PUB'LIC, a. [L.publicus, from the root of populus, people; that is, people-like.] 1. Pertaining to a nation, state or community; extending to a whole people; as a public law, which binds the people of a nation or state, as opposed to a private statute or resolve, which respects an individual or a corporation only. Thus we say, public welfare, public good, public calamity, public service, public property.2. Common to many; current or circulated among people of all classes; general; as public report; public scandal.3. Open; notorious; exposed to all persons without restriction. Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. Matt.1.4. Regarding the community; directed to the interest of a nation, state or community; as public spirit; public mindedness; opposed to private or selfish.5. Open for general entertainment; as a public house.6. Open to common use; as a public road.7. In general, public expresses something common to mankind at large, to a nation, state, city or town, and is opposed to private, which denotes what belongs to an individual, to a family, to a company or corporation.Public law, is often synonymous with the law of nations. PUB'LIC, n. The general body of mankind or of a nation, state or community; the people, indefinitely. The public is more disposed to censure than to praise.In this passage, public is followed by a verb in the singular number; but being a noun of multitude, it is more generally followed by a plural verb; the public are. In public, in open view; before the people at large; not in private or secrecy. In private grieve, but with a careless scorn, In public seem to triumph, not to mourn. |
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