English Dictionary: paraphrenic schizophrenia | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guava \Gua"va\, n. [Sp. guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.] A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus {Psidium.} Two varieties are well known, the {P. pyriferum}, or {white guava}, and {P. pomiferum}, or {red guava}. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly. | |
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Flamingo \Fla*min"go\, n.; pl. {Flamingoes}. [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See {Flame}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Ph[d2]nicopterus}. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is {P. ruber}; the European is {P. antiquorum}. | |
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Bird of paradise \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zo[94]l.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus {Paradisea} and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. Note: The {Great emerald} ({Paradisea apoda}) and the {Lesser emerald} ({P. minor}) furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the Red is {P. rubra [or] sanguinea}; the Golden is {Parotia aurea [or] sexsetacea}; the King is {Cincinnurus regius}. The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group ({Epimachin[91]}) from the same region. The Twelve-wired ({Seleucides alba}) is one of these. See {Paradise bird}, and Note under {Apod}. | |
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d8Parabronchium \[d8]Par`a*bron"chi*um\, n.; pl. {Parabronchia}. [NL. See {Para-}, {Bronchia}.] (Anat.) One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium. | |
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Paraphernal \Par`a*pher"nal\, a. [Cf. F. paraphernal.] Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property. --Kent. | |
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Paraphernalia \Par`a*pher*na"li*a\, n. pl. [LL. paraphernalia bona, fr. L. parapherna, pl., parapherna, Gr. [?]; [?] beside + [?] a bride's dowry, fr. fe`rein to bring. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. (Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree. 2. Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments. | |
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d8Paraphagma \[d8]Par`a*phag"ma\, n.; pl. {Paraphragmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] beside + [?], [?], an inclosure.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- {Par`a*phrag"mal}, a. | |
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d8Paraphagma \[d8]Par`a*phag"ma\, n.; pl. {Paraphragmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] beside + [?], [?], an inclosure.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- {Par`a*phrag"mal}, a. | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paraphrasing}.] To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, n. [L. paraphrasis, Gr. [?], from [?] to say the same thing in other words; [?] beside + [?] to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See {Para-}, and {Phrase}.] A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase. In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense. --Dryden. Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David. --I. Disraeli. His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice. --Sowth. The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases. --Shipley. | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. i. To make a paraphrase. | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paraphrasing}.] To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Paraphraser \Par"a*phra`ser\, n. One who paraphrases. | |
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Paraphrasian \Par`a*phra"sian\, n. A paraphraser. [R.] | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paraphrasing}.] To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Paraphrast \Par"a*phrast\, n. [L. paraphrastes, Gr. [?]: cf. F. paraphraste.] A paraphraser. --T. Warton. | |
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Paraphrastic \Par`a*phras"tic\, Paraphrastical \Par`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr.[?]: cf. F. paraphrastique.] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free. -- {Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Paraphrastic \Par`a*phras"tic\, Paraphrastical \Par`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr.[?]: cf. F. paraphrastique.] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free. -- {Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Paraphrastic \Par`a*phras"tic\, Paraphrastical \Par`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr.[?]: cf. F. paraphrastique.] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free. -- {Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Parbreak \Par"break`\, v. i. & t. [Par + break.] To throw out; to vomit. [Obs.] --Skelton. | |
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Parbreak \Par"break`\, n. Vomit. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Parforn \Par*forn"\, Parfourn \Par*fourn"\, v. t. To perform. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Parforn \Par*forn"\, Parfourn \Par*fourn"\, v. t. To perform. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Perbreak \Per"break`\, n. [Obs.] See {Parbreak}. | |
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Perbromate \Per*bro"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of perbromic acid. | |
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Perbromic \Per*bro"mic\, a. [Pref. per- + bromic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, {HBrO4}, of bromine. | |
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Perbromide \Per*bro"mide\, n. (Chem.) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series. | |
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Perfervid \Per*fer"vid\, a. [Pref. per- + fervid.] Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent. | |
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Perforata \Per`fo*ra"ta\ (p[etil]r`f[osl]*r[amac]"t[adot]), n. pl. [NL. See {Perforate}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa. (b) A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells. | |
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d8Aporosa \[d8]Ap`o*ro"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Aporia}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to {Perforata}. | |
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perforated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Perforating}.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to perforate; per through + forare to bore. See {Bore}, v.] To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. --Bacon. | |
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[asl]t), Perforated \Per"fo*ra`ted\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[amac]"t[ecr]d), a. Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes. | |
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perforated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Perforating}.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to perforate; per through + forare to bore. See {Bore}, v.] To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. --Bacon. | |
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[asl]t), Perforated \Per"fo*ra`ted\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[amac]"t[ecr]d), a. Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes. | |
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perforated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Perforating}.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to perforate; per through + forare to bore. See {Bore}, v.] To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. --Bacon. | |
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Perforation \Per`fo*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perforation.] 1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. --Bacon. 2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. [bd]Slender perforations.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Perforative \Per"fo*ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. perforatif.] Having power to perforate or pierce. | |
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Perforator \Per"fo*ra`tor\, n. [Cf. F. perforateur.] One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome. | |
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Perforce \Per*force"\, adv. [F. par (L. per) + force.] By force; of necessary; at any rate. --Shak. | |
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Perforce \Per*force"\, v. t. To force; to compel. [Obs.] | |
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Perform \Per*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Performed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Performing}.] [OE. performen, parfourmen, parfournen, OF. parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par (see {Par}) + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; cf. L. performare to form thoroughly. See {Furnish}.] 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. --Ps. lvii. 2. Great force to perform what they did attempt. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow. To perform your father's will. --Shak. 3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama. Perform a part thou hast not done before. --Shak. Syn: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute; discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See {Accomplish}. | |
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Perform \Per*form"\, v. i. To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ. | |
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Performable \Per*form"a*ble\, a. Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable. | |
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Performance \Per*form"ance\, n. The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. --Paley. 2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character. [bd]Her walking and other actual performances.[b8] --Shak. [bd]His musical performances.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Completion; consummation; execution; accomplishment; achievement; production; work; act; action; deed; exploit; feat. | |
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Perform \Per*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Performed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Performing}.] [OE. performen, parfourmen, parfournen, OF. parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par (see {Par}) + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; cf. L. performare to form thoroughly. See {Furnish}.] 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. --Ps. lvii. 2. Great force to perform what they did attempt. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow. To perform your father's will. --Shak. 3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama. Perform a part thou hast not done before. --Shak. Syn: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute; discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See {Accomplish}. | |
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Performer \Per*form"er\, n. One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp. | |
