Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Promote (-d)
promote (-d), v. [L. prōmov-ēre, move forward, advance < prō, in front + movēre, move.]
- Expedite; further; hasten; encourage; forward; facilitate.
- Advance; raise; exalt; bestow a higher rank upon; [fig.] glorify; raise to heaven; find worthy to advance to an exalted state.
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