promulgate
pronunciation
How to pronounce promulgate in British English:
UK [ˈprɒmlɡeɪt]
How to pronounce promulgate in American English:
US [ˈprɑːmlɡeɪt]
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- Verb:
- state or announce
- put a law into effect by formal declaration
Word Origin
- promulgate
- 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’, and combination with the prefix prō- ‘forth, out’ produced prōmulgāre ‘make known publicly, publish’ – whence English promulgate.=> emulsion
- promulgate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulgare "make publicly known, propose openly, publish," perhaps altered from provulgare, from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + vulgare "make public, publish." Or the second element might be from mulgere "to milk" (see milk (n.)), used metaphorically for "cause to emerge;" "a picturesque farmers' term used originally of squeezing the milk from the udder" [L.R. Palmer, "The Latin Language"]. Related: Promulgated; promulgating. The earlier verb in English was promulge (late 15c.).
Example
- 1. He may feel that since he does not represent the clean break that voters hoped for , he should promulgate a more reformist agenda than his predecessor did .
- 2. Article 58 medical organizations shall provide the patient with the price list of the pharmaceuticals used . Medical organizations appointed by medical insurance shall faithfully promulgate the prices of frequently used pharmaceuticals according to prescribed measures to enhance the reasonable use of pharmaceuticals .
- 3. The new regulation delawari is preparing to promulgate will restrict the amount of physical cash any person can transport abroad to $ 20000 per trip .
- 4. Even if officials around america do promulgate fierce regulations , those will take some time to come into force , and are bound to be the subject of endless lawsuits .
- 5. Whatever their layouts and transportation systems cities can 't work as innovative engines unless they are populated by people who can effectively promulgate and marshal support for new ideas .