Published

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              Published was the bounty of her name. --Chaucer.
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              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.
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     2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as,
        to publish banns of marriage.
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     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.
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     4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish
        counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
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     {To publish a will} (Law), to acknowledge it before the
        witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
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     Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate;
          disclose; divulge; reveal. See {Announce}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  published
       adj 1: prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the
              complete published works Dickens" [ant: {unpublished}]
       2: formally made public; "published accounts" [syn: {promulgated}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "published":
     accessible, affirmed, announced, broadcast, brought to notice,
     circulated, common knowledge, common property, current, declared,
     diffused, disseminated, distributed, in circulation, in print,
     made public, open, proclaimed, propagated, public, reported,
     spread, stated, telecast, televised