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Perform \Per*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Performed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Performing}.] [OE. performen, parfourmen, parfournen, OF. parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par (see {Par}) + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; cf. L. performare to form thoroughly. See {Furnish}.] 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. --Ps. lvii. 2. Great force to perform what they did attempt. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow. To perform your father's will. --Shak. 3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama. Perform a part thou hast not done before. --Shak. Syn: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute; discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See {Accomplish}. | |
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Perfricate \Per"fri*cate\, v. t. [L. perfricatus, p. p. of perfricare.] To rub over. --Bailey. | |
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Peribranchial \Per`i*bran"chi*al\, a. (Anat.) Surrounding the branchi[91]; as, a peribranchial cavity. | |
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Peribranchial \Per`i*bran"chi*al\, a. (Anat.) Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics. | |
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Peripheral \Pe*riph"er*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric. 2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system. | |
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Peripheric \Per`i*pher"ic\, Peripherical \Per`i*pher"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]riph[82]rique. See {Periphery}.] See {Peripheral}. | |
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Peripheric \Per`i*pher"ic\, Peripherical \Per`i*pher"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]riph[82]rique. See {Periphery}.] See {Peripheral}. | |
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Periphery \Pe*riph"er*y\, n.; pl. {Peripheries}. [L. peripheria, Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] to bear, carry: cf. F. p[82]riph[82]rie.] 1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface. 2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure. | |
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Periphery \Pe*riph"er*y\, n.; pl. {Peripheries}. [L. peripheria, Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] to bear, carry: cf. F. p[82]riph[82]rie.] 1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface. 2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure. | |
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Periphrase \Per"i*phrase\, n. [L. periphrasis, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to think about, to be expressed periphrastically; [?] + [?] to speak: cf. F. p[82]riphrase. See {Phrase}.] (Rhet.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. [bd]To describe by enigmatic periphrases.[b8] --De Quincey. | |
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Periphrase \Per"i*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Periphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Periphrasing}.] [Cf. F. p[82]riphraser.] To express by periphrase or circumlocution. | |
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Periphrase \Per"i*phrase\, v. i. To use circumlocution. | |
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Periphrase \Per"i*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Periphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Periphrasing}.] [Cf. F. p[82]riphraser.] To express by periphrase or circumlocution. | |
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d8Periphrasis \[d8]Pe*riph"ra*sis\, n.; pl. {Periphrases}. [L.] See {Periphrase}. | |
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Periphrase \Per"i*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Periphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Periphrasing}.] [Cf. F. p[82]riphraser.] To express by periphrase or circumlocution. | |
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Periphrastic \Per`i*phras"tic\, Periphrastical \Per`i*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riphrastique.] Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. {Periphrastic conjugation} (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries. | |
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Periphrastic \Per`i*phras"tic\, Periphrastical \Per`i*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riphrastique.] Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. {Periphrastic conjugation} (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries. | |
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Periphrastic \Per`i*phras"tic\, Periphrastical \Per`i*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riphrastique.] Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. {Periphrastic conjugation} (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries. | |
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Periphrastically \Per`i*phras"tic*al*ly\, adv. With circumlocution. | |
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Periproct \Per"i*proct\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?] the anus.] (Zo[94]l.) The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms. | |
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Perivertebral \Per`i*ver"te*bral\, a. (Anat.) Surrounding the vertebr[91]. | |
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Perverse \Per*verse"\, a. [L. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, p. p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See {Pervert}.] 1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. --Milton. 2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary. To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. --Dryden. Syn: Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious. Usage: {Perverse}, {Froward}. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others. | |
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Perversed \Per*versed"\, a. Turned aside. [Obs.] | |
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Perversedly \Per*vers"ed*ly\, adv. Perversely. [Obs.] | |
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Perversely \Per*verse"ly\, adv. In a perverse manner. | |
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Perverseness \Per*verse"ness\, n. The quality or state of being perverse. [bd]Virtue hath some perverseness.[b8] --Donne. | |
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Perversion \Per*ver"sion\, n. [L. perversio: cf. F. perversion. See {Pervert}.] The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use. [bd]Violations and perversions of the laws.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Perversity \Per*ver"si*ty\, n. [L. perversitas: cf. F. perversit[82].] The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness. | |
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Perversive \Per*ver"sive\, a. Tending to pervert. | |
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Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perverting}.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See {Per-}, and {Verse}.] 1. To turnanother way; to divert. [Obs.] Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. --Shak. 2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. --Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton. | |
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Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. i. To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] --Testament of Love. | |
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Pervert \Per"vert\, n. One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of {Convert}. That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre. --Thackeray. | |
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Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perverting}.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See {Per-}, and {Verse}.] 1. To turnanother way; to divert. [Obs.] Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. --Shak. 2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. --Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton. | |
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Perverter \Per*vert"er\, n. One who perverts (a person or thing). [bd]His own parents his perverters.[b8] --South. [bd]A perverter of his law.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Pervertible \Per*vert"i*ble\, a. Capable of being perverted. | |
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Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perverting}.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See {Per-}, and {Verse}.] 1. To turnanother way; to divert. [Obs.] Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. --Shak. 2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. --Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton. | |
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d8Spongi91 \[d8]Spon"gi*[91]\, n. pl. [See {Sponge}.] (Zo[94]l.) The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also {Spongida}, {Spongiaria}, {Spongiozoa}, and {Porifera}. Note: In the Spongi[91], the soft sarcode of the body is usually supported by a skeleton consisting of horny fibers, or of silleceous or calcareous spicules. The common sponges contain larger and smaller cavities and canals, and numerous small ampull[91] which which are lined with ciliated cells capable of taking in solid food. The outer surface usually has minute pores through which water enters, and large openings for its exit. Sponges produce eggs and spermatozoa, and the egg when fertilized undergoes segmentation to form a ciliated embryo. | |
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Poriferan \Po*rif"er*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Polifera. | |
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Poriform \Po"ri*form\, a. [L. porus pore + -form: cf. F. poriforme.] Resembling a pore, or small puncture. | |
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Laver \La"ver\ (l[amac]"v[etil]r), n. The fronds of certain marine alg[91] used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva latissima}; purple laver, {Porphyra laciniata} and {P. vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also {sloke}, or {sloakan}. {Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains | |
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Porphyraceous \Por`phy*ra"ceous\, a. Porphyritic. | |
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Porphyre \Por"phyre\, n. Porphyry. [Obs.] --Locke. | |
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Porphyry \Por"phy*ry\, n.; pl. {Porphyries}. [F. porphyre, L. porphyrites, fr. Gr. [?] like purple, fr. [?] purple. See {Purple}.] (Geol.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. {Porphyry shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome marine gastropod shell ({Oliva porphyria}), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry. | |
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
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Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
