Private(a.)
- Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
Private(a.)
- Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
Private(a.)
- Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
Private(a.)
- Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
Private(a.)
- Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
Private(n.)
- A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
Private(n.)
- Personal interest; particular business.
Privateer(n.)
- An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.
Privateerings
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Privateers
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Privately(adv.)
- In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.
Privately(adv.)
- In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
Privateness(n.)
- Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
Privateness(n.)
- The state of one not invested with public office.
Privatenesses
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Privater
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Privates
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Privation(n.)
- The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
Privation(n.)
- The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
Privation(n.)
- The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
Privations
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Privatism
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Privatisms
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Privative(a.)
- Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
Privative(a.)
- Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.
Privative(n.)
- That of which the essence is the absence of something.
Privative(n.)
- A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
Privative(n.)
- A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
Privatively(adv.)
- In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.