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   pair of scissors
         n 1: an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades [syn:
               {scissors}, {pair of scissors}]

English Dictionary: perhaps by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paraphysis
n
  1. a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parapsychological
adj
  1. beyond normal physical explanation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parapsychologist
n
  1. someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parapsychology
n
  1. phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
    Synonym(s): psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon, parapsychology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pari passu
adv
  1. used in legal language [syn: pari passu, {at an equal rate}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parvis
n
  1. a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfect
adj
  1. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"
    Antonym(s): imperfect
  2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
    Synonym(s): arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated
  3. precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"
n
  1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    Synonym(s): perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
v
  1. make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
    Synonym(s): perfect, hone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfect game
n
  1. a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfect gas
n
  1. a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces
    Synonym(s): ideal gas, perfect gas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfect participle
n
  1. a participle that expresses completed action [syn: {past participle}, perfect participle]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfect pitch
n
  1. the ability to identify the pitch of a tone [syn: {absolute pitch}, perfect pitch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfect tense
n
  1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    Synonym(s): perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfecta
n
  1. a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order
    Synonym(s): exacta, perfecta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfected
adj
  1. (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed; "a graceful but not yet fully perfected literary style"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfecter
n
  1. a skilled worker who perfects something; "although not the inventor he must be recognized as the perfecter of this technique"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfectibility
n
  1. the capability of becoming perfect; "he believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
    Antonym(s): imperfectibility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfectible
adj
  1. capable of becoming or being made perfect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfection
n
  1. the state of being without a flaw or defect [syn: perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra]
    Antonym(s): imperfection, imperfectness
  2. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
    Synonym(s): paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal
  3. the act of making something perfect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfectionism
n
  1. a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfectionist
n
  1. a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfective
n
  1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    Synonym(s): perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
  2. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
    Synonym(s): perfective, perfective aspect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfective aspect
n
  1. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
    Synonym(s): perfective, perfective aspect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfective tense
n
  1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    Synonym(s): perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfectly
adv
  1. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"
    Synonym(s): absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead
  2. in a perfect or faultless way; "She performed perfectly on the balance beam"; "spoke English perfectly"; "solved the problem perfectly"
    Antonym(s): amiss, imperfectly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfuse
v
  1. force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"
  2. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
    Synonym(s): suffuse, perfuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perfusion
n
  1. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perhaps
adv
  1. by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
    Synonym(s): possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periapsis
n
  1. (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
    Synonym(s): periapsis, point of periapsis
    Antonym(s): apoapsis, point of apoapsis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pervasion
n
  1. the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
    Synonym(s): permeation, pervasion, suffusion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pervasive
adj
  1. spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"
    Synonym(s): permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pervasively
adv
  1. in a pervasive manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pervasiveness
n
  1. the quality of filling or spreading throughout; "the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pervious
adj
  1. admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat"
    Antonym(s): imperviable, impervious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perviousness
n
  1. the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
    Synonym(s): penetrability, perviousness
    Antonym(s): impenetrability, imperviousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pharaoh of Egypt
n
  1. the title of the ancient Egyptian kings [syn: Pharaoh, Pharaoh of Egypt]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poor box
n
  1. box for collecting alms, especially one in a church [syn: poor box, alms box, mite box]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poor fish
n
  1. a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
    Synonym(s): stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
porbeagle
n
  1. voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
    Synonym(s): porbeagle, Lamna nasus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
porpoise
n
  1. any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
porpoise oil
n
  1. a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
power pack
n
  1. a device for converting a power supply to a voltage required by particular equipment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pravachol
n
  1. an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks
    Synonym(s): pravastatin, Pravachol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pravastatin
n
  1. an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks
    Synonym(s): pravastatin, Pravachol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preface
n
  1. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
    Synonym(s): foreword, preface, prolusion
v
  1. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
    Synonym(s): precede, preface, premise, introduce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefect
n
  1. a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefectural
adj
  1. of or relating to a prefecture; "a prefectural museum"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefecture
n
  1. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
  2. the office of prefect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefiguration
n
  1. an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
  2. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
    Synonym(s): prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefigurative
adj
  1. indistinctly prophetic [syn: adumbrative, foreshadowing, prefigurative]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefigure
v
  1. imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
  2. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
    Synonym(s): bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefix
n
  1. an affix that is added in front of the word
v
  1. attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"
    Antonym(s): suffix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefix notation
n
  1. a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
    Synonym(s): prefix notation, Lukasiewicz notation, Polish notation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prefixation
n
  1. formation of a word by means of a prefix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prep school
n
  1. a private secondary school [syn: preparatory school, prep school]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepackaged
adj
  1. prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale; "prepackaged foods"
    Synonym(s): prepackaged, prepacked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepacked
adj
  1. prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale; "prepackaged foods"
    Synonym(s): prepackaged, prepacked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepose
v
  1. place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preposition
n
  1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
  2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepositional
adj
  1. of or relating to or formed with a preposition; "prepositional phrase"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepositional object
n
  1. the object governed by a preposition [syn: {prepositional object}, object of a preposition]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepositional phrase
n
  1. a phrase beginning with a preposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepositionally
adv
  1. as a preposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepossess
v
  1. possess beforehand
  2. cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"
  3. make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
  4. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
    Synonym(s): prejudice, prepossess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepossessing
adj
  1. creating a favorable impression; "strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepossession
n
  1. the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"
  2. an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"
    Synonym(s): preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preposterous
adj
  1. incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
    Synonym(s): absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preposterously
adv
  1. so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
    Synonym(s): laughably, ridiculously, ludicrously, preposterously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepuce
n
  1. a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris [syn: prepuce, foreskin]
  2. a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
    Synonym(s): prepuce, foreskin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Prevacid
n
  1. antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
    Synonym(s): lansoprazole, Prevacid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
previous
adj
  1. just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
    Synonym(s): previous(a), old
  2. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"
    Synonym(s): former(a), late(a), previous(a)
  3. too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"
    Synonym(s): previous(p), premature
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
previous question
n
  1. a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
previously
adv
  1. at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged"
    Synonym(s): previously, antecedently
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
previse
v
  1. warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house"
    Synonym(s): forewarn, previse
  2. realize beforehand
    Synonym(s): anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prevision
n
  1. a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
  2. the power to foresee the future
    Synonym(s): prescience, prevision
  3. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
    Synonym(s): prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
  4. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
    Synonym(s): prediction, anticipation, prevision
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
priapic
adj
  1. overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality; "priapic episodes"; "priapic victories"
  2. resembling or being a phallus; "a phallic symbol"; "phallic eroticism"; "priapic figurines"
    Synonym(s): phallic, priapic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
priapism
n
  1. condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Priapus
n
  1. (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
privacy
n
  1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
    Synonym(s): privacy, privateness, seclusion
  2. the condition of being concealed or hidden
    Synonym(s): privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
privy council
n
  1. an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proboscidea
n
  1. in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
    Synonym(s): Proboscidea, genus Proboscidea
  2. an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
    Synonym(s): Proboscidea, order Proboscidea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proboscidea arenaria
n
  1. alternatively placed in genus Martynia [syn: {sand devil's claw}, Proboscidea arenaria, Martynia arenaria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proboscidea fragrans
n
  1. a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea [syn: {sweet unicorn plant}, Proboscidea fragrans, Martynia fragrans]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proboscidea louisianica
n
  1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
    Synonym(s): common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proboscidean
n
  1. massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
    Synonym(s): proboscidean, proboscidian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proboscidian
n
  1. massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
    Synonym(s): proboscidean, proboscidian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proboscis
n
  1. the human nose (especially when it is large)
  2. a long flexible snout as of an elephant
    Synonym(s): proboscis, trunk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proboscis flower
n
  1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
    Synonym(s): common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proboscis monkey
n
  1. Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose [syn: {proboscis monkey}, Nasalis larvatus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proboscis worm
n
  1. soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
    Synonym(s): ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profess
v
  1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
  2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
  3. admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
    Synonym(s): concede, profess, confess
  4. state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
  5. receive into a religious order or congregation
  6. take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"
  7. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
    Synonym(s): profess, pretend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professed
adj
  1. professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
  2. claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
  3. openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
    Synonym(s): avowed(a), professed(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professedly
adv
  1. with pretense or intention to deceive; "is only professedly poor"
  2. by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders"
    Synonym(s): avowedly, professedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professing
n
  1. an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
    Synonym(s): profession, professing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profession
n
  1. the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists"
  2. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
  3. an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
    Synonym(s): profession, professing
  4. affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a profession of Christianity"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional
adj
  1. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"
    Antonym(s): nonprofessional
  2. of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
  3. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance"
    Antonym(s): unprofessional
  4. of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
  5. engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
n
  1. a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: professional, professional person]
  2. an athlete who plays for pay
    Synonym(s): professional, pro
    Antonym(s): amateur
  3. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
    Synonym(s): master, professional
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional association
n
  1. an association of practitioners of a given profession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional baseball
n
  1. playing baseball for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional basketball
n
  1. playing basketball for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional boxing
n
  1. boxing for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional dancer
n
  1. a performer who dances professionally [syn: dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional football
n
  1. football played for pay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional golf
n
  1. playing golf for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional golfer
n
  1. someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf
