To make public; make known to people in general; promulgate or proclaim, as a law or edict.To exhibit, display, disclose, or reveal.To utter, or put in circulation, as counterfeit paper; communicate to another person, as a libel or slander.To cause to be printed and offered for sale; issue from the press; put in circulation: as, to publish a book, map, print, periodical, piece of music, or the like.To introduce to public notice; offer or advertise to the public.Synonyms Declare, Proclaim, etc. (see announce), disclose, divulge, reveal, spread abroad. See list under proclaim.In systematic biol., to give technical publication to. See publication, 5.