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Parabanic \Par`a*ban"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] to pass over.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance ({C3N2H2O3}); -- also called oxalyl urea. | |
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Paraffin \Par"af*fin\, Paraffine \Par"af*fine\, n. [F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins. Note: In the present chemical usage this word is spelt paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt paraffine. {Native paraffin}. See {Ozocerite}. {Paraffin series}. See {Methane series}, under {Methane}. | |
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Methane \Meth"ane\, n. [See {Methal}.] (Chem.) A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, {CH4}; marsh gas. See {Marsh gas}, under {Gas}. {Methane series} (Chem.), a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the {paraffin (little affinity) series}. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper. | |
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Paraffin \Par"af*fin\, Paraffine \Par"af*fine\, n. [F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins. Note: In the present chemical usage this word is spelt paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt paraffine. {Native paraffin}. See {Ozocerite}. {Paraffin series}. See {Methane series}, under {Methane}. | |
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Paraffin \Par"af*fin\, Paraffine \Par"af*fine\, n. [F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins. Note: In the present chemical usage this word is spelt paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt paraffine. {Native paraffin}. See {Ozocerite}. {Paraffin series}. See {Methane series}, under {Methane}. | |
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Paraph \Par"aph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paraphing}.] [Cf. F. parapher, parafer.] To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials. | |
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Paravant \Par"a*vant`\, Paravant \Par"a*vant`\, adv. [OF. par avant. See {Par}, and lst {Avaunt}.] 1. In front; publicly. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Beforehand; first. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Paraventure \Par`a*ven"ture\, adv. [Par + aventure.] Peradventure; perchance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Paripinnate \Par`i*pin"nate\, a. [Pari- + pinnate.] (Bot.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end. | |
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Parvanimity \Par`va*nim"i*ty\, n. [L. parvus little + animus mind.] The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity. --De Quincey. | |
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Parvenu \Par"ve*nu`\, n. [F., prop. p. p. of parvenir to attain to, to succeed, to rise to high station, L. pervenire to come to; per through + venire to come. See {Par}, prep., and {Come}.] An upstart; a man newly risen into notice. | |
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Pear \Pear\ (p[acir]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. {Perry}.] (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See {Pear family}, below. {Pear blight}. (a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minute insect ({Xyleborus pyri}), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J. Downing. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A very small beetle ({Xyleborus pyri}) whose larv[91] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither. {Pear family} (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants ({Pome[91]}), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hawthorn. {Pear gauge} (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. {Pear shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Pyrula}, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape. {Pear slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree. | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perbend \Per"bend\, n. See {Perpender}. | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perbend \Per"bend\, n. See {Perpender}. | |
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Perfumatory \Per*fu"ma*to*ry\, a. Emitting perfume; perfuming. [R.] --Sir E. Leigh. | |
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Perfume \Per"fume\, n. [F. parfum; cf. Sp. perfume. See {Perfume}, v.] 1. The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma. No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field. --Pope. 2. A substance that emits an agreeable odor. And thou shalt make it a perfume. --Ex. xxx. 35. | |
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Perfume \Per*fume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfuming}.] [F. parfumer (cf. Sp. perfumar); par (see {Par}) + fumer to smoke, L. fumare, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}.] To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies. --Pope. | |
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Perfume \Per*fume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfuming}.] [F. parfumer (cf. Sp. perfumar); par (see {Par}) + fumer to smoke, L. fumare, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}.] To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies. --Pope. | |
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Perfumer \Per*fum"er\, n. 1. One who, oe that which, perfumes. 2. One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes. | |
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Perfumery \Per*fum"er*y\, n. 1. Perfumes, in general. 2. [Cf. F. parfumerie.] The art of preparing perfumes. | |
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Perfume \Per*fume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfuming}.] [F. parfumer (cf. Sp. perfumar); par (see {Par}) + fumer to smoke, L. fumare, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}.] To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies. --Pope. | |
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Perfunctorily \Per*func"to*ri*ly\, adv. In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly. --Boyle. | |
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Perfunctoriness \Per*func"to*ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being perfunctory. | |
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Perfunctory \Per*func"to*ry\, a. [L. perfunctorius, fr. perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of perfungi to discharge, dispatch; per (see {Per}) + fungi to perform. See {Function}.] 1. Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions. --Macaulay. 2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless. [bd]Perfunctory in his devotions.[b8] --Sharp. | |
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Perfuncturate \Per*func"tu*rate\, v. t. To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently. [R.] | |
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Peripneumonic \Per`ip*neu*mon"ic\, a. [L. peripneumonicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]ripneumonique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to peripneumonia. | |
