Webster's Dictionary 1913

8155

Pritchel

Pritch″el (?), n. A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.

8156

Prithee

Prith″ee (?), interj. A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I. Shak.What was that scream for, I prithee? L'Estrange.Prithee, tell me, Dimple-chin. E. ...

8157

Prittle-prattle

Prit″tle–prat′tle (?), n. [See Prattle.] Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; — used in contempt or ridicule. Abp. Bramhall.

8158

Privacy

Pri″va‐cy (?), n.; pl.Privacies (#). [See Private.] 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.2. A place of seclusion from company...

8159

Privado

Pri‐va″do (?), n. [Sp., fr. L. privatus. See Private.] A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant. Fuller.

8160

Privatdocent

‖Pri‐vat″do‐cent′ (?), n.; G. pl.-docenten (#). [Also Privatdozent.] [G.; privat private + docent teacher. See Docent.] In the universities of Germany and some other European co...

8161

Private

Pri″vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus si...

8162

Private (2)

Pri″vate (prī″vā̍t), n.1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. Shak.2. Personal interest; particular business.Nor must I be unmindful of my private. B. Jonson....

8163

Privateer

Pri′va‐teer″ (prī′vȧ‐tēr″), n. [From Private.] 1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, u...

8164

Privateer (2)

Pri′va‐teer″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Privateered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Privateering.] To cruise in a privateer.

8165

Privateering

Pri′va‐teer″ing, n. Cruising in a privateer.

8166

Privateersman

Pri′va‐teers″man (?), n.; pl.Privateersmen (�). An officer or seaman of a privateer.

8167

Privately

Pri″vate‐ly (prī″vā̍t‐ly̆), adv.1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally; not officially; as, he is ...

8168

Privateness

Pri″vate‐ness, n.1. Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy. Bacon.2. The state of one not invested with public office.

8169

Privation

Pri‐va″tion (prī̍‐vā″shŭn), n. [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See Private.] 1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank...

8170

Privative

Priv″a‐tive (?), a. [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See Private.] 1. Causing privation; depriving.2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.Privative bl...

8171

Privative (2)

Priv″a‐tive, n.1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. Bacon.2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any q...

8172

Privatively

Priv″a‐tive‐ly, adv. In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively. Hammond.

8173

Privativeness

Priv″a‐tive‐ness, n. The state of being privative.

8174

Privet

Priv″et (?), n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print, primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut and trimmed. See, Prim, a., and cf. Prime to prune, Prim, n., ...

8175

Privilege

Priv″i‐lege (?), n. [F. privilège, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See Private, and Legal.]1. A peculi...

8176

Privilege (2)

Priv″i‐lege (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Privileged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Privileging.] [Cf. F. privilégier.]1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculia...

8177

Privileged

Priv″i‐leged (?), a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.Privileged communication. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed ...

8178

Privily

Priv″i‐ly, adv. In a privy manner; privately; secretly. Chaucer. 2 Pet. ii. 1.

8179

Privity

Priv″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Privities (–tĭz). [From Privy, a.: cf. F. privauté extreme familiarity.]1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. Chaucer.I will unto you, in privity, discover... m...

8180

Privy

Priv″y (?), a. [F. privé, fr. L. privatus. See Private.]1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. “ Pri...

8181

Privy (2)

Priv″y, n.; pl.Privies (�).1. (Law) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an i...