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

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

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

• (to make known or public) See also Thesaurus:announce

• promulge

• French: promulguer
• German: verkünden, bekanntmachen
• Italian: promulgare, proclamare
• Portuguese: promulgar
• Russian: опублико́вывать
• Spanish: promulgar

• French: promulguer
• German: erlassen
• Italian: promulgare
• Russian: опублико́вывать
• Spanish: promulgar