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published, ppl. a.|ˈpʌblɪʃt| Also 7 -isht. [f. as prec. + -ed1.] 1. Made generally known; publicly announced or declared; officially promulgated or proclaimed; of a book, etc., issued or offered to the public.
1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 236 Dar'st thou support a publish'd Traitor? 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 32 One of your publisht Orders. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xi. 117 In my published lectures, I have endeavoured [etc.]. 2. Exposed or exhibited to public view. rare.
1839Bailey Festus ix. (1852) 109 The published bosom and the crowning smile—The cup excessive. 1863Kinglake Crimea (ed. 3) I. xiv. 245 The proffered Caesar and his long-prepared group of Captains—sitting published on the backs of real horses.
Add:[1.] b. Of a writer: that has appeared in print; having had works published.
1864J. A. Symonds Let. 6 July (1967) I. 488 If you come with Green & me you will have all the published Dramatists, tutti quanti, to read at pleasure. 1976Economist 1 May 124/1 She was a published poet while still at university. 1989Chicago Tribune 13 Aug. vi. 5/4 What more could happen to a person (or a person's gray-haired, size 14 mother) after 50? Even one who had been a published writer? |