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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [proːˈmɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈmɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prōmoveō''' (present infinitive prōmovēre, perfect active prōmōvī, supine prōmōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[prō-]] “forward” and [[moveō]] “to move”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Horace has the contracted pluperfect ⟨prōmōrat⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Terence, of postponing and of making headway.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to move forward, push forward, as Cicero's ''gradum prōmovēre'' “to step forward” and Caesar's siege towers, to coax into the open, as in Horace, and in Livy to displace bones.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Caesar it meant to advance a boundary, and in Ovid to enlarge.^(OLD 2012) In Terence it meant to put off, postpone, and to make headway, progress, and in Gellius to help towards a result.^(OLD 2012) From Pliny it meant to advance a person to higher office, promote.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to advance, promote, extend.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|promote]] came in the late 14th century through Old French and directly from its participle, first “to advance to a higher office”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of postponing and of progress.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of advancing siege works.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of promotion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''promote'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To move forward, push forward; to bring forth.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To advance; to enlarge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To postpone.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|promote]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To make progress; to help towards.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[prōmōta]]
+ * [[prōmōtiō]]
+ * [[prōmōtor]]
+ * [[prōmōtus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[admoveō]]
+ * [[āmoveō]]
+ * [[commoveō]]
+ * [[dēmoveō]]
+ * [[dīmoveō]]
+ * [[ēmoveō]]
+ * [[moveō]]
+ * [[mūtō]]
+ * [[permoveō]]
+ * [[praemoveō]]
+ * [[en|promote]]
+ * [[en|promotion]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}