promulgate

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  1. transitive verb To make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially. See Synonyms at announce.
  2. transitive verb To put (a law) into effect by formal public announcement.

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  • Only the President of Pakistan is authorized to amend laws and promulgate ordinances for the tribal areas. —  Countercurrents.org
  • The government decision to promulgate ordinances immediately after the adjournment of House session last week has been widely criticised by coalition and opposition parties. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • All religions promulgate that there is a spiritual afterlife. —  Jamaica Gleaner Online
  • I also convinced him to sponsor legislation to promulgate legislation that would differentiate between administrative law violators who were deported from the United States and criminal aliens who were deported from the United States after serving their criminal sentences. —  Counterterrorism Blog
  • On this one, he typically casts aside the pretense of respect for religious and political events and actions, and the people that promulgate stupidity. —  Planet Atheism
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promulgate:   promulgating ·  promulgated
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  1. Latin prōmulgāre, prōmulgāt-.

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  1. from Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulgare, make known, publish, from pro, forth, + -mulgare, of uncertain origin. Cf. promulge.
 

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