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d8Peripneumonia \[d8]Per`ip*neu*mo"ni*a\, Peripneumony \Per`ip*neu"mo*ny\, n. [L. peripneumonia, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]ripneumonie. See {Peri-}, {Pneumonia}.] (Med.) Pneumonia. (Obsoles.) | |
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Perpend \Per*pend"\, v. t. [L. perpendere, perpensum; per + pendere to weight.] To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] [bd]Perpend my words.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Perpend \Per*pend"\, v. i. To attend; to be attentive. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perpend stone \Per"pend stone`\ See {Perpender}. | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perpend stone \Per"pend stone`\ See {Perpender}. | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perpendicle \Per*pen"di*cle\, n. [L. perpendiculum; per + pendere to hang: cf. F. perpendicule.] Something hanging straight down; a plumb line. [Obs.] | |
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Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, n. 1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction. 2. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side. | |
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Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. perpendicularis, perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See {Perpendicle}, {Pension}.] 1. Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth. 2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. {Perpendicular style} (Arch.), a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions. | |
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Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. perpendicularis, perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See {Perpendicle}, {Pension}.] 1. Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth. 2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. {Perpendicular style} (Arch.), a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions. | |
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Perpendicularity \Per`pen*dic`u*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. perpendicularit[82].] The quality or state of being perpendicular. | |
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Perpendicularly \Per`pen*dic"u*lar*ly\, adv. In a perpendicular manner; vertically. | |
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Perpension \Per*pen"sion\, n. [See {Perpend}.] Careful consideration; pondering. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Perpensity \Per*pen"si*ty\, n. Perpension. [Obs.] | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perpent stone \Per"pent stone`\ See {Perpender}. | |
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Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also {perbend}, {perpend stone}, and {perpent stone}. | |
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Perpent stone \Per"pent stone`\ See {Perpender}. | |
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Peruvian \Pe*ru"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.] Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Peru. {Peruvian balsam}. See {Balsam of Peru}, under {Balsam}. {Peruvian bark}, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; -- called also {Jesuit's bark}, and {cinchona}. See {Cinchona}. | |
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Peruvian \Pe*ru"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.] Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Peru. {Peruvian balsam}. See {Balsam of Peru}, under {Balsam}. {Peruvian bark}, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; -- called also {Jesuit's bark}, and {cinchona}. See {Cinchona}. | |
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Peruvian \Pe*ru"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.] Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Peru. {Peruvian balsam}. See {Balsam of Peru}, under {Balsam}. {Peruvian bark}, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; -- called also {Jesuit's bark}, and {cinchona}. See {Cinchona}. | |
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Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.] [Written also {mastich}.] 1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus {Pistacia} ({P. Lentiscus}), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, {mastic tree}. 2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. 3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. {Barbary mastic} (Bot.), the {Pistachia Atlantica}. {Peruvian mastic tree} (Bot.), a small tree ({Schinus Molle}) with peppery red berries; -- called also {pepper tree}. {West Indian mastic} (Bot.), a lofty tree ({Bursera gummifera}) full of gum resin in every part. | |
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Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
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Porpentine \Por"pen*tine\, n. Porcupine. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Pourpoint \Pour"point\, n. [F.] A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians. | |
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Pourveyance \Pour*vey"ance\, n. See {Purveyance}. | |
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Preappoint \Pre`ap*point"\, v. t. To appoint previously, or beforehand. --Carlyle. | |
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Preappointment \Pre`ap*point"ment\, n. Previous appointment. | |
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Prebend \Preb"end\ (pr[ecr]b"[ecr]nd), n. [F. pr[82]bende (cf. It. & Sp. prebenda), from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr. praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}, and cf. {Provender}.] 1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See {Note} under {Benefice}. 2. A prebendary. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Dignitary prebend}, one having jurisdiction annexed to it. {Simple prebend}, one without jurisdiction. | |
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Prebendal \Pre*ben"dal\ (pr[esl]*b[ecr]n"d[ait]l), a. Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall. --Chesterfield. | |
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Prebendary \Preb"en*da*ry\ (pr[ecr]b"[ecr]n*d[asl]*r[ycr]), n. [LL. praebendarius: cf. F. pr[82]bendaire. See {Prebend}.] 1. A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See {Note} under {Benefice}, n., 3. --Hook. 2. A prebendaryship. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Prebendaryship \Preb"en*da*ry*ship\, n. The office of a prebendary. | |
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Prebendate \Preb"en*date\, v. t. [LL. praebendatus, p. p. of praebendari.] To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend. [Obs.] --Grafton. | |
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Prebendship \Preb"end*ship\, n. A prebendaryship. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Prefine \Pre*fine"\, v. t. [L. praefinire; prae before + finire to limit, determine: cf. F. pr[82]finer.] To limit beforehand. [Obs.] --Knolles. | |
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Prefinite \Pre*fi"nite\, a. [L. praefinitus, p. p.] Prearranged. [Obs.] [bd] Set and prefinite time.[b8] --Holland. | |
