The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Publish \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.
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            Published was the bounty of her name. --Chaucer.
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            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.
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   2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as,
      to publish banns of marriage.
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   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.
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   4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish
      counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
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   To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the
      witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
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   Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate;
        disclose; divulge; reveal. See Announce.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

published
    adj 1: prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the
           complete published works Dickens" [ant: unpublished]
    2: formally made public; "published accounts" [syn:
       promulgated, published]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "published":
   accessible, affirmed, announced, broadcast, brought to notice,
   circulated, common knowledge, common property, current, declared,
   diffused, disseminated, distributed, in circulation, in print,
   made public, open, proclaimed, propagated, public, reported,
   spread, stated, telecast, televised