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Porphyrite \Por"phy*rite\, n. (Min.) A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. | |
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Porphyritic \Por`phy*rit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. porphyritique.] (Min.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline. | |
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{Gneissoid granite}, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. {Graphic granite}, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. {Porphyritic granite}, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. {Hornblende granite}, or {Syenitic granite}, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. {Granite ware}. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite. | |
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Porphyrization \Por`phy*ri*za"tion\, n. The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized. | |
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Porphyrize \Por`phy*rize\, v. t. [Cf. F. porphyriser, Gr. [?] to purplish.] To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry. | |
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Porphyrogenitism \Por`phy*ro*gen"i*tism\, n. [LL. porphyro genitus, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] purple + root of [?] to be born.] The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born. --Sir T. Palgrave. | |
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Porphyry \Por"phy*ry\, n.; pl. {Porphyries}. [F. porphyre, L. porphyrites, fr. Gr. [?] like purple, fr. [?] purple. See {Purple}.] (Geol.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. {Porphyry shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome marine gastropod shell ({Oliva porphyria}), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry. | |
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Porphyry \Por"phy*ry\, n.; pl. {Porphyries}. [F. porphyre, L. porphyrites, fr. Gr. [?] like purple, fr. [?] purple. See {Purple}.] (Geol.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. {Porphyry shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome marine gastropod shell ({Oliva porphyria}), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry. | |
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Pourparty \Pour`par"ty\, n.; pl. {Pourparties}. [See {Purparty}.] (Law) A division; a divided share. {To make pourparty}, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common. | |
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Pourparty \Pour`par"ty\, n.; pl. {Pourparties}. [See {Purparty}.] (Law) A division; a divided share. {To make pourparty}, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common. | |
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Purparty \Pur"par`ty\, n. [OF. pourpartie; pour for + partie a part; cf. OF. purpart a respective part.] (Law) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener. [Written also {purpart}, and {pourparty}.] I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds. --Walpole. | |
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Pourparty \Pour`par"ty\, n.; pl. {Pourparties}. [See {Purparty}.] (Law) A division; a divided share. {To make pourparty}, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common. | |
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Purparty \Pur"par`ty\, n. [OF. pourpartie; pour for + partie a part; cf. OF. purpart a respective part.] (Law) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener. [Written also {purpart}, and {pourparty}.] I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds. --Walpole. | |
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Pourpresture \Pour*pres"ture\ (?; 135), n. (Law) See {Purpresture}. | |
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Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see {Prest}) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL. purprestura. Cf. {Purprise}.] (Law) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. [Written also {pourpresture}.] | |
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Pourpresture \Pour*pres"ture\ (?; 135), n. (Law) See {Purpresture}. | |
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Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see {Prest}) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL. purprestura. Cf. {Purprise}.] (Law) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. [Written also {pourpresture}.] | |
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7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o[?] good things. [Colloq.] --Richardson. 8. (Mech.) (a) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power. Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the horse power. See {Horse power}. (b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc. (c) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end. Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force, is improper and is becoming obsolete. (d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power. Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a power press. 9. (Math.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number. 10. (Metaph.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc. --I. Watts. The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief. --Shak. 11. (Optics) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface. 12. (Law) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment. --Wharton. 13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power. Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the winds and waves, electricity and magnetism, gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings; and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity. {Mechanical powers}. See under {Mechanical}. {Power loom}, [or] {Power press}. See Def. 8 (d), note. {Power of attorney}. See under {Attorney}. {Power of a point} (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the result of substituting the co[94]rdinates of any point in that expression which being put equal to zero forms the equation of the curve; as, x^{2} + y^{2} - 100 is the power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x^{2} + y^{2} - 100 = 0. | |
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Pr91operculum \Pr[91]`o*per"cu*lum\, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as {Preoperculum}. -- {Pr[91]`o*per"cu*lar}, a. | |
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Pr91operculum \Pr[91]`o*per"cu*lum\, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as {Preoperculum}. -- {Pr[91]`o*per"cu*lar}, a. | |
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Preapprehension \Pre*ap`pre*hen"sion\, n. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Prebronchial \Pre*bron"chi*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds. | |
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Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[82]f[82]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. Presently prefer his suit to C[91]sar. --Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] [bd]Though maidenhood prefer bigamy.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. {Preferred stock}, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also {preference stock} and {preferential stock}. Syn: To choose; elect. See {Choose}. | |
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Preferability \Pref`er*a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Preferable \Pref"er*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]f[82]rable.] Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. --Addison. | |
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Preferableness \Pref"er*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being preferable. | |
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Preferably \Pref"er*a*bly\, adv. In preference; by choice. To choose Plautus preferably to Terence. --Dennis. | |
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Preference \Pref"er*ence\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]f[82]rence.] 1. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference. Leave the critics on either side to contend about the preference due to this or that sort of poetry. --Dryden. Knowledge of things alone gives a value to our reasonings, and preference of one man's knowledge over another's. --Locke. 2. That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference? | |
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Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[82]f[82]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. Presently prefer his suit to C[91]sar. --Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] [bd]Though maidenhood prefer bigamy.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. {Preferred stock}, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also {preference stock} and {preferential stock}. Syn: To choose; elect. See {Choose}. | |
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Preferential \Pref`er*en"tial\, a. Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares. | |
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Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[82]f[82]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. Presently prefer his suit to C[91]sar. --Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] [bd]Though maidenhood prefer bigamy.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. {Preferred stock}, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also {preference stock} and {preferential stock}. Syn: To choose; elect. See {Choose}. | |
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Preferential voting \Preferential voting\ (Political Science) A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together in nominated or elected. | |
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Preferment \Pre*fer"ment\, n. 1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. [R.] Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. --Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither royal blandishments nor promises of valuable preferment had been spared. --Macaulay. 3. A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church. | |
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Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[82]f[82]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. Presently prefer his suit to C[91]sar. --Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] [bd]Though maidenhood prefer bigamy.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. {Preferred stock}, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also {preference stock} and {preferential stock}. Syn: To choose; elect. See {Choose}. | |
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Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[82]f[82]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. Presently prefer his suit to C[91]sar. --Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] [bd]Though maidenhood prefer bigamy.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. {Preferred stock}, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also {preference stock} and {preferential stock}. Syn: To choose; elect. See {Choose}. | |
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Preferrer \Pre*fer"rer\, n. One who prefers. | |
