promulgate

promulgate
prom·ul·gate /'prä-məl-ˌgāt, prō-'məl-/ vt -gat·ed, -gat·ing
1: to make known or public
2: to put (as a regulation) into effect
prom·ul·ga·tion /ˌprä-məl-'gā-shən, ˌprō-ˌməl-/ n
prom·ul·ga·tor /'prä-məl-ˌgā-tər, prō-'məl-/ n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

promulgate
I verb air, announce, annunciate, blaze, blazon, bring into the open, broadcast, bruit, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, emit, enounce, give currency, give notice of, give publicity to, hawk about, herald, issue, make known, notify, proclaim, promulgare, propagate, publicize, publish, report, reveal, set forth, spread, spread abroad, vent associated concepts: promulgate a law, promulgate a rule foreign phrases:
- Non obligat lex nisi promuigata. — A law is not obligatory unless it is promulgated.
II index annunciate, bear (adduce), circulate, convey (communicate), decree, diffuse, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enunciate, herald, inform (notify), issue (publish), notify, posit, proclaim, propagate (spread), report (disclose), reveal, signify (inform), spread

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


promulgate
v.
(1) To make widely known; to publish.
(2) To put a statute into effect; to announce a statute or rule officially.
n.
promulgation

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


promulgate
To officially announce, to publish, to make known to the public; to formally announce a statute or a decision by a court.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


promulgate
To officially announce, to publish, to make known to the public; to formally announce a statute or a decision by a court.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • Promulgate — Pro*mul gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Promulgated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Promulgating}.] [L. promulgatus, p. p. of promulgare to promulgate; of unknown origin. Cf. {Promulge}.] To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • promulgate — [präm′əl gāt΄, prō mul′gāt΄] vt. promulgated, promulgating [< L promulgatus, pp. of promulgare, to publish < ?] 1. to publish or make known officially (a decree, church dogma, etc.) 2. a) to make known the terms of (a new or proposed law or …   English World dictionary

  • promulgate — 1520s, from L. promulgatus, pp. of promulgare make publicly known, perhaps from provulgare, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + vulgare make public, publish. Or the second element may be from mulgere to milk, used metaphorically for cause to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • promulgate — proclaim, announce, *declare, publish, advertise, broadcast Analogous words: *reveal, disclose, divulge, discover: profess, affirm, aver, avow, avouch (see ASSERT): Communicate, impart …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • promulgate — [v] make known advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, call, circulate, communicate, declare, decree, disseminate, drum, issue, make public, notify, pass the word*, proclaim, promote, publish, sound, spread, toot, trumpet; concept 60 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • promulgate — ► VERB 1) promote or make widely known. 2) put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation. DERIVATIVES promulgation noun promulgator noun. ORIGIN Latin promulgare expose to public view , from mulgere cause to come forth (literally to… …   English terms dictionary

  • promulgate — Announce An*nounce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Announced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Announcing}.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See {Nuncio}, and cf. {Annunciate}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • promulgate — Announce An*nounce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Announced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Announcing}.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See {Nuncio}, and cf. {Annunciate}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • promulgate — [16] Promulgate owes its existence to an analogy drawn by the Romans between ‘milking’ and ‘bringing out into the light of day’. The Latin verb for ‘milk’ was mulgēre (source of English emulsion). It was used metaphorically for ‘cause to emerge’ …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • promulgate — [[t]prɒ̱m(ə)lgeɪt[/t]] promulgates, promulgating, promulgated 1) VERB If people promulgate a new law or a new idea, they make it widely known. [FORMAL] [V n] The oil and shipping industries undertook to promulgate a voluntary code. 2) VERB: usu… …   English dictionary

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