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Prefinition \Pref`i*ni"tion\, n. [L. praefinitio.] Previous limitation. [Obs.] --Fotherby. | |
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Preopinion \Pre`o*pin"ion\, n. Opinion previously formed; prepossession; prejudice. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Prepay \Pre*pay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepaying}.] To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage. | |
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Prepayment \Pre*pay"ment\, n. Payment in advance. | |
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Prepenial \Pre*pe"ni*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis. | |
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Prepense \Pre*pense"\, v. t. [Pref. pre + F. penser to think. See {Pansy}.] To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] --Spenser. Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Prepense \Pre*pense"\, v. i. To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.] | |
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Prepense \Pre*pense"\, a. [See {Pansy}, and cf. {Prepense}, v. t.] Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. --Southey. | |
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Malice \Mal"ice\, n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. [?] black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. {Mauger}.] 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. [bd]Nor set down aught in malice.[b8] --Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. --Ld. Holt. 2. (Law) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. {Malice aforethought} [or] {prepense}, malice previously and deliberately entertained. Syn: Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. Usage: See {Spite}. -- {Malevolence}, {Malignity}, {Malignancy}. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. --Somerville. in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. --Cogan. | |
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Prepense \Pre*pense"\, v. t. [Pref. pre + F. penser to think. See {Pansy}.] To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] --Spenser. Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Prepense \Pre*pense"\, v. i. To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.] | |
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Prepense \Pre*pense"\, a. [See {Pansy}, and cf. {Prepense}, v. t.] Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. --Southey. | |
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Malice \Mal"ice\, n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. [?] black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. {Mauger}.] 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. [bd]Nor set down aught in malice.[b8] --Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. --Ld. Holt. 2. (Law) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. {Malice aforethought} [or] {prepense}, malice previously and deliberately entertained. Syn: Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. Usage: See {Spite}. -- {Malevolence}, {Malignity}, {Malignancy}. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. --Somerville. in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. --Cogan. | |
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Prepensely \Pre*pense"ly\, adv. In a premeditated manner. | |
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Preponder \Pre*pon"der\v. t. To preponderate. [Obs.] | |
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Preponderance \Pre*pon"der*ance\, Preponderancy \Pre*pon"der*an*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]pond[82]rance.] 1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. The mind should . . . reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability. --Locke. In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. --Macaulay. 2. (Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. | |
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Preponderance \Pre*pon"der*ance\, Preponderancy \Pre*pon"der*an*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]pond[82]rance.] 1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. The mind should . . . reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability. --Locke. In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. --Macaulay. 2. (Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. | |
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Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. pr[82]pond[82]rant. See {Preponderate}.] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance. -- {Pre*pon"der*ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. pr[82]pond[82]rant. See {Preponderate}.] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance. -- {Pre*pon"der*ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preponderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preponderating}.] [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See {Ponder}.] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. --Glanvill. 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. --Fuller. | |
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Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. i. To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated. That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preponderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preponderating}.] [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See {Ponder}.] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. --Glanvill. 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. --Fuller. | |
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Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preponderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preponderating}.] [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See {Ponder}.] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. --Glanvill. 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. --Fuller. | |
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Preponderatingly \Pre*pon"der*a`ting*ly\, adv. In a preponderating manner; preponderantly. | |
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Preponderation \Pre*pon`der*a"tion\, n. [L. praeponderatio.] The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons. --I. Watts. | |
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Prevenance \Prev"e*nance\, n. [F. pr[82]venance.] (Metaph.) A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. [bd]The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence.[b8] --Ward. | |
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Prevenancy \Prev"e*nan*cy\, n. The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. [Obs.] --Sterne. | |
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Prevene \Pre*vene"\, v. t. & i. [F. pr[82]venir, L. praevenire. See {Prevent}.] To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [Obs.] --Philips. | |
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Prevenience \Pre*ven"i*ence\ (?; 106), n. The act of going before; anticipation. [R.] | |
