Pub"lic-mind`ed (?), a. Public- spirited. -- Pub"lic-mind`ed*ness, n.
Pub"lic*ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being public, or open to
the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the
publicness of a sale.
2. The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the
publicness of property. Boyle.
Pub"lic-spir`it*ed (?), a. 1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to
advance the interest of the community or public; as, public- spirited
men.
2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project
or measure. Addison.
-- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly, adv. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
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.
Published was the bounty of her name.
Chaucer.
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.
2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish
banns of marriage.
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.
4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper.
[U.S.]
To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the
testator's last will and testament.
Syn. -- To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate;
disclose; divulge; reveal. See Announce.
Pub"lish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being published; suitable for
publication.
Pub"lish*er (?), n. One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or
magazine.
For love of you, not hate unto my friend, Hath made me publisher of
this pretense.
Shak.
Pub"lish*ment (?), n. 1. The act or process of making publicly known;
publication.
2. A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some
States. [U.S.]
Puc*coon" (?), n. [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.) Any one of
several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North
American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L.
hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
Puce (?), a. [F., fr. puce a flea, L. pulex, pulicis.] Of a dark brown
or brownish purple color.