promulgate
Collocations
5ADJ.
above, accurate, trying
VERB + PROMULGATE
honour
PROMULGATE + NOUN
doctrine, pir, regulation, version
PREP.
in
ADV.
simply
Definitions
verb
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.
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 !
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[…]
To advocate on behalf of (something or someone, especially of an idea); to spread knowledge of and make more widely known.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — state or announce
- proclaim
- exclaim
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6’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.
WiktionaryPrieſts 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-ſ
Wiktionary[…] 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 t
WiktionaryThey are simply trying to promulgate an accurate version of the facts.
Tatoeba · #9948793The President shall promulgate a regulation providing for the mandatory allocation of crude oil.
Tatoeba · #10781042I have no ambition to start a theory nor to promulgate a doctrine; above all things I have no desire to provoke an argument.
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