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Definition of Promulgate
1. Verb. State or announce. "They promulgate that there was a traffic accident "; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
Specialized synonyms: Declare, Trumpet, Clarion
Generic synonyms: Declare
Derivative terms: Exclamation, Exclamatory, Proclamation, Promulgation, Promulgation, Promulgation
2. Verb. Put a law into effect by formal declaration.
Definition of Promulgate
1. v. t. To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Definition of Promulgate
1. Verb. (transitive) To make known or public. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Promulgate
1. [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Promulgate
Literary usage of Promulgate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of the Master's Liability for Injuries to Servant by William Francis Bailey (1894)
"CHAPTER V. MASTER'S DUTY (Continued)-TO promulgate RULES. Master, when the nature
of the business requires it, must establish and promulgate rules, p. 72. ..."
2. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law ...: By John W. Burgess by John William Burgess (1891)
"The constitution vests in the President the power to promulgate the laws.5 It
leaves him to his own discretion in regard to the manner of promulgation ..."
3. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1891)
"The constitution vests in the President the power to promulgate the laws.5 It
leaves him to his own dis- ; cretion in regard to the manner of promulgation; ..."
4. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... and the Protestants take Arms—They advance to Edinburgh—The Queen-Regent
fortifies Leith—The Lords of the Congregation promulgate a Resolution that she ..."
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