    Synonym(s): golf pro, professional golfer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional life
n
  1. a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities
    Synonym(s): business life, professional life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional organisation
n
  1. an organization of and for professional people [syn: professional organization, professional organisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional organization
n
  1. an organization of and for professional people [syn: professional organization, professional organisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional person
n
  1. a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: professional, professional person]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional relation
n
  1. the relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified source
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional tennis
n
  1. playing tennis for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional tennis player
n
  1. someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis [syn: tennis pro, professional tennis player]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional wrestling
n
  1. wrestling for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professionalisation
n
  1. the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood; "the professionalization of American sports"; "the professionalization of warfare"
    Synonym(s): professionalization, professionalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professionalise
v
  1. become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
    Synonym(s): professionalize, professionalise
  2. make professional or give a professional character to; "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"
    Synonym(s): professionalize, professionalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professionalism
n
  1. the expertness characteristic of a professional person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professionalization
n
  1. the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood; "the professionalization of American sports"; "the professionalization of warfare"
    Synonym(s): professionalization, professionalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professionalize
v
  1. become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
    Synonym(s): professionalize, professionalise
  2. make professional or give a professional character to; "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"
    Synonym(s): professionalize, professionalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professionally
adv
  1. in a professional manner; "professionally trained staff"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professor
n
  1. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
    Synonym(s): professor, prof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professorial
adj
  1. relating to or characteristic of professors; "professorial demeanor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professorially
adv
  1. in a professorial manner; "she behaved very professorially"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professorship
n
  1. the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
    Synonym(s): professorship, chair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proficiency
n
  1. the quality of having great facility and competence
  2. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"
    Synonym(s): proficiency, technique
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proficient
adj
  1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
    Synonym(s): adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful
  2. of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing"
    Synonym(s): technical, proficient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proficiently
adv
  1. in a proficient manner; "he dealt proficiently with the problem"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profuse
adj
  1. produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
    Synonym(s): exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profusely
adv
  1. in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely"
    Synonym(s): abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profuseness
n
  1. the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
    Synonym(s): profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profusion
n
  1. the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
    Synonym(s): profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proof spirit
n
  1. a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propaganda
n
  1. information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagandise
v
  1. subject to propaganda
    Synonym(s): propagandize, propagandise
  2. spread by propaganda
    Synonym(s): propagandize, propagandise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagandist
adj
  1. of or relating to or characterized by propaganda [syn: propagandist, propagandistic]
n
  1. a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagandistic
adj
  1. of or relating to or characterized by propaganda [syn: propagandist, propagandistic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagandize
v
  1. subject to propaganda
    Synonym(s): propagandize, propagandise
  2. spread by propaganda
    Synonym(s): propagandize, propagandise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagate
v
  1. transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"
  2. travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
  3. transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"
  4. become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
    Synonym(s): spread, propagate
  5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
  6. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
    Synonym(s): circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
  7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
  8. multiply sexually or asexually
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagation
n
  1. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
    Synonym(s): propagation, extension
  2. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
    Synonym(s): generation, multiplication, propagation
  3. the movement of a wave through a medium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagative
adj
  1. characterized by propagation or relating to propagation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagator
n
  1. someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
  2. someone who spreads the news
    Synonym(s): propagator, disseminator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prophase
n
  1. the first stage of meiosis
  2. the first stage of mitosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prophecy
n
  1. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
    Synonym(s): prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
  2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
    Synonym(s): prophecy, divination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prophesier
n
  1. an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prophesy
v
  1. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
    Synonym(s): prophesy, vaticinate
  2. deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
    Synonym(s): preach, prophesy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propjet
n
  1. an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
    Synonym(s): propjet, turboprop, turbo- propeller plane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proposal
n
  1. something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
  2. an offer of marriage
    Synonym(s): marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, proposal
  3. the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
    Synonym(s): proposal, proposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proposal of marriage
n
  1. an offer of marriage [syn: marriage proposal, {proposal of marriage}, marriage offer, proposal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propose
v
  1. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
    Synonym(s): propose, suggest, advise
  2. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
    Synonym(s): project, propose
  3. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
    Synonym(s): aim, purpose, purport, propose
  4. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
    Synonym(s): nominate, propose
  5. ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
    Synonym(s): propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proposer
n
  1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal; "the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool"
    Synonym(s): suggester, proposer
  2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
    Synonym(s): proposer, mover
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proposition
n
  1. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
  2. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
    Synonym(s): suggestion, proposition, proffer
  3. an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
  4. the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
    Synonym(s): proposal, proposition
  5. a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
v
  1. suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propositional calculus
n
  1. a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
    Synonym(s): propositional logic, propositional calculus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propositional logic
n
  1. a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
    Synonym(s): propositional logic, propositional calculus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propositus
n
  1. the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propoxyphene
n
  1. a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive
    Synonym(s): propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, Darvon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propoxyphene hydrochloride
n
  1. a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive
    Synonym(s): propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, Darvon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
props
n
  1. proper respect; "I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provision
n
  1. a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"
    Synonym(s): provision, proviso
  2. the activity of supplying or providing something
    Synonym(s): provision, supply, supplying
  3. the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
    Synonym(s): planning, preparation, provision
  4. a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
v
  1. supply with provisions
    Synonym(s): provision, purvey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provisional
adj
  1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
    Synonym(s): probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Provisional IRA
n
  1. a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Synonym(s): Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Provisional Irish Republican Army
n
  1. a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Synonym(s): Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provisionally
adv
  1. temporarily and conditionally; "they have agreed provisionally"; "was appointed provisionally"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provisionary
adj
  1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
    Synonym(s): probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provisioner
n
  1. a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army [syn: sutler, victualer, victualler, provisioner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provisions
n
  1. a stock or supply of foods [syn: commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proviso
n
  1. a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"
    Synonym(s): provision, proviso
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provisory
adj
  1. subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provocateur
n
  1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
    Synonym(s): agent provocateur, provocateur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provocation
n
  1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [syn: aggravation, irritation, provocation]
  2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    Synonym(s): incitement, incitation, provocation
  3. needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
    Synonym(s): provocation, incitement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provocative
adj
  1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
    Antonym(s): unprovocative, unprovoking
  2. exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provocatively
adv
  1. in a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
    Synonym(s): provocatively, provokingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provoke
v
  1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
    Synonym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
  2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
    Synonym(s): provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
  3. provide the needed stimulus for
    Synonym(s): provoke, stimulate
  4. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
    Synonym(s): harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provoked
adj
  1. incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"
    Synonym(s): aggravated, provoked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provoker
n
  1. someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
    Synonym(s): instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provoking
adj
  1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport"
    Synonym(s): agitative, agitating, provoking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provokingly
adv
  1. in a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
    Synonym(s): provocatively, provokingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Provos
n
  1. a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Synonym(s): Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provost
n
  1. a high-ranking university administrator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provost court
n
  1. a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provost guard
n
  1. a detachment under the command of a provost marshall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provost marshal
n
  1. the supervisor of the military police
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pure absence
n
  1. an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes
    Synonym(s): pure absence, simple absence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purification
n
  1. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
  2. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
    Synonym(s): refining, refinement, purification
  3. a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
    Synonym(s): purification, purgation
  4. the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purpose
n
  1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
    Synonym(s): purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
  2. what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
    Synonym(s): function, purpose, role, use
  3. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
    Synonym(s): determination, purpose
v
  1. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose]
  2. reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
    Synonym(s): purpose, resolve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purpose-built
adj
  1. designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose
    Synonym(s): purpose-built, purpose-made
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purpose-made
adj
  1. designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose
    Synonym(s): purpose-built, purpose-made
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposeful
adj
  1. serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal
    Antonym(s): purposeless
  2. having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposefully
adv
  1. in a purposeful manner; "he caught the motorcycles in the full glare of his headlights, braked and slipped purposefully out of the car"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposefulness
n
  1. the quality of having a definite purpose [syn: purposefulness, sense of purpose]
    Antonym(s): aimlessness, purposelessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposeless
adj
  1. not evidencing any purpose or goal
    Antonym(s): purposeful
  2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
    Synonym(s): otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposelessly
adv
  1. without a clear purpose; "let's not purposelessly dispense the aid"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposelessness
n
  1. the quality of lacking any definite purpose [syn: purposelessness, aimlessness]
    Antonym(s): purposefulness, sense of purpose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposely
adv
  1. with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"
    Synonym(s): intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design
    Antonym(s): accidentally, by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purposive
adj
  1. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior"
  2. having a purpose; "purposive behavior"
    Synonym(s): goal-directed, purposive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrophosphate
n
  1. a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrophosphoric acid
n
  1. a solid acid formed by reactions of orthophosphoric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyruvic acid
n
  1. a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F.
      ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr.
      L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern
      spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one
      who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut,
      split.]
      A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller,
      consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a
      pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often
      called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors},
      {cizars}, and {scissars}.]
  