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Prevenient \Pre*ven"i*ent\, a. [L. praeveniens, p. pr.] Going before; preceding; hence, preventive. [bd]Prevenient grace descending.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prevented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preventing}.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See {Come}.] 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.] We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. --1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. --Bk. of Common Prayer. Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. --Prior. 2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.] Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. --Pope. 3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. [bd]This vile purpose to prevent.[b8] --Shak. Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton. | |
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Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. i. To come before the usual time. [Obs.] Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. --Bacon. | |
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Preventability \Pre*vent`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being preventable. | |
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Preventable \Pre*vent"a*ble\, a. Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases. | |
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Preventative \Pre*vent"a*tive\, n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. | |
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Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prevented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preventing}.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See {Come}.] 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.] We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. --1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. --Bk. of Common Prayer. Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. --Prior. 2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.] Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. --Pope. 3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. [bd]This vile purpose to prevent.[b8] --Shak. Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton. | |
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Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. 3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. {Preventer bolts}, [or] {Preventer plates} (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to re[89]nforce other rigging. {Preventer stay}. (Naut.) Same as {Preventer}, 3. | |
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Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. 3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. {Preventer bolts}, [or] {Preventer plates} (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to re[89]nforce other rigging. {Preventer stay}. (Naut.) Same as {Preventer}, 3. | |
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Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. 3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. {Preventer bolts}, [or] {Preventer plates} (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to re[89]nforce other rigging. {Preventer stay}. (Naut.) Same as {Preventer}, 3. | |
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Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. 3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. {Preventer bolts}, [or] {Preventer plates} (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to re[89]nforce other rigging. {Preventer stay}. (Naut.) Same as {Preventer}, 3. | |
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Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prevented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preventing}.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See {Come}.] 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.] We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. --1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. --Bk. of Common Prayer. Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. --Prior. 2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.] Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. --Pope. 3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. [bd]This vile purpose to prevent.[b8] --Shak. Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton. | |
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Preventingly \Pre*vent"ing*ly\, adv. So as to prevent or hinder. | |
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Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]vention.] 1. The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.] The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. --Bacon. 2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] --Hammond. Shak. 3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. --South. Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. --Shak. 4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] --Dryden. | |
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Preventional \Pre*ven"tion*al\, a. Tending to prevent. [Obs.] | |
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Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]ventif.] 1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.] Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. --Cudworth. 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. Physic is either curative or preventive. --Sir T. Browne. {Preventive service}, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng] | |
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Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. | |
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Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]ventif.] 1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.] Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. --Cudworth. 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. Physic is either curative or preventive. --Sir T. Browne. {Preventive service}, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng] | |
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Preventively \Pre*vent"ive*ly\, adv. In a preventive manner. | |
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Prevoyant \Pre*voy"ant\, a. [F. pr[82]voyant.] Foreseeing; prescient. [R.] --Mrs. Oliphant. | |
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Priapean \Pri`a*pe"an\, n. [Cf. L. Priapeius pertaining to Priapus.] (Lat. Pros.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each. --Andrews. | |
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Probang \Pro"bang\, n. [See {Probe}.] A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc. | |
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Probe \Probe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Probed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Probing}.] [L. probare to try, examine. See {Prove}.] 1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe. 2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. --Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. --Hallam. | |
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Profanate \Prof"a*nate\, v. t. To profane. [Obs.] | |
