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Promulgate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially. See Synonyms at announce.

v. To put (a law) into effect by formal public announcement.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make known or public.

v. To put into effect as a regulation.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; publish; announce; proclaim.

Synonyms Declare, Announce, Proclaim, etc. See announce.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. state or announce

v. put a law into effect by formal declaration

Word Usage

"A babble of disgust rose from the Labour benches who were even unimpressed by the fact that Brian managed to use the word "promulgate" in mid-insult."

Verb Form

promulgated promulgates promulgating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

announce declare

Cross Reference

proclaim publish declare

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

announce proclaim publish declare