PROMULGATE (pruh-MUHL-gayt or PRAHM-ul-gayt)

To make known,publish,proclaim,make public in an official manner.

Synonyms: announce,advertise,broadcast,disseminate,bruit (like brute).All these words suggest bringing something to the attention of the public,making it widely known.

Corresponding nouns: promulgation,the act of making something public or widely known;promugator,a person who makes something widely known,who proclaims or publicizes it.

Etymology and usage: Promulgate comes from the Latin promulgare,to publish,proclaim.The word applies chiefly to making something known in a formal or official way.

CULL (KUHL,rhymes with gull)

To pick out,select from various sources,gather,collect.

Etymology and related words:Cull comes from the Latin colligere,to gather,the source also of collect and collection.

N.B. This discussion distinguishes the verbs cull and glen.