v.
- prepare and issue (a book, journal, or piece of music) for public sale.
▸print in a book or journal so as to make generally known.
- formally announce or read (an edict or marriage banns).
- Law communicate (a libel) to a third party.
Derivative
- publishable adj.
- publishing n.
Etymology
ME: from the stem of OFr. puplier, from L. publicare ‘make public’, from publicus (see public).