Private

pri'vet, a. Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest,— personal, opp. to public; peculiar to one's self; sequestered from company or observation; not invested with public office or employment; not publicly known not open; secret; secluded; solitary, —n. A common soldier; one of the lowest rank in an army. — Pri'vacy, -va-sT, n. State of being in retirement; a place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; retirement; concealment of what is said or done; secrecy. — Pri'vateer', -ter', n. An armed private ve el commi ioned to cruise against the esenemy's commerce. — v. i. [privateered (-terd')i To -teering.] To cruise in a privateer. — Priva'tion, To n. Act of depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; state of being deprived of something, esp. to of something required or desired; destitution; need; condition of being absent or wanting; absence. — Priv'ative, priv'a-tiv, a. Causing privation: deof priving; consisting in the absence of something; To not positive. — n. That which derives its characa ter from, or of which the e ence is, the absence of something. {Gram.) A prefix or suffix to a word which changes its signification and gives it a con by trary sense. —Priv'y, -t, a. Pert, to some person exclusively; a igned to private uses; private; not open or, or public; secret; clandestine; appropriated to retirement; secretly cognizant.— n. (Law.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing. A nece ary house. — Privilege, -I-lej, n. A peculiar n. benefit or advantage; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; prerogative; franchise; claim; liberty. — v. t. [privileged (-lejd), -leging.] To grant some particular right or exemption to; to exempt, deliver.