republish

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/ɹiˈpʌb.lɪʃ/Ireland, Northern England/ɹiˈpʊb.lɪʃ/

verb

To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verbrepublish (third-person singular simple present republishes, present participle republishing, simple past and past participle republished)

present singular third person republishes · participle present republishing · participle past republished · past republished

  1. transitiveTo publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.

    There may be no taboo greater in Germany than to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto, "Mein Kampf." But historians in Munich are breaking it.

    2016 January 1, Ben Brumfield, “Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' republished in Germany, on sale in bookstores”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020
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    To remove a custom thumbnail and use the Aquafadas DPS automatically generated thumbnail of the article, click the Delete button and republish or repreview the article or project.

    2012, Pariah S. Burke, ePublishing with InDesign CS6, page 502

    While American Herald Tribune pays some contributors like King for original content, it also republishes articles from elsewhere and then lists the people who wrote those articles as contributors to its site.

    2020 January 24, Donnie O'Sullivan, “Exclusive: This site pays Americans to write ‘news’ articles. Signs indicate it originates in Iran”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2022

    The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.

    2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021

    And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.

    2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 May 2023

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishpublish
  7. Englishrepublish

From re- + publish.

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Translations

Dutch heruitgeven
  • heruitgevento publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
French republier
  • republierto publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
Italian ripubblicare
  • ripubblicareto publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
Portuguese republicar
  • republicarto publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
Russian переиздава́ть, переизда́ть
  • переиздава́ть (pereizdavátʹ)to publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
  • переизда́ть (pereizdátʹ)to publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
Spanish republicar
  • republicarto publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
Ukrainian перевидава́ти, переви́дати
  • перевидава́ти (perevydaváty)to publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed
  • переви́дати (perevýdaty)to publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed

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APA

republish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/republish

MLA

“republish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/republish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “republish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/republish.

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