) · lld promulgher (to make known/public)