| 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. |
| 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. |
pub·lish (pŭb'lĭsh) v. pub·lished, pub·lish·ing, pub·lish·es v. tr.
[Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin pūblicāre; see publication.] pub'lish·a·ble adj. |