PROMULGATE

promulgate

(verb) put a law into effect by formal declaration

proclaim, exclaim, promulgate

(verb) state or announce; “‘I am not a Communist,’ he exclaimed”; “The King will proclaim an amnesty”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

promulgate (third-person singular simple present promulgates, present participle promulgating, simple past and past participle promulgated)

(transitive) To make known or public.

Synonyms: declare, proclaim, publish

Antonym: withhold

(transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.

Synonyms: carry out, execute, implement, put into effect

Antonym: abrogate

Synonyms

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

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*mul"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promulgated; p. pr. & vb. n. Promulgating.] Etym: [L. promulgatus, p. p. of promulgare to promulgate; of unknown origin. Cf. Promulge.]

Definition: To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.

Syn.

– To publish; declare; proclaim. See Announce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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