      {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker.
            [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[?]ger, from [?]igan
      to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.]
      1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
            different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
            building.
  
      2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
            house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
            originally used in the singular only. [bd]I a winding
            stair found.[b8] --Chaucer's Dream.
  
      {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house,
            where the servants are.
  
      {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
            a story.
  
      {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
            phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n.,
            1.
  
      {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of
            a stairway, from one platform to the next.
  
      {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
            carpet to its place.
  
      {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.]
      1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the
            value expressed on the face or in the words of a
            certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
  
      2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
  
      {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at
            a premium.
  
      {Above par}, at a premium.
  
      {Below par}, at a discount.
  
      {On a par}, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances,
            position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par;
            his ability is on a par with his ambition.
  
      {Par of exchange}. See under {Exchange}.
  
      {Par value}, nominal value; face value.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exchange \Ex*change"\, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF.
      eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [82]changer, to exchange; pref.
      ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.]
      1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for
            another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an
            exchange of cattle for grain.
  
      2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another;
            as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a
            sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving
            reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
  
      3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication
            exchanged for another. --Shak.
  
      4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between
            parties residing at a distance from each other, without
            the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts,
            called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one
            country and payable in another, in which case they are
            called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made
            payable in the same country, in which case they are called
            inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often
            abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
  
      Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in
               London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws
               a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London
               purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due
               from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New
               York, who receives the amount from B.
  
      5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in
            consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be
            equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
            --Blackstone.
  
      6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a
            city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this
            sense often contracted to 'Change.
  
      {Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}.
  
      {Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}.
  
      {Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or
            standard of value of one country when expressed in the
            coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound
            sterling in the currency of France or the United States.
            The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure
            for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the
            demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a
            bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds
            sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange
            is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at
            or above par.
  
      {Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of
            any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected
            to permit conversation.
  
      Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

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   Parapectin \Par`a*pec"tin\, n. [Pref. para- + pectin.] (Chem.)
      A gelatinous modification of pectin.

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   Parapegm \Par"a*pegm\, n. [L. parapegma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to fix
      beside; [?] beside + [?] to fix: cf. F. parapegme.]
      An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public
      place.
  
      Note: Parapegms were used for the publication of laws,
               proclamations, etc., and the recording of astronomical
               phenomena or calendar events.

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   Paraphosphoric \Par`a*phos*phor"ic\, a. [Pref. para- +
      phosphoric.] (Chem.)
      Pyrophosphoric. [Obs.]

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   d8Paraphysis \[d8]Pa*raph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Paraphyses}. [NL.,
      fr. Gr. [?] beside + [?] growth.] (Bot.)
      A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and
      antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other
      flowerless plants.

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   Parbuckle \Par"buc`kle\, n.
      (a) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical
            burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast
            aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which
            rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are
            hauled up or payed out.
      (b) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a
            cask, gun, etc.

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   Parbuckle \Par"buc`kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parbuckled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Parbuckling}.]
      To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. --Totten.

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   Parbuckle \Par"buc`kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parbuckled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Parbuckling}.]
      To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. --Totten.

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   Parbuckle \Par"buc`kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parbuckled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Parbuckling}.]
      To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. --Totten.

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   Parfocal \Par*fo"cal\, a. [Pari- + focal.] (Opt.)
      With the lower focal points all in the same plane; -- said of
      sets of eyepieces so mounted that they may be interchanged
      without varying the focus of the instrument (as a microscope
      or telescope) with which they are used.

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   Parvis \Par"vis\, Parvise \Par"vise\, n. [F. parvis, fr. LL.
      paravisus, fr. L. paradisus. See {Paradise}.]
      a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a
      church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as
      place of meeting, as for lawyers. --Chaucer.

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   Parvis \Par"vis\, Parvise \Par"vise\, n. [F. parvis, fr. LL.
      paravisus, fr. L. paradisus. See {Paradise}.]
      a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a
      church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as
      place of meeting, as for lawyers. --Chaucer.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait,
      F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the
      end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per-}) + facere
      to make, do. See {Fact}.]
      1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
            defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
            qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
            fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
            sound; right; correct.
  
                     My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
                                                                              xii. 9.
  
                     Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
  
                     I fear I am not in my perfect mind.   --Shak.
  
                     O most entire perfect sacrifice!         --Keble.
  
                     God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
  
      2. Well informed; certain; sure.
  
                     I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
            said of flower.
  
      {Perfect cadence} (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
            in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
  
      {Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is
            perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
            unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
            common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
            fifth, and octave.
  
      {Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all
            its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
            are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See {Abundant number}, under
            {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
  
      {Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or
            state completed.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, n.
      The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See
      {Perfect}, a.]
      To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave
      nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to
      its nature and kind.
  
               God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
                                                                              John iv. 12.
  
               Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
               . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
               species.                                                --Locke.
  
      {Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on
            both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
            through the machine.
  
      Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait,
      F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the
      end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per-}) + facere
      to make, do. See {Fact}.]
      1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
            defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
            qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
            fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
            sound; right; correct.
  
                     My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
                                                                              xii. 9.
  
                     Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
  
                     I fear I am not in my perfect mind.   --Shak.
  
                     O most entire perfect sacrifice!         --Keble.
  
                     God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
  
      2. Well informed; certain; sure.
  
                     I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
            said of flower.
  
      {Perfect cadence} (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
            in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
  
      {Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is
            perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
            unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
            common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
            fifth, and octave.
  
