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4 definitions found 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 \An*nounce"\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: publish v 1: put into print [syn: {print}] 2: publish a magazine or newspaper, for example [syn: {bring out}, {put out}, {issue}, {release}] 3: have (one's written work) issued for publication [syn: {write}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
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