† provulgatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make public, publish, promulgate; to disseminate, propagate. Also intransitive.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)]
to-spreada1000
spread?c1225
sowc1350
to-scattera1382
diffund?a1425
dilate1430
disparklec1449
diffuse?a1475
provulgate1535
disperse1576
distract1600
disseminate1603
protracta1658
unroll1813
society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > promulgate
publisha1325
promulge1488
provulge1506
promulgate1530
provulgate1535
to set forth1567
emit1672
exhibit1693
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1535 tr. Dyaloge Jullius (new ed.) sig. D.ii Whan I espyed it wolde come to passe, that by ye enuy of the counsel I sholde in many places be thyrst under fete, namely whan it was prouulgate [?1534 puulgate], not to exclude me.
a1540 R. Barnes Lawfull for Priestes to marry Wiues in W. Tyndale et al. Wks. (1573) ii. 331/2 These decrees were prouulgated ouer all Italy.
1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike 35 His gouernemente and kyngdome to be tempered by lawe, as a moste inuiolable Oracle and decree, so to doe as we prouulgate to other.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 40 Lyons, Leopards, Beares, Wolfes, Hyens, and such lyke..afterward being provulgated into these parts of Europe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 21 I shall provulgate [1623 promulgate], I fetch my life and being, From men of royall height.
1725 J. Roderick Eng. & Welsh Dict. (at cited word) To Provulgate, Cyhoeddi, gyrru'r gair allan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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