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A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

plied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them. The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. Bran…

One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.

r a group of nine. The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

iversal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym "Dr. Esperanto" in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the…

To publish abroad. [Obs.]

The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.

of vegatables. Woodward. Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. Johnson.

hief city of Switzerland. Geneva Bible, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first whi…

e chase, to pursue. -- To give ear to. See under Ear. -- To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. Hayward. -- To give ground. See under Ground, n. -- To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith. -- To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage. -- To give the head. See under Head, n. -- To g…

ficial report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.

A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. Shak.

uages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.

r representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. Netherlands whose names and icons are published. Hakewill.

nstance of ignorance; a literary blunder. The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. Pope.

A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.

mprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. "That imprint of their hands." Buckle.