Privileging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Privileged}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Privileging}.] [Cf. F. privil['e]gier.]
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     1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest
        with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to
        privilege representatives from arrest.


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              To privilege dishonor in thy name.    --Shak.
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     2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption
        from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
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              He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall
              privilege him from your hands.        --Shak.
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