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Profanation \Prof`a*na"tion\, n. [L. profanatio: cf. F. profanation. See {Profane}, v. t.] 1. The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God. 2. The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy. 'T were profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. --Donne. | |
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Profane \Pro*fane"\, a. [F., fr. L. profanus, properly, before the temple, i. e., without the temple, unholy; pro before + fanum temple. See 1st {Fane}.] 1. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place. [bd]Profane authors.[b8] --I. Disraeli. The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine. --Gibbon. 2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue. --1 Tim. i. 9. Syn: Secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed; unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked; godless; impious. See {Impious}. | |
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Profane \Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profaning}.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See {Profane}, a.] 1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God. The priests in the temple profane the sabbath. --Matt. xii. 5. 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak. | |
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Profane \Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profaning}.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See {Profane}, a.] 1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God. The priests in the temple profane the sabbath. --Matt. xii. 5. 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak. | |
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Profanely \Pro*fane"ly\, adv. In a profane manner. The character of God profanely impeached. --Dr. T. Dwight. | |
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Profaneness \Pro*fane"ness\, n. The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language. | |
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Profaner \Pro*fan"er\, n. One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language. --Hooker. | |
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Profane \Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profaning}.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See {Profane}, a.] 1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God. The priests in the temple profane the sabbath. --Matt. xii. 5. 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak. | |
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Profanity \Pro*fan"i*ty\, n. [L. profanitas.] 1. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy. 2. That which is profane; profane language or acts. The brisk interchange of profanity and folly. --Buckminster. | |
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Profound \Pro*found"\, a. [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before, forward + fundus the bottom. See {Found} to establish, {Bottom} lowest part.] 1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. [bd]A gulf profound.[b8] --Milton. 2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom. 3. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep. [bd]Profound sciatica.[b8] --Shak. Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt. --Milman. 4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow. What humble gestures! What profound reverence! --Duppa. | |
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Profound \Pro*found"\, n. 1. The deep; the sea; the ocean. God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned. --Sandys. 2. An abyss. --Milton. | |
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Profound \Pro*found"\, v. t. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Profound \Pro*found"\, v. i. To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.] | |
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Profoundly \Pro*found"ly\, adv. In a profound manner. Why sigh you so profoundly? --Shak. | |
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Profoundness \Pro*found"ness\, n. The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. --Hooker. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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{Proof charge} (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength. {Proof impression}. See under {Impression}. {Proof load} (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, column, etc., without straining the piece beyond the elastic limit. {Proof sheet}. See {Proof}, n., 5. {Proof spirit} (Chem.), a strong distilled liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing not less than a standard amount of alcohol. In the United States [bd]proof spirit is defined by law to be that mixture of alcohol and water which contains one half of its volume of alcohol, the alcohol when at a temperature of 60[deg] Fahrenheit being of specific gravity 0.7939 referred to water at its maximum density as unity. Proof spirit has at 60[deg] Fahrenheit a specific gravity of 0.93353, 100 parts by volume of the same consisting of 50 parts of absolute alcohol and 53.71 parts of water,[b8] the apparent excess of water being due to contraction of the liquids on mixture. In England proof spirit is defined by Act 58, George III., to be such as shall at a temperature of 51[deg] Fahrenheit weigh exactly the [frac12x13] part of an equal measure of distilled water. This contains 49.3 per cent by weight, or 57.09 by volume, of alcohol. Stronger spirits, as those of about 60, 70, and 80 per cent of alcohol, are sometimes called second, third, and fourth proof spirits respectively. {Proof staff}, a straight-edge used by millers to test the flatness of a stone. {Proof stick} (Sugar Manuf.), a rod in the side of a vacuum pan, for testing the consistency of the sirup. {Proof text}, a passage of Scripture used to prove a doctrine. | |
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Impression \Im*pres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.] 1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence. 2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without. The stamp and clear impression of good sense. --Cowper. To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. --Barrow. 3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.] Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. --Milton. A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. --Holland. 4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern. --Reid. His words impression left. --Milton. Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak. I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married. --Ford. 5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief. 6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery. Which must be read with an impression. --Milton. 7. (Print.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time. Ten impressions which his books have had. --Dryden. 8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like. [R.] 9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like. {Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn. | |
