† 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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