Gazette

(ga-zĕt'), n. [Fr. gazette, It. gazzetta, from gazetta, a Venetian coin, worth about three farthings. The first newspaper published at Venice was sold for this sum, whence the name.] A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically, and containing an account of transactions and events of public or private concern; especially, an official newspaper or journal published in each of the three capitals of the United Kingdom, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, and containing legal and state notices, which are inserted in it, by requirement of law, for the information of the public.

(ga-zĕt'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. GAZETTED; p. pr. & vb. n. GAZETTING.] To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, either civil or military, or a case of bankruptcy.