'Published' definitions:
Definition of 'published'
From: WordNet
adjective
Prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the complete published works Dickens" [ant: unpublished]
adjective
Formally made public; "published accounts" [syn: promulgated, published]
Definition of 'Published'
From: GCIDE
- Publish \Pub"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Published; p. pr. & vb. n. Publishing.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum. See Public, and -ish.]
- 1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict. [1913 Webster]
- Published was the bounty of her name. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate; disclose; divulge; reveal. See Announce. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'published'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessible,
- affirmed,
- announced,
- broadcast,
- brought to notice,
- circulated,
- common knowledge,
- common property,
- current,
- declared,
- diffused,
- disseminated,
- distributed,
- in circulation,
- in print,
- made public,
- open,
- proclaimed,
- propagated,
- public,
- reported,
- spread,
- stated,
- telecast,
- televised