republish

verb

re·​pub·​lish (ˌ)rē-ˈpə-blish How to pronounce republish (audio)
republished; republishing; republishes

transitive verb

1
: to publish again or anew
2
: to execute (a will) anew
republisher noun

Examples of republish in a Sentence

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This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025 This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025 Perplexity has faced legal threats from the BBC for scraping and verbatim use of content without consent, as well as Forbes and Wired for republishing proprietary content without citation. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025 When the early Superman stories were more widely republished, Cleveland was retroactively renamed Metropolis, but the generic city retained a particularly personal flavor. Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for republish

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of republish was in 1592

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“Republish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republish. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

Legal Definition

republish

transitive verb
re·​pub·​lish ˌrē-ˈpə-blish How to pronounce republish (audio)
1
: to publish again or anew
republishing the defamatory statements
2
: to execute (a will) anew usually through the execution of a codicil incorporating the will by reference and with the result of rendering an otherwise invalid will valid

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