prō-moveō mōvī (prōmōrat for prōmōverat, H., Ph.), mōtus, ēre, to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, advance: saxa vectibus, Cs.: assa in alterum angulum: castra ad Carthaginem, move onward, L.: hasta suā sponte promota, removed, L.: unum pedem triclinio, move from, Ph.

—To extend, enlarge: vires inmensum in orbem, O.

—Fig., to bring to pass, effect, accomplish: Nihil, make no progress, T.

—To enlarge, increase, promote: Doctrina vim promovet insitam, H.: miles ad eum gradum promotus, Cu.

—To bring to light, reveal: arcana promorat loco (i. e. ex intimo corde), H.

—To put off, defer, postpone: huic nuptias, T.