privy
1Privy — Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
2privy — / pri vē/ n pl priv·ies [Anglo French privé, from Old French, intimate, confidant, from privé intimate, familiar, from Latin privatus private]: one having privity; esp: one who acquires an interest in the subject matter (as property) of prior or… …
3Privy — may refer to: * Privy council * Privy purse * outhouse * Privity …
4privy — [priv′ē] adj. [ME < OFr prive < L privatus, PRIVATE] 1. Obs. private; not public: now only in such phrases as PRIVY COUNCIL 2. Archaic hidden, secret, furtive, etc. n. pl. privies 1. a toilet; esp., an outhouse …
5privy to — allowed to know about (something secret) I wasn t privy to their plans. [=I didn t know about their plans] • • • Main Entry: ↑privy …
6privy — [adj1] secret buried, concealed, confidential, covert, hidden, hush hush*, obscured, off the record*, personal, private, separate, shrouded, ulterior; concepts 267,576 Ant. known, public, revealed privy [adj2] aware acquainted, apprised,… …
7privy — ► ADJECTIVE (privy to) ▪ sharing in the knowledge of (something secret). ► NOUN (pl. privies) ▪ a toilet in a small shed outside a house. DERIVATIVES privily adverb. ORIGIN Old French prive private , also private place , from Latin priva …
8Privy — 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 interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not… …
9privy to — index familiar (informed) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10privy — A person who is in privity with another. One who is a partaker or has any part or interest in any action, matter, or thing. In connection with the doctrine of res judicata, one who, after the commencement of the action, has acquired an interest… …
