promot

v. i. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An informer; a makebate. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Genetics) The region of a DNA molecule to which RNA polymerase binds to initiate the process of transcription, i.e. the synthesis of RNA whose sequence is determined by the sequence of the DNA adjacent to the promoter site; also, the sequence of bases in the DNA at such a promoter site. [ PJC ]

6. (Chem.) A substance that increases the activity of a catalyst, when present in small quantity in the reaction mixture. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. promotio: cf. F. promotion. ] The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. Ps. lxxv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]