privation, privacion

[Fr. privation, from Latin privationem, acc us. of privatio =a depriving, from privatus, pa. par. of privo =to deprive; Sp. privacion; Ital. privazione.] 1. The act of removing something po e ed; the removal or destruction of any thing or quality; deprivation. 2. The state of being deprived of anything; spec if., deprivation of that which is nece ary to life or comfort; want, destitution; as, to die of privation . 3. Lo , deprivation. 4. The act of making private, or of reducing from rank or office. IMG:content-1546.png:[blocks in formation] an officer. 8. Participating in knowledge; privy. IMG:content-1547.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language : 1. Causing or tending to cause privation. "To this privative power are required seventeen balls at least."- Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, p. 261. 2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive. Privative is in things what negative is in propositions. " Privative happine , or, the happine of rest and indoence." Scott: Christian Life, pt. i., ch. iii. IMG:content-1548.png:[blocks in formation] 2. By the absence of something nece ary; negatively. "Privatively for want of motive or inducement to do otherwise." Whitby: Five Points , dis. iv., ch. i., § 5.