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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Republication \Re*pub`li*ca"tion\ (r?-p?b`l?-k?"sh?n), n.
A second publication, or a new publication of something
before published, as of a former will, of a volume already
published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one
country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.
[1913 Webster]
If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all
the former; but the republication of a former will
revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first.
--Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]