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pub·lish

[puhb-lish]
verb (used with object)
1.
to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
2.
to issue publicly the work of: Random House publishes Faulkner.
3.
to announce formally or officially; proclaim; promulgate.
4.
to make publicly or generally known.
5.
Law. to communicate (a defamatory statement) to some person or persons other than the person defamed.
verb (used without object)
6.
to issue newspapers, books, computer software, etc.; engage in publishing: The new house will start to publish next month.
7.
to have one's work published: She has decided to publish with another house.

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Publish is always a great word to know.
So is negligence. Does it mean:
pertaining to civil action for compensation for damages by a person who claims to have suffered an injury or loss caused by another's inadvertent action
judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty

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

pub·lish·a·ble, adjective
mis·pub·lished, adjective
non·pub·lish·a·ble, adjective
un·pub·lish·a·ble, adjective
un·pub·lished, adjective
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well-pub·lished, adjective
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3. disclose, reveal, declare. See announce.


3. conceal.

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  • Publish or perish has long been the burden of every aspiring university professor.
  • We prefer that writers publish under their own names.
  • Though literary journals are often seen as too esoteric to be relevant, they regularly discover and publish emerging authors.
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publish (ˈpʌblɪʃ)
 
vb
1.  to produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale
2.  (intr) to have one's written work issued for publication
3.  (tr) to announce formally or in public
4.  (tr) to communicate (defamatory matter) to someone other than the person defamed: to publish a libel
 
[C14: from Old French puplier, from Latin pūblicāre to make public]
 
'publishable
 
adj
 
'publishing
 
n

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publish
early 14c., "to make public," from M.E. publicen (c.1300), altered (by influence of banish, finish, etc.) from O.Fr. publier, from L. publicare "make public," from publicus "public" (see public). The meaning "to issue (a book, engraving, etc.) for sale to the public" is first
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recorded 1520s. Publisher in the commercial sense is attested from 1740.
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