      {Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all
            its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
            are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See {Abundant number}, under
            {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
  
      {Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or
            state completed.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait,
      F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the
      end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per-}) + facere
      to make, do. See {Fact}.]
      1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
            defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
            qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
            fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
            sound; right; correct.
  
                     My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
                                                                              xii. 9.
  
                     Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
  
                     I fear I am not in my perfect mind.   --Shak.
  
                     O most entire perfect sacrifice!         --Keble.
  
                     God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
  
      2. Well informed; certain; sure.
  
                     I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
            said of flower.
  
      {Perfect cadence} (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
            in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
  
      {Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is
            perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
            unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
            common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
            fifth, and octave.
  
      {Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all
            its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
            are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See {Abundant number}, under
            {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
  
      {Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or
            state completed.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait,
      F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the
      end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per-}) + facere
      to make, do. See {Fact}.]
      1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
            defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
            qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
            fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
            sound; right; correct.
  
                     My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
                                                                              xii. 9.
  
                     Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
  
                     I fear I am not in my perfect mind.   --Shak.
  
                     O most entire perfect sacrifice!         --Keble.
  
                     God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
  
      2. Well informed; certain; sure.
  
                     I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
            said of flower.
  
      {Perfect cadence} (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
            in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
  
      {Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is
            perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
            unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
            common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
            fifth, and octave.
  
      {Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all
            its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
            are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See {Abundant number}, under
            {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
  
      {Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or
            state completed.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait,
      F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the
      end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per-}) + facere
      to make, do. See {Fact}.]
      1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
            defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
            qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
            fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
            sound; right; correct.
  
                     My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
                                                                              xii. 9.
  
                     Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
  
                     I fear I am not in my perfect mind.   --Shak.
  
                     O most entire perfect sacrifice!         --Keble.
  
                     God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
  
      2. Well informed; certain; sure.
  
                     I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
            said of flower.
  
      {Perfect cadence} (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
            in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
  
      {Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is
            perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
            unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
            common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
            fifth, and octave.
  
      {Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all
            its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
            are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See {Abundant number}, under
            {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
  
      {Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or
            state completed.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See
      {Perfect}, a.]
      To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave
      nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to
      its nature and kind.
  
               God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
                                                                              John iv. 12.
  
               Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
               . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
               species.                                                --Locke.
  
      {Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on
            both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
            through the machine.
  
      Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.

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   Perfecter \Per"fect*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, makes perfect. [bd]The . . .
      perfecter of our faith.[b8] --Barrow.

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   Perfectibilian \Per*fect`i*bil"i*an\, n.
      A perfectionist. [R.] --Ed. Rev.

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   Perfectibilist \Per`fec*tib"i*list\, n.
      A perfectionist. See also {Illuminati}, 2. [R.]

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   d8Illuminati \[d8]Il*lu`mi*na"ti\, n. pl. [L. illuminatus. See
      {Illuminate}, v. t., and cf. {Illuminee}.]
      Literally, those who are enlightened; -- variously applied as
      follows:
  
      1. (Eccl.) Persons in the early church who had received
            baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them,
            as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has
            received by that sacrament.
  
      2. (Eccl. Hist.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain
            about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that,
            by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a
            state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good
            works, etc.; -- called also {Alumbrados},
            {Perfectibilists}, etc.
  
      3. (Mod. Hist.) Members of certain associations in Modern
            Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which
            they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp.
            of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of
            canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time,
            but ceased after a few years.
  
      4. Also applied to:
            (a) An obscure sect of French Familists;
            (b) The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;
            (c) The Rosicrucians.
  
      5. Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual
            enlightenment.

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   Perfectibility \Per*fect`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
      perfectibilit[82].]
      The quality or state of being perfectible.

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   Perfectible \Per*fect"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. perfectible.]
      Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See
      {Perfect}, a.]
      To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave
      nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to
      its nature and kind.
  
               God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
                                                                              John iv. 12.
  
               Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
               . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
               species.                                                --Locke.
  
      {Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on
            both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
            through the machine.
  
      Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.

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   Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See
      {Perfect}, a.]
      To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave
      nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to
      its nature and kind.
  
               God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
                                                                              John iv. 12.
  
               Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
               . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
               species.                                                --Locke.
  
      {Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on
            both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
            through the machine.
  
      Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.

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   Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, v. t.
      To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote.

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   Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, n. [F. perfection, L. perfectio.]
      1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that
            nothing requisite is wanting; entire development;
            consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the
            highest attainable state or degree of excellence;
            maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a
            system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in
            perfection.
  
      2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent;
            an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute
            of complete excellence. --Shak.
  
                     What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      {To perfection}, in the highest degree of excellence;
            perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.

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   Perfectional \Per*fec"tion*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection.
      [R.] --Bp. Pearson.

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   Perfectionate \Per*fec"tion*ate\, v. t.
      To perfect. --Dryden.

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   Perfectionism \Per*fec"tion*ism\, n.
      The doctrine of the Perfectionists.

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   Perfectionist \Per*fec"tion*ist\, n.
      One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral
      perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain
      to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. --South.

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   Perfectionment \Per*fec"tion*ment\, n. [Cf. F.
      perfectionnement.]
      The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having
      attained to perfection. [R.] --I. Taylor.

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   Perfective \Per*fect"ive\, a.
      Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to
      perfection; -- usually followed by of. [bd]A perfective
      alteration.[b8] --Fuller.
  
               Actions perfective of their natures.      --Ray.

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   Perfectively \Per*fec"tive*ly\, adv.
      In a perfective manner.

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   Perfectly \Per"fect*ly\, adv.
      In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection;
      completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly. [bd]Perfectly
      divine.[b8] --Milton.
  
               As many as touched were made perfectly whole. --Matt.
                                                                              xiv. 36.

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   Perfectness \Per"fect*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being perfect; perfection.
      [bd]Charity, which is the bond of perfectness.[b8] --Col.
      iii. 14.

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   Perficient \Per*fi"cient\, a. [L. perficiens, p. pr. of
      perficere to perform. See {Perfect}.]
      Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual. [R.]
      --Blackstone.

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   Perficient \Per*fi"cient\, n.
      One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who
      endows a charity. [R.]

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   Perfix \Per*fix"\ (p[etil]r"f[icr]ks), v. t. [Pref. per- + fix.]
      To fix surely; to appoint. [Obs.]

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   Perfuse \Per*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfused}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfusing}.] [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to
      pour over; per + fundere to pour.]
      To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. --Harvey.

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   Perfuse \Per*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfused}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfusing}.] [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to
      pour over; per + fundere to pour.]
      To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. --Harvey.

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   Perfuse \Per*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfused}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Perfusing}.] [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to
      pour over; per + fundere to pour.]
      To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. --Harvey.

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   Perfusion \Per*fu"sion\, n. [L. perfusio.]
      The act of perfusing.

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   Perfusive \Per*fu"sive\, a.
      Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through.

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   Perhaps \Per*haps"\, adv. [Per + hap chance.]
      By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.
  
               And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may
               be forgiven thee.                                    --Acts viii.
                                                                              22.

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   Perivascular \Per`i*vas"cu*lar\, a.
      Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.

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   Perivisceral \Per`i*vis"cer*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.

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   Perofskite \Per*of"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of
      St.Petersburg.] (Min.)
      A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
      [Written also {Perovskite}.]

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   Perofskite \Per*of"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of
      St.Petersburg.] (Min.)
      A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
      [Written also {Perovskite}.]

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   Perpession \Per*pes"sion\, n. [L. perpessio, fr. perpeti,
      perpessus, to bear steadfastly; per + pati to bear.]
      Suffering; endurance. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.

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   Pervasion \Per*va"sion\, n. [L. pervasio. See {Pervade}.]
      The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole
      extent of a thing. --Boyle.

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   Pervasive \Per*va"sive\, a.
      Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of
      a pervading quality. [bd]Civilization pervasive and
      general.[b8] --M. Arnold.

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   Pervestigate \Per*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [L. pervestigatus, p. p.
      of pervestigare.]
      To investigate thoroughly. [Obs.]

