promulgate
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English promulgaten, from Latin prōmulgātus, past participle of prōmulgō, either from provulgō, from pro + vulgō, or from mulgeō.
Pronunciation Verbpromulgate (promulgates, present participle promulgating; simple past and past participle promulgated)
- (transitive) To make known or public.
- Synonyms: declare, proclaim, publish
- Antonyms: withhold
- 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]:
- ’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.
- (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
- Synonyms: carry out, execute, implement, put into effect
- Antonyms: abrogate
- (to make known or public) See also Thesaurus:announce
- French: promulguer
- German: verkünden, bekanntmachen
- Italian: promulgare, proclamare
- Portuguese: promulgar
- Russian: опублико́вывать
- Spanish: promulgar
- French: promulguer
- German: erlassen
- Italian: promulgare
- Russian: опублико́вывать
- Spanish: promulgar
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