† ˈpriviment, adv. Obs.
Also 3 privee-, 4 prive-, privie-, 6 pryvy-.
[ME. priveement, a. OF. priveëment (Rom. type *privatamente), mod.F. privément, adv. f. privé privy a.]
= privily adv. 1. priviment enseint: see enceinte a.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 146 Þi gode werc þet tu hefdest idon priueement. Ibid. 154 Þeo þet beoð priuiment ham one. c 1380 St. Augustine 590 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 71 He..him isent To a place, to bi hud priuement. 1546 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 247 Also yf dame Marie, my wif, be previment incent. 1559 Will of G. Taylard (Somerset Ho.), Yf my wife be pryvyment insentid w{supt} a man childe. a 1625 Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 34 A man hath issue a daughter, and leaueth his wife priuiment inseint. |