What does "promote" mean?

Promote: To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer. I will promote thee unto very great honor. Num. xxii.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. Prov. iv.
  2. 3.To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]

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