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The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

hich one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership. Public domain, the territory belonging to a State or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.]in the public domain may be used by anyone wihout restriction. -- Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereig…

Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]

entation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley.

derelict property at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for the public benefit.

cles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and droschke.]

Fig. The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. C. Kingsley. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. Tennyson.

One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch. It stands as an edict in destiny. Shak. Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued…

not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.

o prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

or To hang, in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.

luding the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." Whately

Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. Hare.

To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.

The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message. He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees. Jer. Taylor.