† imprivacyv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To place in privacy; to secrete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > make private [verb (transitive)]
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a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 600 To what purpose doth..Saul imprivacy himself in a cave?
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v.a1670- to lay, make estate
- to lay, put a fault in, upon
- to lay, put fault in, upon
- to lay, win, lose a wager
- to layheads together
- to laze oneself
- to lead a band
- to lead a bride to the altar, to church
- to lead a chase
- to lead a congregation in prayer
- to lead a dance
- to lead a dog's life
- to lead a double life
- to lead a person a chase
- to lead a person a dance
- to lead a person a dog's life
- to lead a person a life
- to lead a person the measures
- to lead a person to the altar
- to lead a person up the garden
- to lead a person up the garden path
- to lead a typically a woman to the altar
- to lead afield
- to lead an orchestra
- to lead apes