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promulge, v. arch.|prəʊˈmʌldʒ|
[ad. L. prōmulgāre to expose to public view, publish; perh. altered from prōvulgāre in same sense (see provulgate) by the influence of some other word. Cf. F. promulguer (Oresme, a 1400).]
= promulgate v.
1. trans. To publish or proclaim formally (a law or decree). Now chiefly an official archaism.
1488Rolls of Parlt. VI. 414/1 All utlagaries into any of the said Defendauntes in the said appele named promulged. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 59 Preamble, An utlarie upon him [is] therupon promulged. 1600Holland Livy lviii. Epit. 1242 Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus..when hee promulged an Agrarian law, that [etc.]. 1702Kennett Pres. St. Convocation 2 Their final Acts were duly promulg'd. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. xxvii. 410 The king..has the right of promulging to the people all acts of state and government. 1879Q. Rev. CXLVIII. 545 They would have claimed to promulge their canons and constitutions..without license from the Crown first obtained.
2. To set forth, declare, or teach publicly (a creed, doctrine, opinion, statement); to bring before the public, to publish (a book, etc.).
1614Jackson Creed iii. viii. §12 If vncleane spirits may not be permitted to promulge this, or like diuine mysteries. 1736Butler Anal. ii. vii. Wks. 1874 I. 280 A book of this nature, and thus promulged and recommended to our consideration. 1841Catlin N. Amer. Ind. I. xi. 81 From these [traditions and historic facts] when they are promulged, I think there may be a pretty fair deduction drawn. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1515 Fanatics announced visions, and promulged prophecies.
Hence proˈmulged ppl. a., proˈmulging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1627May Lucan vi. 906 The popular law-promulging Draft. 1656R. Robinson Christ all (1868) 534 His promulging of it to the world. 1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 162 Tiberius by a promulg'd Edict, Prohibited Salutes. a1716South Serm. (1744) IX. ii. 40 At the promulging of the law from Mount Sinai. 1874Mrs. Jay Holden with Cords 452 The recently promulged theory of Gall. |
