| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pub·lish |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p b l sh |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: pub·lished, pub·lish·ing, pub·lish·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To prepare and issue (printed material) for public distribution or sale. 2. To bring to the public attention; announce. See synonyms at announce. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To issue a publication. 2. To be the writer or author of published works or a work. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin p blic re. See publication. | | OTHER FORMS: | publish·a·ble —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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