Past tense of promulgate
regular verb
The past tense of promulgate is promulgated. The past participle is also promulgated.
Forms of promulgate
| Base form (V1) | promulgate /ˈpɹɒml̩.ɡeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | promulgated /ˈpɹɑməlɡeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | promulgated /ˈpɹɑməlɡeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | promulgating |
| Third person singular | promulgates |
Promulgated in a sentence
- There is often uncertainty about the date on which the revocative edict was promulgated.1988, Pieter Coertzen, The Huguenots of South Africa, 1688-1988, page 36. From the entry revocative
- It is natural on the part of the representatives of these areas to put up, not unoften, fight against the promulgated laws.1974, V[ladimir] V[ladimirovich] Yakhontov, “Economic Importance”, in Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, transl., The…. From the entry unoften
- At the opening of Parliament and the coming to power of Zaghloul, a Draconical law was promulgated, essentially directed against the workers’ organisations.1924, The Communist Review, volume 5, London: Communist Party of Great Britain, →OCLC, page 106, column 2. From the entry draconical
- Three days later the first stage of an agrarian reform was promulgated; this was followed a day later by seminationalization of the country's largely decapitalized banking system.2018, Tommie Sue Montgomery, Revolution In El Salvador. From the entry seminationalization
- I say "masculinist" rather than male because the view of male behaviour promulgated by hard-core evolutionary psychologists is as narrow and inflexible as their view of womanhood.1999 March 19, Natalie Angier, The Guardian. From the entry masculinist
Meaning of promulgate
- verb To make known or make public.
- verb To put into effect as a regulation.
- verb To advocate on behalf of (something or someone, especially of an idea); to spread knowledge of and make more widely known.
Questions about the past tense of promulgate
- What is the past tense of promulgate?
- The past tense of promulgate is promulgated.
- What is the past participle of promulgate?
- The past participle of promulgate is promulgated.
- Is promulgate a regular or irregular verb?
- Promulgate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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