Promulgate

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  • transitive verb. To make known to the public; popularize or advocate.
  • transitive verb. To put (a law, for example) into effect by formal public announcement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; publish; announce; proclaim.
  • Synonyms Declare, Announce, Proclaim, etc. See announce.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make known or public.
  • verb. To put into effect as a regulation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. state or announce
  • verb. put a law into effect by formal declaration
  • Word Usage
    "Their first step was a high-handed approach to the agents, insisting they could simply "promulgate" SAG's authority over all actor's contracts and take legal action if the ATA, the agents 'organization, didn't toe the line."
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    announce  declare  
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