promotedadj.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Prouectus, promoted.

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) cxxxi. 675/2 These newe promoted rascalles.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. 2/1 Exalted, Promoted.

1691 (title) On the Promoted Bishops.

1757 ‘Britanno-Hibernus’ Northern Revol. ii. 48 The retrograde courtier, to..put the king under the necessity of changing his measures, even to the expulsion of the last promoted officers, stirred up a kind of revolt among the other great officers.

1849 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Sept. 195 A secret marriage had existed between the royal mother and the promoted sentinel, since the death of Ferdinand.

1889 Times 17 Aug. 5/6 The people of the capital are the promoted favourites of the ruler, who have had assigned to them plots of ground near the palace.

1926 A. Bennett Ld. Raingo i. xxxi. 143 He regretted his humorous remarks to her about the war..for they took no account of the daily torture of millions of young men, including Delphine's own promoted ranker.

1962 Listener 6 Dec. 975/3 A splendid, and splendidly promoted, mixture of Baedeker, gazetteer, and travellers' tales.

2005 Mirror (Nexis) 28 Nov. 9 The Dutchman pointed to the 25 points they already have, which is the second-best start by a promoted club in Premiership history.

1920 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 24 243 When more than one of the components are themselves catalysts a difficulty presents itself in choosing between ‘promoter’ and ‘promoted’.

1927 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 48 2821 In the case of pure iron and promoted iron catalysts for ammonia synthesis, oxygen is the type of poison which seemed best suited for such a study.

1968 E. K. Rideal Concepts in Catalysis vi. 120 Promoted iron catalysts used in the ammonia synthesis are generally prepared by reduction in hydrogen at 500°C of a mixture 95% Fe₃O₄ plus 4–5% Al₂O₃ plus 0–1% K₂O.

2001 Speciality Chem. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 16 The company's..catalysts comprise promoted and unpromoted nickel, cobalt and copper.