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ng punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.

To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation Milton.

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield.

The place in which public records or historic documents are kept. Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up in his archives as witnesses. Gov. of Tongue.

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. Milner.

To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott.

substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. [Obs.]

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights. Mitford.

A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

erson who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.

, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicly. -- To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

ticism of Voltaire , the naturalism of Rousseau, the sensationalism of Condillac, and the publication of the "Encyclopedia" by D'Alembert and Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the American Revolution and the speculations o…

A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government.