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Propane \Pro"pane\, n. [Propyl + methane.] (Chem.) A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, {C3H8}, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also {propyl hydride}. | |
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Propend \Pro*pend"\, v. i. [L. propendere, propensum; pro forward, forth + pendere to hang. See {Pendent}.] To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] --Shak. We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. --Barrow. | |
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Propendency \Pro*pend"en*cy\, n. 1. Propensity. [R.] 2. Attentive deliberation. [R.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Propendent \Pro*pend"ent\, a. [L. propendens, p. pr.] Inclining forward or toward. --South. | |
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Propene \Pro"pene\, n. [Propyl + ethylene.] (Chem.) Same as {Propylene}. | |
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Propylene \Pro"pyl*ene\, n. [Cf. F. propyl[8a]ne.] (Chem.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon ({C3H6}) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also {propene}. | |
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Propene \Pro"pene\, n. [Propyl + ethylene.] (Chem.) Same as {Propylene}. | |
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Propylene \Pro"pyl*ene\, n. [Cf. F. propyl[8a]ne.] (Chem.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon ({C3H6}) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also {propene}. | |
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Propense \Pro*pense"\, a. [L. propensus, p. p. See {Propend}.] Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. --Hooker. -- {Pro*pense"ly}, adv. -- {Pro*pense"ness}, n. | |
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Propense \Pro*pense"\, a. [L. propensus, p. p. See {Propend}.] Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. --Hooker. -- {Pro*pense"ly}, adv. -- {Pro*pense"ness}, n. | |
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Propense \Pro*pense"\, a. [L. propensus, p. p. See {Propend}.] Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. --Hooker. -- {Pro*pense"ly}, adv. -- {Pro*pense"ness}, n. | |
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Propension \Pro*pen"sion\, n. [L. propensio: cf. F. propension. See {Propend}, {Propense}.] The quality or state of being propense; propensity. --M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. --Shak. | |
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Propensity \Pro*pen"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Propensities}. The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. [bd]A propensity to utter blasphemy.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency. | |
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Propensity \Pro*pen"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Propensities}. The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. [bd]A propensity to utter blasphemy.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency. | |
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Propenyl \Pro"pe*nyl\, n. [Propene + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, {C3H5}, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. {Allyl}, and {Glyceryl}. | |
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Glyceryl \Glyc"er*yl\, n. [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {C3H5}, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also {propenyl}. | |
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Propenyl \Pro"pe*nyl\, n. [Propene + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, {C3H5}, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. {Allyl}, and {Glyceryl}. | |
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Glyceryl \Glyc"er*yl\, n. [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {C3H5}, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also {propenyl}. | |
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Prophane \Pro*phane"\, a. & v. t. See {Profane}. [Obs.] | |
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Propination \Prop`i*na"tion\, n. [L. propinatio. See {Propine}.] The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Obs.] --Abp. Potter. | |
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Propine \Pro*pine"\, v. t. [L. propinare, Gr. [?]; [?] before + [?] to drink.] 1. To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup. [Obs.] The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. --C. Smart. 2. Hence, to give in token of friendship. [Obs.] 3. To give, or deliver; to subject. [Obs.] --Fotherby. | |
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Propine \Pro*pine"\, n. 1. A pledge. [Obs. or Scot.] 2. A gift; esp., drink money. [Obs or Scot.] | |
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Propine \Pro"pine\, n. [Propyl + ethine.] (Chem.) Same as {Allylene}. | |
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Propinquity \Pro*pin"qui*ty\, n. [L. propinquitas, from propinquus near, neighboring, from prope near.] 1. Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity. 2. Nearness in time. --Sir T. Browne. 3. Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity. --Shak. | |
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Propinyl \Pro"pi*nyl\, n. [Propine + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds. | |
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Propionate \Pro"pi*o*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of propionic acid. | |
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Propione \Pro"pi*one\, n. (Chem.) The ketone of propionic acid, obtained as a colorless fragrant liquid. | |
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Propionic \Pro`pi*on"ic\, a. [Proto- + Gr. pi`wn fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel. | |
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Propionyl \Pro"pi*o*nyl\, n. (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {C3H5O}, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds. | |
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Propone \Pro*pone"\, v. t. [L. proponere to propose. See {Propound}.] To propose; to bring forward. | |
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Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, a. [L. proponens, p. pr.] Making proposals; proposing. | |
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Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, n. 1. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition. --Dryden. 2. (Law) The propounder of a thing. | |
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Propound \Pro*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propounding}.] [From earlier propone, L. proponere, propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before + ponere to put. See {Position}, and cf. {Provost}.] 1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. --Shak. And darest thou to the Son of God propound To worship thee, accursed? --Milton. It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. --Coleridge. 2. (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church. | |
