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English Dictionary: publish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for publish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
publish v put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" Synonym(s): print, publish prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" Synonym(s): publish, bring out, put out, issue, release have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" Synonym(s): publish, write
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Publish \Pub"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Published}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Publishing}.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum. See {Public}, and {-ish}.] 1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict. Published was the bounty of her name. --Chaucer. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. --Addison. 2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage. 3. To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press. 4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper. [U.S.] {To publish a will} (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament. Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate; disclose; divulge; reveal. See {Announce}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Announce \Announce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Announced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Announcing}.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See {Nuncio}, and cf. {Annunciate}.] 1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish* laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior. Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. Usage: To {Publish}, {Announce}, {Proclaim}, {Promulgate}. We {publish} what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We {announce} what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to {announce} the speedy publication of a book; to {announce} the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We {proclaim} anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to {proclaim} the news of victory. We {promulgate} when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to {promulgate} the gospel.