Definition: publish

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

publish
     v 1: put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the
          royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be
          printed" [syn: print]
     2: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish
        a magazine or newspaper" [syn: bring out, put out, issue,
         release]
     3: have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many
        books did Georges Simenon write?"'She published 25 books
        during her long career" [syn: write]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

PUBLISH, n.  In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in
a cone of critics.