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   Pervestigation \Per*ves`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. pervestigatio.]
      Thorough investigation. [Obs.] --Chillingworth.

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   Pervicacious \Per`vi*ca"cious\, a. [L. pervicax, -acis.]
      Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] --
      {Per`vi*ca"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Per`vi*ca"cious*ness}, n.
      [Obs.]

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   Pervicacious \Per`vi*ca"cious\, a. [L. pervicax, -acis.]
      Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] --
      {Per`vi*ca"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Per`vi*ca"cious*ness}, n.
      [Obs.]

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   Pervicacious \Per`vi*ca"cious\, a. [L. pervicax, -acis.]
      Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] --
      {Per`vi*ca"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Per`vi*ca"cious*ness}, n.
      [Obs.]

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   Pervicacity \Per`vi*cac"i*ty\, n.
      Obstinacy; pervicaciousness. [Obs.] --Bentley.

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   Pervicacy \Per"vi*ca*cy\, n. [L. pervicacia.]
      Pervicacity. [Obs.]

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   Pervigilation \Per*vig`i*la"tion\, n. [L. pervigilatio, fr.
      pervigilare.]
      Careful watching. [Obs.]

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   Pervious \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See
      {Per-}, and {Voyage}.]
      1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another
            body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
  
                     [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical
            or mental vision. [R.]
  
                     God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as
            applied to the nostrils or birds.

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   Perviousness \Per"vi*ous*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness
      of glass. --Boyle.

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   Pervis \Per"vis\, n.
      See {Parvis}.

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   Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the
      color. See {Russet}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species
            ({Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian
            ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; --
            called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.

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   Poorbox \Poor"box`\, n.
      A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.

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   Porbeagle \Por"bea`gle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of shark ({Lamna cornubica}), about eight feet
      long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; --
      called also {mackerel shark}. [Written {also probeagle}.]

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   Porpesse \Por"pesse\, n.
      A porpoise. [Obs.]

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   Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
      hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and
      {Fish}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[91]na},
            especially {P. communis}, or {P. phoc[91]na}, of Europe,
            and the closely allied American species ({P. Americana}).
            The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They
            are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter
            snout. Called also {harbor porpoise}, {herring hag},
            {puffing pig}, and {snuffer}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so
            called by sailors.
  
      {Skunk porpoise}, [or] {Bay porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a North
            American porpoise ({Lagenorhynchus acutus}), larger than
            the common species, and with broad stripes of white and
            yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

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   Porpus \Por"pus\, n.
      A porpoise. [Obs.] --Swift.

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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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   Preface \Pref"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Prefacing}.]
      To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to
      preface a book discourse.

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   Preface \Pref"ace\, v. i.
      To make a preface. --Jer. Taylor.

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   Preface \Pref"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Prefacing}.]
      To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to
      preface a book discourse.

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   Prefacer \Pref"a*cer\, n.
      The writer of a preface.

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   Preface \Pref"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Prefacing}.]
      To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to
      preface a book discourse.

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   Prefect \Pre"fect\, n. [L. praefectus, fr. praefectus, p. p. of
      praeficere to set over; prae before + facere to make: cf. F.
      pr[82]fet.]
      1. A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a
            particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the
            prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a
            fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian
            prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the
            emperor's person.
  
      2. A superintendent of a department who has control of its
            police establishment, together with extensive powers of
            municipal regulation. [France] --Brande & C.
  
      3. In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of
            certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
  
      {Apostolic prefect} (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not
            of episcopal rank. --Shipley.

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   Prefectorial \Pre`fec*to"ri*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a prefect.

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   Prefectship \Pre"fect*ship\, n.
      The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.

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   Prefecture \Pre"fec*ture\ (?; 277), n. [L. praefectura: cf. F.
      pr[82]fecture.]
      The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his
      official residence.

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   Prefecundation \Pre*fec`un*da"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
      A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions
      preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the
      ovum undergoes before fecundation.

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   Prefecundatory \Pre`fe*cun"da*to*ry\, a.
      Of or pertaining to prefecundation.

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   Prefigurate \Pre*fig"u*rate\, v. t. [L. praefiguratus, p. p. See
      {Prefigure}.]
      To prefigure. [R.] --Grafton.

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   Prefiguration \Pre*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. praefiguratio.]
      The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
  
               A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. --Norris.

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   Prefigurative \Pre*fig"ur*a*tive\, a.
      Showing by prefiguration. [bd]The prefigurative
      atonement.[b8] --Bp. Horne.

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   Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F.
      pr[82]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
      + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.]
      To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
      similitudes; to foreshadow. [bd]Whom all the various types
      prefigured.[b8] --South.

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   Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F.
      pr[82]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
      + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.]
      To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
      similitudes; to foreshadow. [bd]Whom all the various types
      prefigured.[b8] --South.

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   Prefigurement \Pre*fig"ure*ment\, n.
      The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is
      prefigured. --Carlyle.

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   Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F.
      pr[82]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before
      + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.]
      To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and
      similitudes; to foreshadow. [bd]Whom all the various types
      prefigured.[b8] --South.

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   Prefix \Pre*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefixed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Prefixing}.] [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or
      fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. pr[82]fix
      fixed beforehand, determined, pr[82]fixer to prefix. See
      Fix.]
      1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another
            thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition
            to an agreement.
  
      2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish
            antecedently. [Obs.] [bd] Prefixed bounds. [b8] --Locke.
  
                     And now he hath to her prefixt a day. --Spenser.

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   Prefix \Pre"fix\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]fixe.]
      That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or
      syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to
      modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in
      conjure.

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   Prefix \Pre*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefixed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Prefixing}.] [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or
      fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. pr[82]fix
      fixed beforehand, determined, pr[82]fixer to prefix. See
      Fix.]
      1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another
            thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition
            to an agreement.
  
      2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish
            antecedently. [Obs.] [bd] Prefixed bounds. [b8] --Locke.
  
                     And now he hath to her prefixt a day. --Spenser.

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   Prefix \Pre*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefixed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Prefixing}.] [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or
      fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. pr[82]fix
      fixed beforehand, determined, pr[82]fixer to prefix. See
      Fix.]
      1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another
            thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition
            to an agreement.
  
      2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish
            antecedently. [Obs.] [bd] Prefixed bounds. [b8] --Locke.
  
                     And now he hath to her prefixt a day. --Spenser.

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   Prefixion \Pre*fix"ion\, n. [Cf. OF. prefixion.]
      The act of prefixing. [R.] --Bailey.

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   Prepose \Pre*pose"\, v. t. [F. pr[82]poser; pref. pr[82]- (L.
      prae before) + poser. See {Pose}.]
      To place or set before; to prefix. [Obs.] --Fuller.

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   Preposition \Prep`o*si"tion\, n. [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere
      to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F.
      pr[82]position. See {Position}, and cf. {Provost}.]
      1. (Gram.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in
            an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a
            particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in
            the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other
            word; -- so called because usually placed before the word
            with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes
            from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
  
      2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.]
  
                     He made a long preposition and oration. --Fabyan.

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   Prepositional \Prep`o*si"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F.
      pr[82]positionnel.]
      Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a
      preposition. --Early. -- {Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly}, adv.

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   Prepositional \Prep`o*si"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F.
      pr[82]positionnel.]
      Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a
      preposition. --Early. -- {Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly}, adv.

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   Prepositive \Pre*pos"i*tive\, a. [L. praepositivus: cf. F.
      pr[82]positif.] (Gram.)
      Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle. -- n. A
      prepositive word. --Tooke.

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   Prepositure \Pre*pos"i*ture\, n. [L. praepositura. See
      {Preposition}, and cf. {Provost}.]
      The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship. --Lowth.

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   Prepossess \Pre`pos*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.]
      1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous
            possession of. --Dryden.
  
      2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude
            other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a
            previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to
            induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
  
                     It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord
                     general.                                             --Evelyn.

