promulgate
Etymology

From Middle English promulgaten, from Latin prōmulgātus, past participle of prōmulgō, either from provulgō, from pro + vulgō, or from mulgeō.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈpɹɒml̩.ɡeɪt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈpɹɑ.məl.ɡeɪt/
Verb

promulgate (promulgates, present participle promulgating; simple past and past participle promulgated)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
    Synonyms: carry out, execute, implement, put into effect
    Antonyms: abrogate
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