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pub·lish
(pŭb′lĭsh)v. pub·lished, pub·lish·ing, pub·lish·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To prepare and issue (a book, music, or other material) for public distribution, especially for sale.
b. To prepare and issue a work or works by (an author).
2. To bring to the public attention; announce. See Synonyms at announce.
v.intr.
1. To issue a publication.
2. To be the writer of works that are published.
[Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin pūblicāre; see publication.]
pub′lish·a·ble adj.
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published
- factoid - An unsubstantiated statement, account, or report published as if it were factual, coined by the novelist Norman Mailer from fact + -oid (as in android, humanoid), in reference to his fictionalized biography of Marilyn Monroe.
- divulgate - If something is divulgate, it is published.
- libel, slander - Libel—from Latin libellus, "little book"—must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant "document, written statement."
- backlist - Older books kept in print by a publisher.
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Adj. | 1. | published - prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the complete published works Dickens" unpublished - not published; "unpublished letters and diaries" |
2. | published - formally made public; "published accounts" publicised, publicized - made known; especially made widely known |
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