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. [L. privatus, prop. p. p. of privare, to bereave, deprive, privvs, single, private.] — Pri'vately, adv. — Pri'vatene , n. — 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 enemy's commerce. — r. [privateered (-terd'), -teering.] To cruise in a privateer. — Priva'tion, n. Act of depriving of rank or office degradation in rank: state of being deprived of something, esp. of something required or desired; destitution: need: condition of being absent or wanting; absence. [F.]— Priv'ative, priv'a-tiv, a. Causing" privation depriving; con- — sisting in the absence of some thin?; not positive. n. That which derives character from, or of which the e ence the absence of something. (Gram.) A prefix or suffix to a word which changes signification and gives a contrary sense. [F. privatif, L. privativus.] — Priv'y, a. Pert, to linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 466 PRIVET 448 some person exclusively a igned to private uses private; not open or public; secret; clandestine; appropriated to retirement; secretly cognizant.— (Law.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing. A nece ary house. [OF. prive, L. privatus.] — Privy council. The private council of a sovereign to advise in the administration of a government. —P. councillor. A member of, etc. — P. purse. The fund at the personal disposal of a sovereign; the officer in charge of — P. seal or signet. The seal used by or for the king in subordinate matters; the officer in charge of — Privily, adv. Privately; secretly. — Privity, Private knowledge joint knowledge with another of a private concern; a private matter; secret. (Law.) A bond of anion between parties, as to some particular transaction.— Privilege, -I-lej, n. A peculiar benefit or advantage a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; prerogative franchise claim liberty. — v. [PRIVILEGED (-lejd), -LEGING.] To grant some particular right or exemption to; to exempt, deliver. [OF.; L. privikgium, a law against or in favor of an individual, f privus and lex, leg is, law.] — Privileged, -lejd, p. a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right or immunity. Privet, priv'et, An ornamental European 6hrub, used in hedges in the U.S. [ME. prim print, prim, primet, pern. fr. ProvE. prime, to trim, prune.] Prize, priz, Something taken from another a "rivet, thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. (Law.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the right of war; esp. a captured ve el. Anything carried off as the reward of succe in a contest, etc.; thing offered to be competed for; that won in a lottery anything worth striving for. [F. prise, a taking, seizing, orig. fern, of p. p. of prendre, L. prendere, to take see Prehensile.] — Prize'-court, n. (Naut.Law.) A court having jurisdiction in cases — of prizes made on the high seas. fight'er, One who fights publicly for a reward; a profe ed pugil ring, The ring or inclosure for a prizefight; system and practice of prize-fighting, — abbr. P. R. — Pris'age, priz'ej, The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea, which belongs to the king or admiral. [OF.]