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Propound \Pro*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propounding}.] [From earlier propone, L. proponere, propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before + ponere to put. See {Position}, and cf. {Provost}.] 1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. --Shak. And darest thou to the Son of God propound To worship thee, accursed? --Milton. It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. --Coleridge. 2. (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church. | |
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Propounder \Pro*pound"er\, n. One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration. --Chillingworth. | |
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Propound \Pro*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propounding}.] [From earlier propone, L. proponere, propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before + ponere to put. See {Position}, and cf. {Provost}.] 1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument. --Shak. And darest thou to the Son of God propound To worship thee, accursed? --Milton. It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. --Coleridge. 2. (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church. | |
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Prop \Prop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propping}.] [Akin to LG. & D. proppen to cram, stuff, thrust into, stop, G. pfropfen, Dan. proppe, Sw. proppa; of uncertain origin, cf. G. pfropfen to graft, fr. L. propago set, layer of a plant, slip, shoot. Cf. 3d. {Prop}, {Propagate}.] To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state. --Shak. Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. --Pope. For being not propp'd by ancestry. --Shak. I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. --Pope. | |
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Provand \Prov"and\, Proant \Pro"ant\, n. [See {Provender}.] Provender or food. [Obs.] One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Provant \Pro*vant"\, v. t. To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. [Obs.] --Nash. | |
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Provant \Prov"ant\, a. Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. [bd]A poor provant rapier.[b8] --B. Jonson. | |
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Proven \Prov"en\, p. p. [or] a. Proved. [bd]Accusations firmly proven in his mind.[b8] --Thackeray. Of this which was the principal charge, and was generally believed to beproven, he was acquitted. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). {Not proven} (Scots Law), a verdict of a jury that the guilt of the accused is not made out, though not disproved. --Mozley & W. | |
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Provenance \Prov"e*nance\, n. [F., fr. provenir to originate, to come forth, L. provenire. Cf. {Provenience}.] Origin; source; provenience. Their age attested by their provenance and associations. --A. H. Keane. | |
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Provence rose \Prov"ence rose`\ [Provence the place + rose.] (a) The cabbage rose ({Rosa centifolia}). (b) A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of {Rosa centifolia} and {R. Gallica}. | |
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Provencial \Pro*ven"cial\, a. [See {Proven[cced]al}.] Of or pertaining to Provence in France. | |
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Provend \Prov"end\, n. See {Provand}. [Obs.] | |
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Provender \Prov"en*der\, n. [OE. provende, F. provende, provisions, provender, fr. LL. praebenda (prae and pro being confused), a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See {Prebend}.] 1. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. [bd]Hay or other provender.[b8] --Mortimer. Good provender laboring horses would have. --Tusser. 2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.] | |
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Provenience \Pro*ve"ni*ence\, n. [L. proveniens, -entis, p.pr. of provenire to come forth; pro forth + venire to come.] Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in arch[91]ology; as, the provenience of a patera. | |
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Provenient \Pro*ve"ni*ent\, a. [L. proveniens, p.pr.] Forthcoming; issuing. [Rare] | |
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Provent \Prov"ent\, n. See {Provand}. [Obs.] | |
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Proventricle \Pro*ven"tri*cle\, n. (Anat.) Proventriculus. | |
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Province \Prov"ince\, n. [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See {Victor}.] 1. (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. --Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton. 2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. [bd]Kingdoms and provinces.[b8] --Shak. 3. A region of country; a tract; a district. Over many a tract of heaven they marched, and many a province wide. --Milton. Other provinces of the intellectual world. --I. Watts. 4. A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority. 5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. --Tattler. 6. Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Provincial \Pro*vin"cial\, a. [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See {Province}, and cf. {Provencal}.] 1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. 2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. [bd]Provincial airs and graces.[b8] --Macaulay. 3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. --Ayliffe. 4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.] With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Provincial \Pro*vin"cial\, n. 1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. | |
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Provincialism \Pro*vin"cial*ism\, n. [Cf. F. provincialisme.] A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. --M. Arnold. | |
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Provincialist \Pro*vin"cial*ist\, n. One who lives in a province; a provincial. | |
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Provinciality \Pro*vin`ci*al"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. --T. Warton. | |
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Provincialize \Pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provincialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Provincializing}.] To render provincial. --M. Arnold. | |
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Provincialize \Pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provincialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Provincializing}.] To render provincial. --M. Arnold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Provincialize \Pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provincialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Provincializing}.] To render provincial. --M. Arnold. | |
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Provincially \Pro*vin"cial*ly\, adv. In a provincial manner. | |
