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English Dictionary: primed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
primed
adj
  1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"
    Synonym(s): fit(p), primed(p), set(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prime \Prime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Primed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Priming}.] [From {Prime}, a.]
      1. To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a
            primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
  
      2. To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a
            surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
  
      3. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to
            post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are
            primed for mischief. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
  
      4. To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
      5. (Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
  
      {To prime a pump}, to charge a pump with water, in order to
            put it in working condition.
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