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Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[82]f[82]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. Presently prefer his suit to C[91]sar. --Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] [bd]Though maidenhood prefer bigamy.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. {Preferred stock}, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also {preference stock} and {preferential stock}. Syn: To choose; elect. See {Choose}. | |
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Preform \Pre*form"\, v. t. [L. praeformare. See {Pre-}, and {Form}.] To form beforehand, or for special ends. [bd]Their natures and preformed faculties. [b8] --Shak. | |
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Preformation \Pre`for*ma"tion\, n. (Biol.) An old theory of the pre[89]xistence of germs. Cf. {Embo[icir]tement}. | |
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Preformative \Pre*form"a*tive\, n. A formative letter at the beginning of a word. --M. Stuart. | |
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Prefrontal \Pre*fron"tal\, a. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes. -- n. A prefrontal bone or scale. | |
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Preopercular \Pre`o*per"cu*lar\, a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- n. The preoperculum. | |
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Preparable \Pre*par"a*ble\, a. Capable of being prepared. [bd]Medicine preparable by art.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Preparation \Prep`a*ra"tion\, n. [F. pr[82]paration, L. praeparatio. See {Prepare}.] 1. The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign. 2. The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war. 3. That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure. I will show what preparations there were in nature for this dissolution. --T. Burnet. 4. That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery. I wish the chemists had been more sparing who magnify their preparations. --Sir T. Browne. In the preparations of cookery, the most volatile parts of vegetables are destroyed. --Arbuthnot. 5. An army or fleet. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. (Mus.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See {Suspension}. 7. Accomplishment; qualification. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]paratif.] Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. -- South. | |
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Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, n. 1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. [bd]A preparative unto sermons.[b8] --Hooker. 2. That which is done in the way of preparation. [bd]Necessary preparatives for our voyage.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Preparatively \Pre*par"a*tive*ly\, adv. By way of preparation. | |
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Preparator \Pre*par"a*tor\, n. [L. praeparator.] One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. --Agassiz. | |
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Preparatory \Pre*par"a*to*ry\, a. [L. praeparatorius: cf. F. pr[82]paratoire.] Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition. | |
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Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepare[?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preparing}.] [F. pr[82]parer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See {Pare}.] 1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. --Dryden. 2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. --Milton. That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps. cvii. 36 Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready. | |
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Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. [bd]Bid them prepare for dinner.[b8] --Shak. 2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death. | |
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Prepare \Pre*pare"\, n. Preparation. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Prepared \Pre*pared"\, a. Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. -- {Pre*par"ed*ly}, adv. --Shak. -- {Pre*par"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Prepared \Pre*pared"\, a. Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. -- {Pre*par"ed*ly}, adv. --Shak. -- {Pre*par"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Prepared \Pre*pared"\, a. Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. -- {Pre*par"ed*ly}, adv. --Shak. -- {Pre*par"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Preparer \Pre*par"er\, n. One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. --Wood. | |
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Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepare[?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preparing}.] [F. pr[82]parer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See {Pare}.] 1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. --Dryden. 2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. --Milton. That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps. cvii. 36 Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready. | |
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Preprovide \Pre`pro*vide"\, v. t. To provide beforehand. [bd]The materials preprovided.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Prevaricate \Pre*var"i*cate\, v. t. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Prevaricate \Pre*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See {Varicose}.] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. --South. 2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: {Prevaricate}, {Evade}, {Equivocate}. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to [bd]dodge[b8] it, and disclose nothing. | |
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Prevaricate \Pre*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See {Varicose}.] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. --South. 2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: {Prevaricate}, {Evade}, {Equivocate}. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to [bd]dodge[b8] it, and disclose nothing. | |
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Prevaricate \Pre*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See {Varicose}.] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. --South. 2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: {Prevaricate}, {Evade}, {Equivocate}. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to [bd]dodge[b8] it, and disclose nothing. | |
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Prevarication \Pre*var`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praevaricatio: cf. F. pr[82]varication.] 1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing. The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail. --Cowper. 2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office. 3. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. (b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. --Cowell. | |
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Prevaricator \Pre*var"i*ca`tor\, n. [L. praevaricator: cf. F. pr[82]varicateur.] 1. One who prevaricates. 2. (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution. 3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. --Prynne. | |
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Prevertebral \Pre*ver"te*bral\, a. (Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal. | |
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Profert \Pro"fert\, n. [L., he brings forward, 3d pers. pr. of proferre. See {Proffer}. ] (Law) The exhibition or production of a record or paper in open court, or an allegation that it is in court. | |
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Proffer \Prof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proffering}.] [OE. profren, proferen, F. prof[82]rer, fr. L. proferre to bring forth or forward, to offer; pro forward + ferre to bring. See {Bear} to produce.] 1. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. --Shak. I reck not what wrong that thou me profre. --Chaucer. 2. To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Proffer \Prof"fer\, n. 1. An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship. He made a proffer to lay down his commission. --Clarendon. 2. Essay; attempt. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Proffer \Prof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proffering}.] [OE. profren, proferen, F. prof[82]rer, fr. L. proferre to bring forth or forward, to offer; pro forward + ferre to bring. See {Bear} to produce.] 1. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. --Shak. I reck not what wrong that thou me profre. --Chaucer. 2. To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Profferer \Prof"fer*er\, n. One who proffers something. | |
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Proffer \Prof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proffering}.] [OE. profren, proferen, F. prof[82]rer, fr. L. proferre to bring forth or forward, to offer; pro forward + ferre to bring. See {Bear} to produce.] 1. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. --Shak. I reck not what wrong that thou me profre. --Chaucer. 2. To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Proof \Proof\, n. [OF. prove, proeve, F. preuve, fr. L. proba, fr. probare to prove. See {Prove}.] 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof. --Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. --Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. --Ure. 2. That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. I'll have some proof. --Shak. It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases. --Emerson. Note: Properly speaking, proof is the effect or result of evidence, evidence is the medium of proof. Cf. {Demonstration}, 1. 3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. 4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. 5. (Print.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also {proof sheet}. 6. (Math.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. {Prove}, v. t., 5. 7. Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof. [Obs.] --Shak. {Artist's proof}, a very early proof impression of an engraving, or the like; -- often distinguished by the artist's signature. {Proof reader}, one who reads, and marks correction in, proofs. See def. 5, above. Syn: Testimony; evidence; reason; argument; trial; demonstration. See {Testimony}. | |
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Proof-arm \Proof`-arm"\, v. t. To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. [R.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Proof-proof \Proof"-proof`\, a. Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. [bd]That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof.[b8] --Whateley. | |
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Propargyl \Pro*par"gyl\, n. [Propinyl + Gr. [?] silver + -yl. So called because one hydrogen atom may be replaced by silver.] (Chem.) Same as {Propinyl}. | |
