(intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
(obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
(obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
(obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
preveto
prevost
prevote
prevote
adj
Before a vote.
pristav
privant
privata
private
private
adj
(US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.
(not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
Not accessible by the public.
Not in governmental office or employment.
Not publicly known; not open; secret.
Not traded by the public.
Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
Secretive; reserved.
noun
(euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.
(obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
(obsolete) One not invested with a public office.
(obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.
(obsolete) Privacy; retirement.
(usually in the plural) A private lesson.
A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
verb
(Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
privets
privets
noun
plural of privet
privity
privity
noun
(archaic, in the plural) The genitals.
(law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc.
(now rare, archaic) Privacy, secrecy.
(obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures.
(obsolete) A private matter, a secret.
The fact of being privy to something; knowledge, compliance.
provant
provant
adj
(obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.
noun
(obsolete) provender; food
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.
provect
provect
adj
(obsolete) Carried forward; advanced.
provent
provost
provost
noun
(UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.
(UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
(US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
(fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
(historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
(historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees; (obsolete, sometimes as ~ of Paradise or ~ of Heaven) a title of the archangel Michael.
(historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
(military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
(obsolete) A governor.
(obsolete) A reeve.
(obsolete) A ruler.
(obsolete) A viceroy.
(obsolete) The head of various Roman offices, such as prefect and praetor.
(religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
(religion, historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
(religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
verb
(UK, transitive, used in passive, obsolete, military slang) To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.