promote

To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank.

To advance (a student) to the next higher grade.

To contribute to the progress or growth of; further. synonym: advance.

To urge the adoption of; advocate.

To attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity.

To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing.

Promoted.

In ecclesiastical law, to appeal to an ecclesiastical court, acting therein as informant and receiving compensation or fines exacted from the defendant. Such an informant is called a promoter and the court is said to be promoted.

To contribute to the establishment, growth, enlargement, or improvement of, as of anything valuable, or to the development, increase, or influence of, as of anything evil; forward; advance.