| 单词 | promulgate |
| 释义 | promulgate (once / 1658 pages) v To promulgate is to officially put a law into effect. Your state may announce a plan to promulgate a new traffic law on January 1st. Laws aren't the only things you can promulgate. The word promulgate comes from the Latin word promulgatus, meaning "make publicly known." Someone can promulgate values, belief systems, and philosophies — it just means they're promoted or made public. For example, you might write an article to promulgate the benefits of eating only organic foods. WORD FAMILYpromulgate: promulgated, promulgates, promulgating, promulgation, promulgator+/promulgation: promulgations/promulgator: promulgators USAGE EXAMPLESThe man, Edgar M. Welch, told the authorities he planned to help rescue children after reading articles that promulgated the fake news story. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) Other provisions would prescribe standards and allow the state to promulgate telehealth rules. Washington Times(Dec 05, 2016) But the more than 170,000 pages of the Code of Federal Regulations contain tens of thousands of rules promulgated by largely unaccountable agencies. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) 1v state or announce Syn|Hypo|Hyper exclaim, proclaim declare proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against trumpetproclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet clarionproclaim on, or as if on, a clarion declare state emphatically and authoritatively 2v put a law into effect by formal declaration Hyper announce, declare announce publicly or officially |
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