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One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.

a professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett.

One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]

Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke.

A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.

A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.

hat has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.

a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation.…

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. "Declarative laws." Baker. The "vox populi," so declarative on the same side. Swift.

A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.

One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.

n enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion. I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton. I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the contrary. Burke.

To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor.

ess; fastidious accuracy. That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England. Macaulay.