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A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.

The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel. South.

Capable of being published; suitable for publication.

The act or process of making publicly known; publication.

The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;" tractarianism. See Tractarianism.

One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor. Carlyle.

To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.

A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

One who reviews or reëxamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.

to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

s; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer.

A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. Who copied his squibs, and reëchoed his jokes. Goldsmith.

To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. Broome.

A triweekly publication.

Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book.

Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. Without the vent of words. Milton. Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel. Shak. To give vent to, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour forth; as, to give vent to anger. -- To take vent, to escape; to be made public. [R.] -- Vent feath…

A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.