different between promulgate vs disseminate

English

Etymology

From Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulg? (“I make known, publish”), either from provulg? (“I make known, publish”), from pro (“forth”) + vulg? (“I publish”), or from mulge? (“I bring forth”, literally “I milk”). Compare promulge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??ml?.?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.m?l.?e?t/

Verb

promulgate (third-person singular simple present promulgates, present participle promulgating, simple past and past participle promulgated)

1. (transitive) To make known or public.
   • , scene ii, page 312, column 1:

     ’Tis yet to know, / Which when I know, that boa?ting is an Honour, / I ?hall promulgate. I fetch by life and being, / From Men of Royall Seige.

   Synonyms: declare, proclaim, publish

   Antonym: withhold

2. (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.

   Synonyms: carry out, execute, implement, put into effect

   Antonym: abrogate

Synonyms

• (to make known or public): See also Thesaurus:announce

Derived terms

Related terms

• promulge

Translations

References

Further reading

• promulgate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• promulgate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• promulgate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /promul??ate/

Verb

promulgate

1. adverbial present passive participle of promulgar

Italian

Verb

promulgate

1. inflection of promulgare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of promulgato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?.mul??a?.te/, [p?o?m?????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.mul??a.te/, [p??mul????t??]

Verb

pr?mulg?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pr?mulg?

English

Etymology

An adaptation of Latin diss?min?t-, the perfect passive participial stem of diss?min? (“I broadcast”, “I disseminate”), from dis- (“in all directions”) + s?min? (“I plant”, “I sow”), from s?men (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?m??ne?t/

Verb

disseminate (third-person singular simple present disseminates, present participle disseminating, simple past and past participle disseminated)

1. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
2. (intransitive) To become widespread.

   The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

Synonyms

• spread
• circulate
• propagate

Coordinate terms

• promulgate

Related terms

• dissemination

Translations

Further reading

• disseminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disseminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• mediastines

Italian

Verb

disseminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disseminare
2. second-person plural imperative of disseminare
3. feminine plural of disseminato

Latin

Verb

diss?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of diss?min?