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Same as Ovate-cylindraceous.

Same as Ovate-oblong.

Same as Ovate-rotundate.

To bear down; to depress. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation. Give us particulars of thy preservation. Shak.

That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon.

Preservative. Bp. Hall.

In the universities of Germany and some other European countries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in the university government and dependent upon fees for remuneration.

ected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.

An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.

Cruising in a privateer.

An officer or seaman of a privateer.

In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.

Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy. Bacon.

riving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. Bacon.

Causing privation; depriving.

In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively. [R.] Hammond.

The state of being privative.

The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.

To baskslide; to fall again. [Obs.]