King James Bible Dictionary

PUB'LISH, verb transitive [Latin publico. See Public.]

1. To discover or make known to mankind or to people in general what before was private or unknown; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or edict. We publish a secret, by telling it to people without reserve. Laws are published by printing or by proclamation. Christ and his apostles published the glad tidings of salvation.

Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,

Does his Creator's power display;

And publishes to every land

The work of an Almighty hand.

2. To send a book into the world; or to sell or offer for sale a book, map or print.

3. To utter; to put off or into circulation; as, to publish a forged or counterfeit paper.

4. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of matrimony. We say also, the persons intending marriage are published; that is, their intention of marriage is published.

PUB'LISHED, participle passive Made known to the community; divulged; promulgated; proclaimed.

PUB'LISHER, noun One who makes known what was before private or unknown; one that divulges, promulgates or proclaims.

1. One who sends a book or writing into the world for common use; one that offers a book, pamphlet, etc., for sale.

2. One who utters, passes or puts into circulation a counterfeit paper.

PUB'LISHING, participle present tense Making known; divulging; promulgating; proclaiming; selling or offering publicly for sale; uttering.

PUB'LISHMENT, noun In popular usage in New England, a notice of intended marriage.