01 n. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgatio…
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The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
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The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.“The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.” — Swift.
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That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
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An act done in public.[R. & Obs.]“His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man.” — Jer. Taylor.
Phrases & compounds
Publication of a libel —
such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled.
Publication of a will —
the delivery of a will, as his own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it.