publish

[puhb-lish]

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verb (used with object)

to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.

to issue publicly the work of: Random House publishes Faulkner.

to submit (content) online, as to a message board or blog: I published a comment on her blog post with examples from my own life. They publish a new webcomic once a month.

to announce formally or officially; proclaim; promulgate.

to make publicly or generally known.

Law. to communicate (a defamatory statement) to some person or persons other than the person defamed.

verb (used without object)

to issue newspapers, books, computer software, etc.; engage in publishing: The new house will start to publish next month.

to have one's work published: She has decided to publish with another house.

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Origin of publish

1300–50; Middle English publisshen < Anglo-French *publiss-, long stem of *publir, for Middle French publier < Latin pūblicāre to make public

SYNONYMS FOR publish

4. disclose, reveal, declare.

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ANTONYMS FOR publish

4. conceal.

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Related forms

pub·lish·a·ble, adjectivemis·pub·lished, adjectivenon·pub·lish·a·ble, adjectiveun·pub·lish·a·ble, adjective

un·pub·lished, adjectivewell-pub·lished, adjective

Synonym study

4. See announce.

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Examples from the Web for unpublished

Such details are contained in 16 pages of previously unpublished emails and memos obtained by the Center for Public Integrity.
Koch Foundation to College: We’ll Give You Millions—if You Teach Our Libertarian Ideology|Center for Public Integrity|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Posner declined to discuss the contents of the unpublished Saudi textbook study in the interview.
U.S. Keeps Saudi Arabia’s Worst Secret|Eli Lake|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, in Jan. 2011, Mutual spent $25,000 to acquire the rights to Marcel, an unpublished story set in Paris during World War II.
How Four Men Conned People Into Investing in a Jean-Claude Van Damme-Starring WWII Epic|Marlow Stern|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was, in fact, an unpublished creationist text that had been around for some time.
Creationism’s Latest Trojan Horse Edges Toward Virginia Schools|Karl W. Giberson|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Two previously unpublished stories draw from her days in psychiatric hospitals.
Happy Short Story Month! Three New Must-Read Collections|Jane Ciabattari|May 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Classical literature, a word to literary men for recovering unpublished, 161.
Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851|Various
Some few points I find in the unpublished letters which may be new to many of Joyce's readers.
The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces|Joyce Kilmer
They had no bearing upon his life; they were the unpublished literary remains of John Morgan.
Sons and Fathers|Harry Stillwell Edwards
Bruneau came to see me and asked me if I had some unpublished work which I would let him have.
Musical Memories|Camille Saint-Sans
With numerous Illustrations from the Artist's previously unpublished Drawings.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent

British Dictionary definitions for unpublished

unpublished

adjective

not available in print for distribution and sale

having no written work issued for publicationan unpublished undergraduate

publish

verb

to produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale

(intr) to have one's written work issued for publication

(tr) to announce formally or in public

(tr) to communicate (defamatory matter) to someone other than the person defamedto publish a libel

Derived Formspublishable, adjectivepublishing, noun

Word Origin for publish

C14: from Old French puplier, from Latin pūblicāre to make public

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Word Origin and History for unpublished

unpublished

adj.

c.1600, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of publish. In reference to an author, attested from 1934.

publish

mid-14c., "make publicly known, reveal, divulge, announce;" alteration of publicen (early 14c.) by influence of banish, finish, etc.; from extended stem of Old French publier "make public, spread abroad, communicate," from Latin publicare "make public," from publicus "public" (see public). Meaning "issue (a book, etc.) to the public" is from late 14c., also "to disgrace, put to shame; denounce publicly." Related: Published; publishing. In Middle English the verb also meant "to people, populate; to multiply, breed" (late 14c.), e.g. ben published of "be descended from."

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