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Proparoxytone \Pro`par*ox"y*tone\, n. [Gr. [?]. See {Pro-}, and {Paroxytone}.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. [Colloq & Vulgar] | |
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Diphthong \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] voice, sound, fr. [?] to utter a sound: cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho[89]py) (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a {proper diphthong}. (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an {improper diphthong}. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Fraction \Frac"tion\, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See {Break}.] 1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. [Obs.] Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up. --Foxe. 2. A portion; a fragment. Some niggard fractions of an hour. --Tennyson. 3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. {Common, [or] Vulgar}, {fraction}, a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as [frac12], one half, [frac25], two fifths. {Complex fraction}, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. --Davies & Peck. {Compound fraction}, a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of. {Continued fraction}, {Decimal fraction}, {Partial fraction}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Decimal}, {Partial}, etc. {Improper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator. {Proper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. | |
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Name \Name\, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[omac], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[be]man. [root]267. Cf. {Anonymous}, {Ignominy}, {Misnomer}, {Nominal}, {Noun}.] 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. --Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. --Shak. 2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. --Is. ix. 6. 3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. What men of name resort to him? --Shak. Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. --Eph. i. 21. I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1 Macc. iii. 14. He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. --Deut. xxii. 19. The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. --Clarendon. 4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. --Motley. 5. A person, an individual. [Poetic] They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden. {Christian name}. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from {surname}; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. {Given name}. See under {Given}. {In name}, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. {In the name of}. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. [bd] I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.[b8] --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. [bd]I'll to him again in name of Brook.[b8] --Shak. {Name plate}, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. {Pen name}, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor. {Proper name} (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. {To call names}, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. {To take a name in vain}, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7. Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. Usage: {Name}, {Appellation}, {Title}, {Denomination}. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Preface \Pref"ace\ (?; 48), n. [F. pr[82]face; cf. Sp. prefacio, prefacion, It. prefazio, prefazione; all fr. L. praefatio, fr. praefari to speak or say beforehand; prae before + fari, fatus, to speak. See {Fate}.] 1. Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. --Shak. Heaven's high behest no preface needs. --Milton. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass. --Addis & Arnold. {Proper preface} (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.), a portion of the communion service, preceding the prayer of consecration, appointed for certain seasons. Syn: Introduction; preliminary; preamble; proem; prelude; prologue. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Properate \Prop"er*ate\, v. t. & i. [L. properatus, p. p. of properare to hasten.] To hasten, or press forward. [Obs.] | |
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Properation \Prop`er*a"tion\, n. [L. properatio.] The act of hastening; haste. [Obs.] --T. Adams. | |
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Properispome \Pro*per"i*spome\, n. (Gr. Gram.) Properispomenon. | |
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d8Properispomenon \[d8]Pro*per`i*spom"e*non\, n.; pl. {Properispomena}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to circumflex on the penult; [?] before + [?] to circumflex. See {Perispomenon}.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult. | |
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Properly \Prop"er*ly\, adv. 1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. --Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. [Obs.] Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. --Chaucer. | |
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Properness \Prop"er*ness\, n. 1. The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness; comeliness. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Propertied \Prop"er*tied\, a. Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money. [bd]The propertied and satisfied classes.[b8] --M. Arnold. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[82] property, F. propret[82] neatness, cleanliness, propri[82]t[82] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] 1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar. Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. --Sir W. Hamilton. Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are distinguished to the three following classes: 1. Physical properties, or those which result from the relations of bodies to the physical agents, light, heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, etc., and which are exhibited without a change in the composition or kind of matter acted on. They are color, luster, opacity, transparency, hardness, sonorousness, density, crystalline form, solubility, capability of osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc. 2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned by affinity and composition; thus, combustion, explosion, and certain solutions are reactions occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties are identical when there is identity of composition and structure, and change according as the composition changes. 3. Organoleptic properties, or those forming a class which can not be included in either of the other two divisions. They manifest themselves in the contact of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and smell, or otherwise affect the living organism, as in the manner of medicines and poisons. 2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence. 3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title. Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood. --Shak. Shall man assume a property in man? --Wordsworth. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[82] property, F. propret[82] neatness, cleanliness, propri[82]t[82] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] 1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar. Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. --Sir W. Hamilton. Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are distinguished to the three following classes: 1. Physical properties, or those which result from the relations of bodies to the physical agents, light, heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, etc., and which are exhibited without a change in the composition or kind of matter acted on. They are color, luster, opacity, transparency, hardness, sonorousness, density, crystalline form, solubility, capability of osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc. 2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned by affinity and composition; thus, combustion, explosion, and certain solutions are reactions occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties are identical when there is identity of composition and structure, and change according as the composition changes. 3. Organoleptic properties, or those forming a class which can not be included in either of the other two divisions. They manifest themselves in the contact of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and smell, or otherwise affect the living organism, as in the manner of medicines and poisons. 2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence. 3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title. Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood. --Shak. Shall man assume a property in man? --Wordsworth. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, v. t. 1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.] They have here propertied me. --Shak. | |
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Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. --Milton. 5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.] Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. --Bacon. 4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. 5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. {Chattels real} (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See {Chattel}. {Real action} (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. {Real assets} (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. {Real composition} (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. --Blackstone. {Real estate} [or] {property}, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. --Kent. --Burrill. {Real presence} (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation. {Real servitude}, called also {Predial servitude} (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. --Erskine. --Bouvier. Syn: Actual; true; genuine; authentic. Usage: {Real}, {Actual}. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, [bd]It actually exists,[b8] [bd]It has actually been done.[b8] Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. --Dryden. Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. --Locke. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[82] property, F. propret[82] neatness, cleanliness, propri[82]t[82] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] 1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar. Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. --Sir W. Hamilton. Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are distinguished to the three following classes: 1. Physical properties, or those which result from the relations of bodies to the physical agents, light, heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, etc., and which are exhibited without a change in the composition or kind of matter acted on. They are color, luster, opacity, transparency, hardness, sonorousness, density, crystalline form, solubility, capability of osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc. 2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned by affinity and composition; thus, combustion, explosion, and certain solutions are reactions occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties are identical when there is identity of composition and structure, and change according as the composition changes. 3. Organoleptic properties, or those forming a class which can not be included in either of the other two divisions. They manifest themselves in the contact of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and smell, or otherwise affect the living organism, as in the manner of medicines and poisons. 2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence. 3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title. Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood. --Shak. Shall man assume a property in man? --Wordsworth. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, v. t. 1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.] They have here propertied me. --Shak. | |
