n. [ From Arrive. ] 1. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift arrival. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An approach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The house has a corner arrival. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arrival. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised. [ 1913 Webster ]

A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. [ 1913 Webster ]

The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.

Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rival; a corrival. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rival; to pretend to equal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. Joint rivalry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To compete with; to rival. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. [ R. ] Bp. Fleetwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Corivalry. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Corivalry. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the corrivalship of Shager his false friend. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. corrivatus, p. p. of corrivare to corrivate. ] To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. corrivatio. ] The flowing of different streams into one. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. deprivatio. ] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Derive. ] That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources. [ 1913 Webster ]

All honor derivable upon me. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. H. G. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The argument derivable from the doxologies. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By derivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Derivation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The derival of e from a. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. derivatus, p. p. of derivare. See Derive. ] Derived; derivative. [ R. ] H. Taylor. -- n. A thing derived; a derivative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To derive. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derivatio: cf. F. dérivation. See Derive. ] 1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [ Obs. ] T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That from which a thing is derived. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Math.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the operation of differentiation or of integration. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Med.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Relating to derivation. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. derivativus: cf. F. dérivatif. ] Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, unoriginal (said of art or other intellectual products. [ PJC ]

Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. Flint.

-- De*riv"a*tive*ly, adv. -- De*riv"a*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the same as the differential coefficient. See Differential coefficient, under Differential. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Chem.) A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) to alter the chemical composition [ of a compound ] by a chemical reaction which changes some part of the molecule, leaving most of the molecule unchanged; to prepare a derivative{ 6 } from.
Syn. -- modify. [ PJC ]

a. Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Failure to arrive. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in a rivalry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Privacies [ See Private. ] 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Concealment of what is said or done. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A private matter; a secret. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. See Privity, 2. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., fr. L. privatus. See Private. ] A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; G. pl. -docenten /plu>. [ Also Privatdozent. ] [ G.; privat private + docent teacher. See Docent. ] 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone, single) and akin to prae before. See Prior, a., and cf. Deprive, Privy, a. ] 1. Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason . . . then retires
Into her private cell when nature rests. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A private person may arrest a felon. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Private act or
Private statute, a statute exclusively for the settlement of private and personal interests, of which courts do not take judicial notice; -- opposed to a general law, which operates on the whole community. In the United States Congress, similar private acts are referred to as private law and a general law as a public law. --
Private nuisance or
wrong. See Nuisance. --
Private soldier. See Private, n., 5. --
Private way, a right of private passage over another man's ground; also, a road on private land, contrasted with public road, which is on a public right of way. Kent. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Personal interest; particular business.[ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor must I be unmindful of my private. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Privacy; retirement. [ Archaic ] “Go off; I discard you; let me enjoy my private.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One not invested with a public office. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What have kings, that privates have not too? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. pl. The private parts; the genitals. [ 1913 Webster ]

In private, secretly; not openly or publicly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Private. ] 1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The commander of a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Privateered p. pr. & vb. n. Privateering. ] To cruise in a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cruising in a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Privateersmen An officer or seaman of a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally; not officially; as, he is not privately benefited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of one not invested with public office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See Private. ] 1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Privation mere of light and absent day. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See Private. ] 1. Causing privation; depriving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. &unr_;), un-, non-, -less. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being privative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence. ] (Chem.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + valve: cf. F. quadrivalve. ] (Bot.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]