privatize

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Synonyms: privative, privatise, privation, private, privatism, prelatize, privatizer, primative, privatized, privatizes, reprivatize

Antonyms: privative, privatise, privation, private, privatism, prelatize, privatizer, primative, privatized, privatizes, reprivatize

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|economics}} To release [[government]] [[control]] (of a business or [[industry]]) to [[private]] industry.
2. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To [[render]] (a [[variable]], etc.) [[private]] in [[scope]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|uncommon}} To [[render]] a [[thought]] or an [[idea]], [[private]] in [[scope]].

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