promote
promote is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. Prov. iv.
- 3.To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affect
- aid
- applicability
- aptitude
- aptness
- bend
- bent
- bias
- bid
- calculated
- carry
- cast
- conatus
- conduce
- conducive
- conduciveness
- contribute
- direction
- dispose
- drift
- fair
- for
- grain
- gravitate
- humor
- idiocrasy
- idiosyncrasy
- inclination
- incline
- instrumental
- instrumentality
- lead
- leaning
- liability
- liable
- mood
- nature
- nisus
- predisposition
- proclivity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is promote.
- What is 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 called?
- What is exalt her, and she shall promote thee. Prov. iv called?
- What is to urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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