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Provinciate \Pro*vin"ci*ate\, v. t. To convert into a province or provinces. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Provine \Pro*vine"\, v. i. [F. provingner, fr. provin a set, layer of a plant, OF. provain, from L. propago, -aginis, akin to propagare to propagate. See {Propagate}, {Prune}, v. t.] To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prove \Prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proving}.] [OE. prover, F. prouver, fr. L. probare to try, approve, prove, fr. probus good, proper. Cf. {Probable}, {Proof}, {Probe}.] 1. To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure. Thou hast proved mine heart. --Ps. xvii. 3. 2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence. They have inferred much from slender premises, and conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H. Newman. 3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will. 4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer. Where she, captived long, great woes did prove. --Spenser. 5. (Arith.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved. 6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page. Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince; manifest; show; demonstrate. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purifying}.] [F. purifier, L. purificare; purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Pure}, and {-fy}.] 1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart. And fit them so Purified to receive him pure. --Milton. (b) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar. --Lev. viii. 15. Purify both yourselves and your captives. -- Num. xxxi. 19. (c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language. --Sprat. | |
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Purveance \Pur"ve*ance\, Purveiaunce \Pur"vei*aunce`\, n. Purveyance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Purveance \Pur"ve*ance\, Purveiaunce \Pur"vei*aunce`\, n. Purveyance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purveyance \Pur*vey"ance\, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.] 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. --Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. --Spenser. 2. That which is provided; provisions; food. 3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. --Wharton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purveyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purveying}.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir, porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See {Provide}, and cf. {Purview}.] 1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser. 2. To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrophane \Pyr"o*phane\, n. [See {Pyrophanous}.] (Min.) A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat. | |
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Pyrophanous \Py*roph"a*nous\, a. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] to show, pass, to shine.] Rendered transparent by heat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pyrophone \Pyr"o*phone\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. [?] sound.] A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizes and lengths. | |
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Pyrovanadic \Pyr`o*va*nad"ic\, a. [Pyro- + vanadic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogous to pyrophosphoric acid. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pierpont, OH Zip code(s): 44082 Pierpont, SD (town, FIPS 49540) Location: 45.49693 N, 97.83113 W Population (1990): 173 (90 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57468 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Provencal, LA (village, FIPS 62770) Location: 31.65267 N, 93.20033 W Population (1990): 538 (234 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71468 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Provincetown, MA (CDP, FIPS 55535) Location: 42.05109 N, 70.17939 W Population (1990): 3374 (3660 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 8.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02657 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
prepend /pree`pend'/ vt. [by analogy with `append'] To prefix. As with `append' (but not `prefix' or `suffix' as a verb), the direct object is always the thing being added and not the original word (or character string, or whatever). "If you prepend a semicolon to the line, the translation routine will pass it through unaltered." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PowerOpen The {PowerOpen Association} defines and promotes the {PowerOpen Environment} (POE). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PowerOpen Association An independent body established to promote, and test conformance with, the {PowerOpen Environment} (POE). (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PowerOpen Environment {ABI} specifications based on the {PowerPC} architecture. It is not an {operating system}. The presence of the ABI specification in the POE distinguishes it from other open systems (POSIX, XPG4, etc.) since it allows {platform} independent binary compatibility which is otherwise typically limited to particular hardware. The POE is an {open standard}, derived from {AIX} and conforming to industry open standards including {POSIX}, {XPG4} and {Motif}. The POE specification will be publicly available to anyone wishing to produce either {application program}s or hardware {platform}s. The {PowerOpen Association} will provide the necessary {conformance test}ing and POE branding. The POE is hardware {bus} independent. System implementations can range from {laptop computers} to {supercomputers}. It requires a multi-user, {multitasking} {operating system}. It provides networking support, an {X Window System} extension, a {Macintosh} Application Services extension and {Motif}. It is {conformance test}ed and certified by an independent party (the {PowerOpen Association}). The POE specification is targeted for availability in the first quarter of 1994. The {PowerOpen Association} will soon have some of the information material available on-line. (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Powerpoint presentations, speeches, slides, etc. (1996-08-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
prepend add to the beginning. [{Jargon File}] (1998-04-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
preventive maintenance (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See {provocative maintenance}, {scratch monkey}. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pure functional language {purely functional language} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Parvaim the name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple (2 Chr. 3:6). Some have identified it with Ophir, but it is uncertain whether it is even the name of a place. It may simply, as some think, denote "Oriental regions." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Perfumes were used in religious worship, and for personal and domestic enjoyment (Ex. 30:35-37; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 3:6; Isa. 57:9); and also in embalming the dead, and in other funeral ceremonies (Mark 14:8; Luke 24:1; John 19:39). |