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privish

privish verb: to publish a book only to have its distribution fully and intentionally cancelled.

Verb

privish (third-person singular simple present privishes, present participle privishing, simple past and past participle privished)

  1. To publish a book only to have its distribution fully and intentionally cancelled.

Forms of privish

third-person singular presentprivishes
present participleprivishing
past participleprivished
pastprivished

Origin of privish

Blend of private + publish.

Questions about privish

What does privish mean?
Privish means to publish a book only to have its distribution fully and intentionally cancelled.
What part of speech is privish?
Privish is a verb.
What is the past tense of privish?
The past tense of privish is privished.

Words near privish in the dictionary

  1. privileging
  2. privilegings
  3. privilegism
  4. privily
  5. priviness
  6. privish
  7. privished
  8. privishes
  9. privishing
  10. Privitera
  11. Priviteras

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