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Webster 1913 Edition


Publish

Pub′lish

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Publish

PUB'LISH

,
Verb.
T.
[L.publico. See Public.]
1.
To discover or make known to mankind or to people in general what before was private or unknown; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or edict. We publish a secret, by telling it to people without reserve. Laws are published by printing or by proclamation. Christ and his apostles published the glad tidings of salvation.
Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display;
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty hand.
2.
To send a book into the world; or to sell or offer for sale a book, map or print.
3.
To utter; to put off or into circulation; as, to publish a forged or counterfeit paper.
4.
To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of matrimony. We say also, the persons intending marriage are published; that is, their intention of marriage is published.

Definition 2024


publish

publish

English

Verb

publish (third-person singular simple present publishes, present participle publishing, simple past and past participle published)

  1. (intransitive): To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
    • 2013 August 16, David Larousserie, Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 35:
      In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.
  2. (transitive): To issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution.
  3. (transitive): To announce to the public.
  4. (Internet, intransitive) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.
  5. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
  6. (intransitive): To write in a publication (usually as an academic).

Synonyms

  • (to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.): post

Derived terms

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Translations

External links

  • publish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • publish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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