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Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. --Milton. 5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.] Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. --Bacon. 4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. 5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. {Chattels real} (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See {Chattel}. {Real action} (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. {Real assets} (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. {Real composition} (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. --Blackstone. {Real estate} [or] {property}, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. --Kent. --Burrill. {Real presence} (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation. {Real servitude}, called also {Predial servitude} (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. --Erskine. --Bouvier. Syn: Actual; true; genuine; authentic. Usage: {Real}, {Actual}. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, [bd]It actually exists,[b8] [bd]It has actually been done.[b8] Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. --Dryden. Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. --Locke. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, n.; pl. {Properties}. [OE. proprete, OF. propret[82] property, F. propret[82] neatness, cleanliness, propri[82]t[82] property, fr. L. proprietas. See {Proper}, a., and cf. {Propriety}.] 1. That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar. Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. --Sir W. Hamilton. Note: In physical science, the properties of matter are distinguished to the three following classes: 1. Physical properties, or those which result from the relations of bodies to the physical agents, light, heat, electricity, gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, etc., and which are exhibited without a change in the composition or kind of matter acted on. They are color, luster, opacity, transparency, hardness, sonorousness, density, crystalline form, solubility, capability of osmotic diffusion, vaporization, boiling, fusion, etc. 2. Chemical properties, or those which are conditioned by affinity and composition; thus, combustion, explosion, and certain solutions are reactions occasioned by chemical properties. Chemical properties are identical when there is identity of composition and structure, and change according as the composition changes. 3. Organoleptic properties, or those forming a class which can not be included in either of the other two divisions. They manifest themselves in the contact of substances with the organs of taste, touch, and smell, or otherwise affect the living organism, as in the manner of medicines and poisons. 2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence. 3. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title. Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood. --Shak. Shall man assume a property in man? --Wordsworth. | |
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Property \Prop"er*ty\, v. t. 1. To invest which properties, or qualities. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To make a property of; to appropriate. [Obs.] They have here propertied me. --Shak. | |
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Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. --Milton. 5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.] Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. --Bacon. 4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. 5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. {Chattels real} (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See {Chattel}. {Real action} (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. {Real assets} (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. {Real composition} (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. --Blackstone. {Real estate} [or] {property}, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. --Kent. --Burrill. {Real presence} (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation. {Real servitude}, called also {Predial servitude} (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. --Erskine. --Bouvier. Syn: Actual; true; genuine; authentic. Usage: {Real}, {Actual}. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, [bd]It actually exists,[b8] [bd]It has actually been done.[b8] Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. --Dryden. Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. --Locke. | |
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4. That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property. 5. pl. All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. --Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. [Obs.] --Camden. {Literary property}. (Law) See under {Literary}. {Property man} | |
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Prophoric \Pro*phor"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] utterance.] Enunciative. [R.] | |
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d8Prophragma \[d8]Pro*phrag"ma\, n.; pl. {Prophragmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?], [?], fence, screen. ] (Zo[94]l.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects. | |
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Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See {Invert}.] 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See {Invert}.] 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See {Invert}.] 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See {Invert}.] 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See {Invert}.] 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Proportionable \Pro*por"tion*a*ble\, a. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- {Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness}, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. --Burke. Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e., English writers'] own coining. --Fitzed. Hall. | |
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Proportionable \Pro*por"tion*a*ble\, a. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- {Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness}, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. --Burke. Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e., English writers'] own coining. --Fitzed. Hall. | |
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Proportionably \Pro*por"tion*a*bly\, adv. Proportionally. --Locke. | |
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Logistic \Lo*gis"tic\, Logistical \Lo*gis"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] skilled in calculating, [?] to calculate, fr. lo`gos word, number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.] 1. Logical. [Obs.] --Berkeley. 2. (Math.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic. {Logistic}, [or] {Proportional}, {logarithms}, certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used. | |
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Proportional \Pro*por"tion*al\, n. 1. (Math.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional. 2. (Chem.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element. [Obs.] | |
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Proportional \Pro*por"tion*al\, a. [L. proportionalis: cf. F. proportionnel.] 1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. --Milton. 2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. --Hutton. 3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. {Proportional logarithms}, logistic logarithms. See under {Logistic}. {Proportional scale}, a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale. {Proportional} {scales, compasses, dividers}, etc. (Draughting), instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale. | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
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Proportional \Pro*por"tion*al\, a. [L. proportionalis: cf. F. proportionnel.] 1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. --Milton. 2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. --Hutton. 3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. {Proportional logarithms}, logistic logarithms. See under {Logistic}. {Proportional scale}, a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale. {Proportional} {scales, compasses, dividers}, etc. (Draughting), instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale. | |
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Proportional \Pro*por"tion*al\, a. [L. proportionalis: cf. F. proportionnel.] 1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. --Milton. 2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. --Hutton. 3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. {Proportional logarithms}, logistic logarithms. See under {Logistic}. {Proportional scale}, a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale. {Proportional} {scales, compasses, dividers}, etc. (Draughting), instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale. | |
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Proportionality \Pro*por`tion*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. proportionnalit[82].] The state of being in proportion. --Coleridge. | |
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, those logarithms (devised by John Speidell, 1619) of which the base is 2.7182818; -- so called from Napier, the inventor of logarithms. {Logistic} [or] {Proportionallogarithms.}, See under {Logistic}. | |
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Proportionally \Pro*por"tion*al*ly\, adv. In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large. --Sir I. Newton. | |
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Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, a. [L. proportionatus. See {Proportion}.] Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. --Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. --Locke. | |
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Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportionating}.] [Cf. {Proportion}, v.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. | |
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Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportionating}.] [Cf. {Proportion}, v.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. | |
