private (adj.) Old form(s): priuate
personal, individual, particular
1H6 IV.iv.22[Lucy to Somerset, of Talbot] Let not your private discord keep away / The levied succours that should lend him aid
H8 I.i.101[Norfolk to Buckingham, of Wolsey] The state takes notice of the private difference / Betwixt you and the Cardinal
JC III.ii.214[Antony to all, of Caesar's killers] What private griefs they have, alas, I know not, / That made them do it
Tim V.iv.26.1[First Senator to Alcibiades, of those who caused his grievance] these great towers, trophies, and schools should [not] fall / For private faults in them
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