publicity (publisiti)

[F. public ité = Sp. public i dad =Pg. publicidade = It. pubblicità; as public + -ity.] The state of being public, or open to the observation or inquiry of a community; notoriety: as, to give publicity to a private communication. publicly (pubʻlik-li), adv. In a public manner. (a) Openly; without reserve or privacy. Sometimes also it may be private, communicating to the judges some things not fit to be publicly delivered. Bacon . When So crates reproved Plato at a feast, Plato told him "it had been better he had told him his fault in private, for to speak it publicly is indecency." Jer. Taylor, Works, V. 378. But he so much scorned their charitie, and pub likely defied the vttermost of their crueltie, he wisely prevented their policies. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 152. (b) In the name of the community; with general consent. This has been so sensibly known by trading nations that great rewards are publicly offered for its supply. Add is on . public-minded (pubʻlik-minded), a . Disposed to promote the public interest; public-spirited. public-mindedne (pub'lik-minded-nes), n. A disposition to promote the public interest; public spirit. All nations that grew great out of little or nothing did so merely by the public - mindedne of particular persons. South .