Promotes

Examples

• By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The former according to him encourage s the deterioration of humanity; the latter promotes advancement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It may usually be kept longer than this, however, as the jarring of a railway train promotes its evaporation and loss. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This promotes safety by causing the hammers to be normally and automatically held away from the firing pins. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Whatever either promotes or obstructs the one, necessarily promotes or obstructs the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The addition of phosphorus promotes the fluidity of the metal and makes very clean, fine and strong castings. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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