[pro.mul.gate] vt -gat.ed ; -gat.ing [L promulgatus, pp. of promulgare, fr. pro- forward + -mulgare (prob. akin to mulgere to milk, extract)--more at emulsion] (1530) 1: to make known by open declaration: proclaim
2. a: to make known or public the terms of (a proposed law) b: to put (a law) into action or force syn see declare -- pro.mul.ga.tion n -- pro.mul.ga.tor n