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   Prepossess \Pre`pos*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.]
      1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous
            possession of. --Dryden.
  
      2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude
            other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a
            previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to
            induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
  
                     It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord
                     general.                                             --Evelyn.

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   Prepossess \Pre`pos*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.]
      1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous
            possession of. --Dryden.
  
      2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude
            other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a
            previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to
            induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
  
                     It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord
                     general.                                             --Evelyn.

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   Prepossessing \Pre`pos*sess"ing\, a.
      Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor,
      esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. --
      {Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly}, adv.

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   Prepossessing \Pre`pos*sess"ing\, a.
      Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor,
      esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. --
      {Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly}, adv.

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   Prepossession \Pre`pos*ses"sion\, n.
      1. Preoccupation; prior possession. --Hammond.
  
      2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression,
            already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression;
            bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable
            sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood. [bd]The
            prejudices and prepossessions of the country.[b8] --Sir W.
            Scott.
  
      Syn: Bent; bias; inclination; preoccupancy; prejudgment. See
               {Bent}.

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   Prepossessor \Pre`*pos*sess"or\, n.
      One who possesses, or occupies, previously. --R. Brady.

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   Preposterous \Pre*pos"ter*ous\, a.[L. praeposterus; prae before
      + posterus coming after, latter. See {Posterior}.]
      1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in
            order. [Obs.]
  
                     The method I take may be censured as preposterous,
                     because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth,
                     which was first in the order of nature. --Woodward.
  
      2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end;
            utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd;
            perverted. [bd]Most preposterous conclusions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Preposterous ass, that never read so far! --Shak.
  
      Syn: Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish;
               monstrous. See {Absurd}. -- {Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly}, adv.
               -{Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness}, n.

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   Preposterous \Pre*pos"ter*ous\, a.[L. praeposterus; prae before
      + posterus coming after, latter. See {Posterior}.]
      1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in
            order. [Obs.]
  
                     The method I take may be censured as preposterous,
                     because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth,
                     which was first in the order of nature. --Woodward.
  
      2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end;
            utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd;
            perverted. [bd]Most preposterous conclusions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Preposterous ass, that never read so far! --Shak.
  
      Syn: Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish;
               monstrous. See {Absurd}. -- {Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly}, adv.
               -{Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness}, n.

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   Preposterous \Pre*pos"ter*ous\, a.[L. praeposterus; prae before
      + posterus coming after, latter. See {Posterior}.]
      1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in
            order. [Obs.]
  
                     The method I take may be censured as preposterous,
                     because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth,
                     which was first in the order of nature. --Woodward.
  
      2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end;
            utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd;
            perverted. [bd]Most preposterous conclusions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Preposterous ass, that never read so far! --Shak.
  
      Syn: Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish;
               monstrous. See {Absurd}. -- {Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly}, adv.
               -{Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness}, n.

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   Prepostor \Pre*pos"tor\, n.
      See {Prepositor}.

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   Prepuce \Pre"puce\, n. [F. pr[82]puce, L. praeputium.] (Anat.)
      The foreskin.

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   Previous \Pre"vi*ous\, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the
      way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.]
      Going before in time; being or happening before something
      else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a
      previous illness.
  
               The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er
               the muttering earth.                              --Thomson.
  
      {Previous question}. (Parliamentary Practice) See under
            {Question}, and compare {Closure}.
  
      {Previous to}, before; -- often used adverbially for
            previously. [bd]Previous to publication.[b8] --M. Arnold.
            [bd]A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to
            1710.[b8] --J. H. Newman.
  
      Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing;
               former.

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   Previous \Pre"vi*ous\, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the
      way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.]
      Going before in time; being or happening before something
      else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a
      previous illness.
  
               The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er
               the muttering earth.                              --Thomson.
  
      {Previous question}. (Parliamentary Practice) See under
            {Question}, and compare {Closure}.
  
      {Previous to}, before; -- often used adverbially for
            previously. [bd]Previous to publication.[b8] --M. Arnold.
            [bd]A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to
            1710.[b8] --J. H. Newman.
  
      Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing;
               former.

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   Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere,
      quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.]
      1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine
            by question and answer.
  
      2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as,
            the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without
            question.
  
                     There arose a question between some of John's
                     disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii.
                                                                              25.
  
                     It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for
                     Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for
                     the propagation of the faith.            -- Bacon.
  
      3. Examination with reference to a decisive result;
            investigation; specifically, a judicial or official
            investigation; also, examination under torture.
            --Blackstone.
  
                     He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The
                     Scottish privy council had power to put state
                     prisoners to the question.                  --Macaulay.
  
      4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
  
                     But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives
                     there who loves his pain ?                  --Milton.
  
      5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate;
            theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a
            delicate or doubtful question.
  
      6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or
            discussion; as, the matter or point in question.
  
      {Leading question}. See under {Leading}.
  
      {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is
            Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Out of the question}. See under {Out}.
  
      {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly;
            unquestionably.
  
      {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary
            assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to
            ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at
            once, without further debate, on the subject under
            consideration.
  
      Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main
               question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the
               affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted
               upon as it then stands, without further general debate
               or the submission of new amendments. In the House of
               Representatives of the United States, and generally in
               America, a negative decision operates to keep the
               business before the body as if the motion had not been
               made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to
               postpone consideration for the day, and until the
               subject may be again introduced. In American practice,
               the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is
               made by a friend of the measure. In English practice,
               the object is to get rid of the subject for the time
               being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting
               against it. --Cushing.
  
      {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}.
  
      {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real
            matter under debate.
  
      Syn: Point; topic; subject.

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   Previous \Pre"vi*ous\, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the
      way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.]
      Going before in time; being or happening before something
      else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a
      previous illness.
  
               The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er
               the muttering earth.                              --Thomson.
  
      {Previous question}. (Parliamentary Practice) See under
            {Question}, and compare {Closure}.
  
      {Previous to}, before; -- often used adverbially for
            previously. [bd]Previous to publication.[b8] --M. Arnold.
            [bd]A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to
            1710.[b8] --J. H. Newman.
  
      Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing;
               former.

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   Previously \Pre"vi*ous*ly\, adv.
      Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.

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   Previousness \Pre"vi*ous*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being previous; priority or
      antecedence in time.

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   Previse \Pre*vise"\, v. t. [L. praevisus, p. p. of praevidere to
      foresee; prae before + videre to see. See {Vision}.]
      1. To foresee. [R.]
  
      2. To inform beforehand; to warn. --Ld. Lytton.

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   Prevision \Pre*vi"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]vision.]
      Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. --H. Spencer.

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   Priapism \Pri"a*pism\, n. [L. priapismus, Gr. [?], from Priapus
      the god of procreation, the penis, Gr. [?]: cf. F.
      priapisme.] (Med.)
      More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis,
      with or without sexual desire.

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   Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.]
      1. The state of being in retirement from the company or
            observation of others; seclusion.
  
      2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat;
            solitude; retirement.
  
                     Her sacred privacies all open lie.      --Rowe.
  
      3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.
  
      4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.
  
      5. See {Privity}, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.

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   Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.]
      1. The state of being in retirement from the company or
            observation of others; seclusion.
  
      2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat;
            solitude; retirement.
  
                     Her sacred privacies all open lie.      --Rowe.
  
      3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.
  
      4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.
  
      5. See {Privity}, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.

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   Privy \Priv"y\, n.; pl. {Privies}.
      1. (Law) A partaker; a person having an interest in any
            action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate
            created by another; a person having an interest derived
            from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a
            party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished
            from party. --Burrill. Wharton.
  
      2. A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

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   Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv[82], fr. L. privatus. See
      {Private}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
            private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
            [bd] Privee knights and squires.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Secret; clandestine. [bd] A privee thief.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
            public. [bd] Privy chambers.[b8] --Ezek. xxi. 14.
  
      4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
            cognizant; privately knowing.
  
                     His wife also being privy to it.         --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
  
      {Privy chamber}, a private apartment in a royal residence.
            [Eng.]
  
