- (v.t.) To contribute to the growth, enlargement or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.
- (v.i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
- (v.t.) To exalt in station, rank or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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