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Grammar : Verb
Spell : prom-uhl-geyt, proh-muhl-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒm əlˌgeɪt, proʊˈmʌl geɪt



Definition of promulgate

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulgare "make publicly known, propose openly, publish," perhaps altered from provulgare, from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + vulgare "make public, publish." Or the second element might be from mulgere "to milk" (see milk (n.)), used metaphorically for "cause to emerge." Related: Promulgated; promulgating. The earlier verb in English was promulge (late 15c.).
  • verb make known
Example sentences :
  • Are you going to promulgate that doctrine at the Suffrage League?
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • It was for him to promulgate the Imperial laws, sometimes to put forth edicts of his own.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
  • No greater earnestness was ever given by man to promulgate a Gospel.
  • Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
  • And as soon as he made this discovery he hastened to promulgate it.
  • Extract from : « Cruel As The Grave » by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
  • But the President and Secretary had no right to promulgate any such order.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • In order to promulgate this gospel, the church was organized.
  • Extract from : « Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2) » by B. H. Roberts
  • There is no doubt that had he delayed there were others ready to promulgate the notion.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine » by Various
  • They go forth to promulgate the truth of which they are not sure.
  • Extract from : « Discourses of Keidansky » by Bernard G. Richards
  • Did you promulgate this extraordinary doctrine in the village, Mr. Enistor?
  • Extract from : « A Son of Perdition » by Fergus Hume
  • But what I conceive to be truth, I will promulgate, be the consequence what it may.
  • Extract from : « The Battle of The Press » by Theophila Carlile Campbell

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