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Proportionately \Pro*por"tion*ate*ly\, adv. In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally. | |
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Proportionateness \Pro*por"tion*ate*ness\, n. The quality or state of being proportionate. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportionating}.] [Cf. {Proportion}, v.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportioning}.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. {Proportionate}, v.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. | |
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Proportionless \Pro*por"tion*less\, a. Without proportion; unsymmetrical. | |
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Proportionment \Pro*por"tion*ment\, n. The act or process of dividing out proportionally. | |
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Propretor \Pro*pre"tor\, n. [L. propraetor; pro for, before + praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province. [Written also {propr[91]tor}.] | |
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Propretor \Pro*pre"tor\, n. [L. propraetor; pro for, before + praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province. [Written also {propr[91]tor}.] | |
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Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Proprietaries}. [L. proprietarius: cf. F. propri[82]taire. See {Propriety}, and cf. {Proprietor}.] 1. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. --Fuller. 2. A body proprietors, taken collectively. 3. (Eccl.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession. | |
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Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\, a. [L. proprietarius.] Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine. {Proprietary articles}, manufactured articles which some person or persons have exclusive right to make and sell. --U. S. Statutes. | |
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Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Proprietaries}. [L. proprietarius: cf. F. propri[82]taire. See {Propriety}, and cf. {Proprietor}.] 1. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. --Fuller. 2. A body proprietors, taken collectively. 3. (Eccl.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession. | |
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Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\, a. [L. proprietarius.] Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine. {Proprietary articles}, manufactured articles which some person or persons have exclusive right to make and sell. --U. S. Statutes. | |
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Propriety \Pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Proprieties}. [F. propri[82]t[82], L. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See {Property}, {Proper}.] 1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] [bd]Onles this propriety be exiled.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] --Bacon. We find no mention hereof in ancient zo[94]graphers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. --Sir T. Browne. 3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc. [bd]The rule of propriety,[b8] --Locke. | |
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Proprietor \Pro*pri"e*tor\, n. [For older proprietary: cf. F. propri[82]tarie.] One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill. | |
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Proprietorial \Pro*pri`e*to"ri*al\, a. Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights. | |
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Proprietorship \Pro*pri"e*tor*ship\, n. The state of being proprietor; ownership. | |
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Proprietress \Pro*pri"e*tress\, n. A female proprietor. | |
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Propriety \Pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Proprieties}. [F. propri[82]t[82], L. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See {Property}, {Proper}.] 1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] [bd]Onles this propriety be exiled.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] --Bacon. We find no mention hereof in ancient zo[94]graphers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. --Sir T. Browne. 3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc. [bd]The rule of propriety,[b8] --Locke. | |
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Proproctor \Pro*proc"tor\, n. [Pref. pro- + proctor.] [Eng. Univ.] A assistant proctor. --Hook. | |
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Prover \Prov"er\, n. One who, or that which, proves. | |
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Proverb \Prov"erb\, n. [OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L. proverbium; pro before, for + verbum a word. See {Verb}.] 1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage. --Chaucer. Bacon. 2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. --John xvi. 29. 3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations. --Deut. xxviii. 37. 4. A drama exemplifying a proverb. {Book of Proverbs}, a canonical book of the Old Testament, containing a great variety of wise maxims. Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw. | |
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Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. t. 1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.] Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? --Milton. 2. To provide with a proverb. [R.] I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. --Shak. | |
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Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. i. To write or utter proverbs. [R.] | |
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Proverbial \Pro*ver"bi*al\, a. [L. proverbialis: cf. F. proverbial.] 1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. --Sir W. Temple. 2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. [bd]A proverbial obscurity.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Proverbialism \Pro*ver"bi*al*ism\, n. A proverbial phrase. | |
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Proverbialist \Pro*ver"bi*al*ist\, n. One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs. | |
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Proverbialize \Pro*ver"bi*al*ize\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. proverbialiser.] To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs. | |
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Proverbially \Pro*ver"bi*al*ly\, adv. In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy. | |
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Puerperal \Pu*er"per*al\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp[82]ral.] Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever. | |
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Puerperous \Pu*er"per*ous\, a. Bearing children. [R.] | |
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Purifier \Pu"ri*fi`er\, n. One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. | |
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Puriform \Pu"ri*form\, a. [L. pus, puris, pus + -form: cf. F. puriforme.] (Med.) In the form of pus. | |
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Purparty \Pur"par`ty\, n. [OF. pourpartie; pour for + partie a part; cf. OF. purpart a respective part.] (Law) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener. [Written also {purpart}, and {pourparty}.] I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds. --Walpole. | |
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Purparty \Pur"par`ty\, n. [OF. pourpartie; pour for + partie a part; cf. OF. purpart a respective part.] (Law) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener. [Written also {purpart}, and {pourparty}.] I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds. --Walpole. | |
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Purport \Pur"port\, n. [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) + porter to bear, carry. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. The whole scope and purport of that dialogue. Norris. With a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell. -- Shak. 2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.] For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. --Spenser. | |
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Purport \Pur"port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purporting}.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See {Purport}, n.] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive. They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported. --Rowe. | |
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Purport \Pur"port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purporting}.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See {Purport}, n.] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive. They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported. --Rowe. | |
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Purport \Pur"port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purporting}.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See {Purport}, n.] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive. They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported. --Rowe. | |
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Purportless \Pur"port*less\, a. Without purport or meaning. | |
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Purpre \Pur"pre\, n. & a. Purple. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see {Prest}) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL. purprestura. Cf. {Purprise}.] (Law) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. [Written also {pourpresture}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purprise \Pur"prise\, n. [OF. pourpris,fr. pourprendre to take away entirely; pour for + prendre to take.] A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpurate \Pur"pu*rate\, a. Of or pertaining to purpura. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpurate \Pur"pu*rate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of purpuric acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpure \Pur"pure\, n. [L. purpura purple. See {Purple}.] (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpureal \Pur*pu"re*al\, a. Of a purple color; purple. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpureo- \Pur*pu"re*o-\ A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See {Cobaltic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cobaltic \Co*balt"ic\ (?; 74), a. [Cf. F. cobaltique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. {Luteo-cobaltic compounds} (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. {Roseo-cobaltic compounds} (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the {purpureo-cobaltic compounds}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpuric \Pur*pu"ric\, a. [Cf. F. purpurique.] 1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to purpura. --Dunglison. 2. (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name. Note: Purpuric acid was formerly used to designate murexan. See {Murexan}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Murexan \Mu*rex"an\, n. [From {Murexide}.