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promulgated

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prom·ul·gate  (prml-gt, pr-mlgt)
tr.v. prom·ul·gat·ed, prom·ul·gat·ing, prom·ul·gates
1. To make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially. See Synonyms at announce.
2. To put (a law) into effect by formal public announcement.
[Latin prmulgre, prmulgt-.]
promul·gation (prml-gshn, prml-) n.
promul·gator n.
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Adj.1.promulgated - formally made public; "published accounts"
published
publicised, publicized - made known; especially made widely known


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As Skipper, on the Arangi, and Bashti in Somo, had promulgated taboos, so the man and the woman on the Ariel protected Jerry with taboos.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
And the adversaries of the plan promulgated by the convention ought to have confined themselves to showing, that the internal structure of the proposed government was such as to render it unworthy of the confidence of the people.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
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