1prepare and issue (a book, journal, or piece of music) for public sale:we publish practical reference books [no object]:the pressures on researchers to publish
print (something) in a book or journal so as to make it generally known:we pay £5 for every letter we publish
(usually as adjective published) prepare and issue the works of (a particular writer):a published author
formally announce or read (an edict or marriage banns).