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also {uramil}, {dialuramide}, and formerly {purpuric acid}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpurin \Pur"pu*rin\, n. (Chem.) A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpuriparous \Pur`pu*rip"a*rous\, a. [L. purpura purple + parere to produce.] (Biol.) Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purpurogenous \Pur`pu*rog"e*nous\, a. [L. purpura purple + -genous.] (Biol.) Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See {Visual purple}, under {Visual}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purverable \Pur"ver*a*ble\, a. Capable of being reduced to fine powder. --Boyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purveyor \Pur*vey"or\, n. [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F. pourvoyeur. See {Purvey}, and cf. {Proveditor}.] 1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. 2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. [Eng.] 3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyriform \Pyr"i*form\, a. [L. pyrum, pirum, a pear + -form: cf. F. pyriforme, piriforme.] Having the form of a pear; pear-shaped. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyroborate \Pyr`o*bo"rate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of pyroboric acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyroboric \Pyr`o*bo"ric\, a. [Pyro- + boric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, {H2B4O7} (called also {tetraboric} acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrophoric \Pyr`o*phor"ic\, Pyrophorous \Py*roph"o*rous\, a. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] to bear.] Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus. {Pyrophoric iron} (Chem.), finely reduced iron, which ignites spontaneously on contact with air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrophoric \Pyr`o*phor"ic\, Pyrophorous \Py*roph"o*rous\, a. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] to bear.] Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus. {Pyrophoric iron} (Chem.), finely reduced iron, which ignites spontaneously on contact with air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrophoric \Pyr`o*phor"ic\, Pyrophorous \Py*roph"o*rous\, a. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] to bear.] Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus. {Pyrophoric iron} (Chem.), finely reduced iron, which ignites spontaneously on contact with air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fire beetle \Fire" bee`tle\ (Zo[94]l.) A very brilliantly luminous beetle ({Pyrophorus noctilucus}), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also {cucujo}. The name is also applied to other species. See {Firefly}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pierre Part, LA (CDP, FIPS 60075) Location: 29.95755 N, 91.20886 W Population (1990): 3053 (1146 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70339 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
proprietary adj. 1. In {marketroid}-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers. 2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor able to gouge freely on service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in. Often in the phrase "proprietary crap". 3. Synonym for closed-source, e.g. software issued in binary without source and under a restructive license. Since the coining of the term {open source}, many hackers have made a conscious effort to distinguish between `proprietary' and `commercial' software. It is possible for software to be commercial (that is, intended to make a profit for the producers) without being proprietary. The reverse is also possible, for example in binary-only freeware. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PERFORM "paragraphs". [What's a paragraph?] (1997-06-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
peripheral computer other than the {CPU} or {working memory}, i.e. {disks}, {keyboards}, {monitors}, {mice}, {printers}, {scanners}, {tape drives}, {microphones}, {speakers}, {cameras}, to list just the less exotic ones. High speed working {memory}, such as {RAM}, {ROM} or, in the old days, {core} would not normally be referred to as peripherals. The more modern term "device" is also more general in that it is used for things such as a {pseudo-tty}, a {RAM drive}, or a {network adaptor}. Some argue that, since the advent of the {personal computer}, the {motherboard}, {hard disk}, keyboard, mouse, and monitor are all parts of the base system, and only use the term "peripheral" for optional additional components. (2002-09-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Peripheral Component Interconnect {personal computer}, designed by {Intel} and released around Autumn 1993. PCI is supported by most major manufacturers including {Apple Computer}. It is technically far superior to {VESA}'s {local bus}. It runs at 20 - 33 MHz and carries 32 bits at a time over a 124-pin connector or 64 bits over a 188-pin connector. An address is sent in one cycle followed by one word of data (or several in burst mode). PCI is used in systems based on {Pentium}, {Pentium Pro}, {AMD 5x86}, {AMD K5} and {AMD K6} processors, in some {DEC Alpha} and {PowerPC} systems, and probably {Cyrix 586} and {Cyrix 686} systems. However, it is processor independent and so can work with other processor architectures as well. Technically, PCI is not a bus but a {bridge} or {mezzanine}. It includes buffers to decouple the {CPU} from relatively slow peripherals and allow them to operate asynchronously. (1997-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
peripheral device {peripheral} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Peripheral Technology Group PC}-to-{Unix} and {Internet} connectivity products. They cater for resellers, dealers and {VAR}s and are one of the top {Seagate} and {Micropolis} distributors in the US. {Home (http://www.ptgs.com/)}. Address: Eden Prairie, MN, USA (a suburb of Minneapolis). Eden Prairie ("Silicon Prairie") is the home of Digi International, Ontrack, Open Systems, LaserMaster, Best Buy, and others. (1995-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
preprocessor A program invoked by various {compiler}s to process code before compilation. For example, the {C} preprocessor, {cpp}, handles textual {macro} substitution, {conditional compilation} and inclusion of other files. A preprocessor may be used to transform a program into a simpler language, e.g. to transform {C++} into {C}. (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
proprietary 1. In {marketroid}-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers. 2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to {open-systems} {standard}s, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor who can inflate service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Purveyor and {Windows 95} (when available). {Home (http://www.process.com/)}. E-mail: (1995-04-11) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Parbar (1 Chr. 26:18), a place apparently connected with the temple, probably a "suburb" (q.v.), as the word is rendered in 2 Kings 23:11; a space between the temple wall and the wall of the court; an open portico into which the chambers of the official persons opened (1 Chr. 26:18). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pharpar swift, one of the rivers of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). It has been identified with the 'Awaj, "a small lively river." The whole of the district watered by the 'Awaj is called the Wady el-'Ajam, i.e., "the valley of the Persians", so called for some unknown reason. This river empties itself into the lake or marsh Bahret Hijaneh, on the east of Damascus. One of its branches bears the modern name of Wady Barbar, which is probably a corruption of Pharpar. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Proportion of faith (Rom. 12:6). Paul says here that each one was to exercise his gift of prophecy, i.e., of teaching, "according to the proportion of faith." The meaning is, that the utterances of the "prophet" were not to fluctuate according to his own impulses or independent thoughts, but were to be adjusted to the truth revealed to him as a beliver, i.e., were to be in accordance with it. In post-Reformation times this phrase was used as meaning that all Scripture was to be interpreted with reference to all other Scripture, i.e., that no words or expressions were to be isolated or interpreted in a way contrary to its general teaching. This was also called the "analogy of faith." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Proverb a trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isa. 14:4; Hab. 2:6; "dark saying" in Ps. 49:4, Num. 12:8. Ahab's defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial saying (1 Kings 20:11). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Proverbs, Book of a collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic form. This book sets forth the "philosophy of practical life. It is the sign to us that the Bible does not despise common sense and discretion. It impresses upon us in the most forcible manner the value of intelligence and prudence and of a good education. The whole strength of the Hebrew language and of the sacred authority of the book is thrown upon these homely truths. It deals, too, in that refined, discriminating, careful view of the finer shades of human character so often overlooked by theologians, but so necessary to any true estimate of human life" (Stanley's Jewish Church). As to the origin of this book, "it is probable that Solomon gathered and recast many proverbs which sprang from human experience in preceeding ages and were floating past him on the tide of time, and that he also elaborated many new ones from the material of his own experience. Towards the close of the book, indeed, are preserved some of Solomon's own sayings that seem to have fallen from his lips in later life and been gathered by other hands' (Arnot's Laws from Heaven, etc.) This book is usually divided into three parts: (1.) Consisting of ch. 1-9, which contain an exhibition of wisdom as the highest good. (2.) Consisting of ch. 10-24. (3.) Containing proverbs of Solomon "which the men of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, collected" (ch. 25-29). These are followed by two supplements, (1) "The words of Agur" (ch. 30); and (2) "The words of king Lemuel" (ch. 31). Solomon is said to have written three thousand proverbs, and those contained in this book may be a selection from these (1 Kings 4:32). In the New Testament there are thirty-five direct quotations from this book or allusions to it. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Pur, Purim a lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical commemoration of Haman's consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose of ascertaining the auspicious day for executing his cruel plot against their nation. It became a national institution by the common consent of the Jews, and is observed by them to the present day, on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar, a month before the Passover. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Parbar, a suburb | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Pharpar, that produces fruit |