v.
- promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)
Also: promulgation (n.)
[The Anthologist — Nicholson Baker]
Lexicon
verb [with object]
win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them: the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices.
[The Iliad of Homer – Trans. Richmond Lattimore]