private
/ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/ verb C2- To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
He/she/it privates · Past privated · Past participle privated · -ing form privating
Verb forms
- Base form
- private
- He/she/it
- privates
- Past
- privated
- Past participle
- privated
- -ing form
- privating
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He may have been a common burglar, or he may have had some private grudge against Mr.
Douglas has spent most of his life in America, and this shotgun seems to be an American weapon, it would seem that the private grudge is the more likely theory.
“You are aware, monsieur, that a man may be estimable and trustworthy in private life, and the best seaman in the merchant service, and yet be, politically speaking, a great criminal.
Private misfortunes must never be allowed to interfere with business.”
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