Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUB'LISH, v.t. [Fr. publier; Sp. publicar; It. publicare; L. 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. – Spectator.
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. – Laws of Mass. and Conn.
4. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish bans of matrimony. We say also, the persons intending marriage are published; that is, their intention of marriage is published.