      {Privy council} (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
            sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
            persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
  
      {Privy councilor}, a member of the privy council.
  
      {Privy purse}, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
            monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
            these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
  
      {Privy seal} [or] {signed}, the seal which the king uses in
            grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or which
            the uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do
            not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
            principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
            privy seal. [Eng.]
  
      {Privy verdict}, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
            court; -- now disused. --Burrill.

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   Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv[82], fr. L. privatus. See
      {Private}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
            private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
            [bd] Privee knights and squires.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Secret; clandestine. [bd] A privee thief.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
            public. [bd] Privy chambers.[b8] --Ezek. xxi. 14.
  
      4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
            cognizant; privately knowing.
  
                     His wife also being privy to it.         --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
  
      {Privy chamber}, a private apartment in a royal residence.
            [Eng.]
  
      {Privy council} (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
            sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
            persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
  
      {Privy councilor}, a member of the privy council.
  
      {Privy purse}, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
            monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
            these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
  
      {Privy seal} [or] {signed}, the seal which the king uses in
            grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or which
            the uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do
            not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
            principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
            privy seal. [Eng.]
  
      {Privy verdict}, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
            court; -- now disused. --Burrill.

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   Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
      concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to
      call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is
      often confounded with counsel, with which it has no
      connection.]
      1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
            deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
            consultation in a critical case.
  
      2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
            advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
            council; a city council.
  
                     An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
  
                     Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council
                     called by night.                                 --Milton.
  
                     O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
  
      {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}.
  
      {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}.
  
      {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government,
            usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
            council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
  
      {Common council}. See under {Common}.
  
      {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a
            council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
            deliberation.
  
      {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council
            meets.
  
      {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
            Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank,
            called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
            measures or importance or nesessity.
  
      {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
            divines convened from the whole body of the church to
            regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
  
      {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the
            chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
           
  
      {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature,
            usually called the senate.
  
      {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.]
  
      Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
               convention; convocation; synod.

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   Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv[82], fr. L. privatus. See
      {Private}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
            private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
            [bd] Privee knights and squires.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Secret; clandestine. [bd] A privee thief.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
            public. [bd] Privy chambers.[b8] --Ezek. xxi. 14.
  
      4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
            cognizant; privately knowing.
  
                     His wife also being privy to it.         --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
  
      {Privy chamber}, a private apartment in a royal residence.
            [Eng.]
  
      {Privy council} (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
            sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
            persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
  
      {Privy councilor}, a member of the privy council.
  
      {Privy purse}, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
            monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
            these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
  
      {Privy seal} [or] {signed}, the seal which the king uses in
            grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or which
            the uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do
            not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
            principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
            privy seal. [Eng.]
  
      {Privy verdict}, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
            court; -- now disused. --Burrill.

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   Seal \Seal\, n. [OE. seel, OF. seel, F. sceau, fr. L. sigillum a
      little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign,
      figure, or image. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sigil}.]
      1. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an
            impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached
            to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication
            or security.
  
      2. Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an
            instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to
            give a deed under hand and seal.
  
                     Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond Thou
                     but offend;st thy lungs to speak so loud. --Shak.
  
      3. That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed
            on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
  
      4. That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which
            authenticates; that which secures; assurance. [bd]under
            the seal of silence.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Like a red seal is the setting sun On the good and
                     the evil men have done.                     --Lonfellow.
  
      5. An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of
            gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe
            dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a
            deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a
            draintrap.
  
      {Great seal}. See under {Great}.
  
      {Privy seal}. See under {Privy}, a.
  
      {Seal lock}, a lock in which the keyhole is covered by a seal
            in such a way that the lock can not be opened without
            rupturing the seal.
  
      {Seal manual}. See under {Manual}, a.
  
      {Seal ring}, a ring having a seal engraved on it, or
            ornamented with a device resembling a seal; a signet ring.
            --Shak.

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   Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv[82], fr. L. privatus. See
      {Private}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
            private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
            [bd] Privee knights and squires.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Secret; clandestine. [bd] A privee thief.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
            public. [bd] Privy chambers.[b8] --Ezek. xxi. 14.
  
      4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
            cognizant; privately knowing.
  
                     His wife also being privy to it.         --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
  
      {Privy chamber}, a private apartment in a royal residence.
            [Eng.]
  
      {Privy council} (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
            sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
            persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
  
      {Privy councilor}, a member of the privy council.
  
      {Privy purse}, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
            monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
            these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
  
      {Privy seal} [or] {signed}, the seal which the king uses in
            grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or which
            the uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do
            not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
            principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
            privy seal. [Eng.]
  
      {Privy verdict}, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
            court; -- now disused. --Burrill.

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   Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim.
      of signe. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sennet}.]
      A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
      sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by
      bill under the sign manual; -- called also {privy signet}.
  
               I had my father's signet in my purse.      --Shak.
  
      {Signet ring}, a ring containing a signet or private seal.
  
      {Writer to the signet} (Scots Law), a judicial officer who
            prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the
            office of the secretary of state.

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   Probacy \Pro"ba*cy\, n. [See {Probate}.]
      Proof; trial. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Probeagle \Pro"bea`gle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Porbeagle}.

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   Proboscidate \Pro*bos"ci*date\, a. [See {Proboscis}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having a proboscis; proboscidial.

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   Proboscidean \Pro`bos*cid"e*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Proboscidian.

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   Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. {Proboscides}. [L. fr. Gr. [?];
      [?] before + [?] to feed, graze.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
            connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
            generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
  
      Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
               elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
               usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
               maxill[91], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
               {Hemiptera} and {Lepidoptera}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
            organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
            protruded.
  
      Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
               portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
               protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
               internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
               used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
               pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
  
      3. The nose. [Jocose]
  
      {Proboscis monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kahau}.

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   Proboscidial \Pro`bos*cid"i*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Proboscidate.

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   Proboscidian \Pro`bos*cid"i*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n. One of the Proboscidea.

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   Proboscidiform \Pro`bos*cid"i*form\, a.
      Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform
      mouth.

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   Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. {Proboscides}. [L. fr. Gr. [?];
      [?] before + [?] to feed, graze.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
            connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
            generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
  
      Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
               elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
               usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
               maxill[91], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
               {Hemiptera} and {Lepidoptera}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
            organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
            protruded.
  
      Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
               portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
               protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
               internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
               used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
               pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
  
      3. The nose. [Jocose]
  
      {Proboscis monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kahau}.

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   Kahau \Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A long-nosed monkey ({Semnopithecus nasalis}), native of
      Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut,
      with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head,
      golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the
      back brown. Called also {proboscis monkey}. [Written also
      {kaha}.]

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   Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. {Proboscides}. [L. fr. Gr. [?];
      [?] before + [?] to feed, graze.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
            connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
            generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
  
      Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
               elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
               usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
               maxill[91], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
               {Hemiptera} and {Lepidoptera}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
            organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
            protruded.
  
      Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
               portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
               protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
               internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
               used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
               pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
  
      3. The nose. [Jocose]
  
      {Proboscis monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kahau}.

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   Kahau \Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A long-nosed monkey ({Semnopithecus nasalis}), native of
      Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut,
      with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head,
      golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the
      back brown. Called also {proboscis monkey}. [Written also
      {kaha}.]

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   Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. {Proboscides}. [L. fr. Gr. [?];
      [?] before + [?] to feed, graze.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
            connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
            generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
  
      Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
               elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
               usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
               maxill[91], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
               {Hemiptera} and {Lepidoptera}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
            organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
            protruded.
  
      Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
               portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
               protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
               internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
               used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
               pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
  
      3. The nose. [Jocose]
  
      {Proboscis monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kahau}.

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   Proface \Pro"face\, interj. [OF. prou face, prou fasse; prou
      profit + faire to make, do.]
      Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.
      [Obs.]
  
               Master page, good master page, sit. Proface! --Shak.

