Vocabulary : Privative to Privities

Privative : Causing privation; depriving. ;; Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. ;; Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less. ;; That of which the essence is the absence of something. ;; A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. ;; A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
Privatively : In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
Privativeness : The state of being privative.
Privet : An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.
Privies : of Privy

Privilege : A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. ;; See Call, Put, Spread, etc. ;; To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. ;; To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Privileged : of Privilege ;; Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.
Privileging : of Privilege
Privily : In a privy manner; privately; secretly.
Privities : of Privity

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