▪ put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation:"in January 1852 the new Constitution was promulgated"Similarput into effectenactimplementenforcepass
Word Originmid 16th century (earlier (late 15th century) as promulgation): from Latin promulgat- ‘exposed to public view’, from the verb promulgare, from pro- ‘out, publicly’ + mulgere ‘cause to come forth’ (literally ‘to milk’).