See Also: privilege(medicine)
privilege(2)(dictionary)
privilege(1)(dictionary)
PRIVILEGE, mar(law)
Privilege(money)
Reinvestment privilege(money)
Executive Privilege(law)
BILL OF PRIVILEGE, Eng(law)
ATTACHMENT OF PRIVILEGE, Eng(law)
privilege 2, verb(dictionary)

privilege(2) (iou)



privilege verb trans. ME.
[Old & mod. French privilegier from medieval Latin privilegiare, from privilegium: see PRIVILEGE noun.]
Invest with a privilege or privileges; grant a particular right or immunity to; allow as a privilege to do. ME.
Bunyan To privilege the worst of sinners with the first offer of mercy.
Give (a person) special freedom or immunity from some liability etc.; exempt. M16.
S. Daniel Kings cannot privilege what God forbade.
transf. Authorize contrary to the usual rule or practice; justify, excuse. L16.