Definition of private

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Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..

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Tete-a-tete :: Tete-a-tete (n.) Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
Caper :: Caper (n.) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer..
Signet :: Signet (n.) A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet..
Open :: Open (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed..
Camarilla :: Camarilla (n.) The private audience chamber of a king.
Rehearsal :: Rehearsal (n.) The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise..
Secretive :: Secretive (a.) Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition..
Privateersmen :: Privateersmen (pl. ) of Privateersma.
Private :: Private (n.) The private parts; the genitals.
Private :: Private (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life..
Job :: Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
Ostracize :: Ostracize (v. t.) To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends..
Dispensatory :: Dispensatory (n.) A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government..
Privity :: Privity (a.) The genitals; the privates.
By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..
Inward :: Inward (a.) Intimate; domestic; private.
Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician..
Conduit :: Conduit (n.) A narrow passage for private communication.
Clancularly :: Clancularly (adv.) privately; secretly.
Oppidan :: Oppidan (n.) A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family..
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