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   Profection \Pro*fec"tion\, n. [See {Proficient}.]
      A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression. [Obs.]
      --Sir T. Browne.

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   Profectitious \Pro`fec*ti"tious\, a. [L. profectitius, fr.
      proficisci to set out, proceed.]
      Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an
      ancestor. [R.]
  
               The threefold distinction of profectitious,
               adventitious, and professional was ascertained.
                                                                              --Gibbon.

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   Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[8a]s, masc., professe, fem.,
      professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
      profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
      {Confess}.]
      1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge,
            belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess
            publicly; to own or admit freely. [bd]Hear me profess
            sincerely.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The best and wisest of them all professed To know
                     this only, that he nothing knew.         --Milton.

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   Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. i.
      1. To take a profession upon one's self by a public
            declaration; to confess. --Drayton.
  
      2. To declare friendship. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[8a]s, masc., professe, fem.,
      professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
      profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
      {Confess}.]
      1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge,
            belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess
            publicly; to own or admit freely. [bd]Hear me profess
            sincerely.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The best and wisest of them all professed To know
                     this only, that he nothing knew.         --Milton.

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   Professedly \Pro*fess"ed*ly\, adv.
      By profession.

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   Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[8a]s, masc., professe, fem.,
      professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
      profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
      {Confess}.]
      1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge,
            belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess
            publicly; to own or admit freely. [bd]Hear me profess
            sincerely.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The best and wisest of them all professed To know
                     this only, that he nothing knew.         --Milton.

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   Profession \Pro*fes"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. professio. See
      {Profess}, v.]
      1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration;
            public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of
            friendship; a profession of faith.
  
                     A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
      2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a
            claim; as, his professions are insincere.
  
                     The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the
                     contradiction between professions and conduct. --J.
                                                                              Morse.
  
      3. That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if
            not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one
            devotes one's self; the business which one professes to
            understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling;
            vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the
            profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the
            profession of lecturer on chemistry.
  
                     Hi tried five or six professions in turn.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are,
               especially, theology, law, and medicine.
  
      4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as,
            the profession distrust him.
  
      5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of,
            a religious order.

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   Professional \Pro*fes"sion*al\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming
            to the rules or standards of a profession; following a
            profession; as, professional knowledge; professional
            conduct. [bd]Pride, not personal, but professional.[b8]
            --Macaulay. [bd]A professional sneerer.[b8] --De Quincey.
  
      2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; --
            opposed to {amateur}.

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   Professional \Pro*fes"sion*al\, n.
      A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a
      livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a
      professional worker.

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   Professionalism \Pro*fes"sion*al*ism\, n.
      The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation;
      -- opposed to {amateurism}.

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   Professionalist \Pro*fes"sion*al*ist\, n.
      professional person. [R.]

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   Professionally \Pro*fes"sion*al*ly\, adv.
      In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or
      calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed
      professionally.

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   Professor \Pro*fess"or\, n. [L., a teacher, a public teacher:
      cf. F. professeur. See {Profess}.]
      1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his
            sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public
            avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in
            Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.
            [bd]Professors of religion.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      2. One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or
            branch of learning; especially, an officer in a
            university, college, or other seminary, whose business it
            is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular
            branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany,
            of mathematics, or of political economy.

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   Professorial \Pro`fes*so"ri*al\, a. [L. professorius: cf. F.
      professorial.]
      Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair;
      professional interest.

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   Professorialism \Pro`fes*so"ri*al*ism\, n.
      The character, manners, or habits of a professor. [R.]

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   Professoriat \Pro`fes*so"ri*at\, n.
      See {Professoriate}.

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   Professoriate \Pro`fes*so"ri*ate\, n.
      1. The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a
            university or college.
  
      2. A professorship.

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   Professorship \Pro*fess"or*ship\, n.
      The office or position of a professor, or public teacher.
      --Walton.

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   Professory \Pro*fes"so*ry\, a. [L. professorius.]
      Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. [R.] --Bacon.

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   Proficience \Pro*fi"cience\, Proficiency \Pro*fi"cien*cy\, n.
      The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the
      acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in
      knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency
      in music.

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   Proficience \Pro*fi"cience\, Proficiency \Pro*fi"cien*cy\, n.
      The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the
      acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in
      knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency
      in music.

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   Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, n. [L. proficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
      proficere to go forward, make progress; pro forward + facere
      to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Profit}, ([?])]
      One who has made considerable advances in any business, art,
      science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as,
      proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music,
      etc.

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   Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, a.
      Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed
      of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,

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   Proficiently \Pro*fi"cient*ly\, adv.
      In a proficient manner.

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   Proficuous \Pro*fic"u*ous\, a. [L. proficuus.]
      Profitable; advantageous; useful. [Obs.] --Harvey.

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   Profuse \Pro*fuse"\, a. [L. profusus, p. p. of profundere to
      pour forth or out; pro forward, forth + fundere to pour: cf.
      F. profus. See {Fuse} to melt.]
      1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful;
            exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse
            government; profuse hospitality.
  
                     A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. --Milton.
  
      2. Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse
            expenditure. [bd]Profuse ornament.[b8] --Kames.
  
      Syn: Lavish; exuberant; bountiful; prodigal; extravagant.
  
      Usage: {Profuse}, {Lavish}, {Prodigal}. Profuse denotes
                  pouring out (as money, etc.) with great fullness or
                  freeness; as, profuse in his expenditures, thanks,
                  promises, etc. Lavish is stronger, implying
                  unnecessary or wasteful excess; as, lavish of his
                  bounties, favors, praises, etc. Prodigal is stronger
                  still, denoting unmeasured or reckless profusion; as,
                  prodigal of one's strength, life, or blood, to secure
                  some object. --Dryden.

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   Profuse \Pro*fuse"\, v. t.
      To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to
      squander. [Obs.] --Chapman.

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   Profusely \Pro*fuse"ly\, adv.
      In a profuse manner.

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   Profuseness \Pro*fuse"ness\, n.
      Extravagance; profusion.
  
               Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness.
                                                                              --Atterbury.

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   Profusion \Pro*fu"sion\, n. [L. profusio: cf. F. profusion.]
      1. The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out
            without sting.
  
                     Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles? --Rowe.
  
      2. Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a
            profusion of commodities. --Addison.

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   Profusive \Pro*fu"sive\, a.
      Profuse; lavish; prodigal.[Obs.]

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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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      {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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   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 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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   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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   Spirit \Spir"it\, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L.
      spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire},
      {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.]
      1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes,
            life itself. [Obs.] [bd]All of spirit would deprive.[b8]
            --Spenser.
  
                     The mild air, with season moderate, Gently
                     attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it
                     breathed foorth sweet spirit.            --Spenser.
  
      2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a
            mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. [Obs.]
  
                     Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it.
                                                                              --B. Jonson.
  
      3. Life, or living substance, considered independently of
            corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart
            from any physical organization or embodiment; vital
            essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
  
      4. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the
            soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides;
            the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions,
            whether spiritual or material.
  
                     There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the
                     Almighty giveth them understanding.   --Job xxxii.
                                                                              8.
  
                     As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
                     without works is dead also.               --James ii.
                                                                              26.
  
                     Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing,
                     doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it
            has left the body.
  
                     Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,
                     and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
                                                                              --Eccl. xii.
                                                                              7.
  
                     Ye gentle spirits far away, With whom we shared the
                     cup of grace.                                    --Keble.
  
      6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a
            specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an
            elf.
  
                     Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all
                     impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
  
                     [bd]Write it then, quickly,[b8] replied Bede; and
                     summoning all his spirits together, like the last
                     blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and
                     expired.                                             --Fuller.
  
      8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great
            activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper;
            as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
  
                     Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I
                     choose for my judges.                        --Dryden.
  
      9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or
            disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the
            plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be
            downhearted, or in bad spirits.
  
                     God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a
                     spirit of pulling down.                     --South.
  
                     A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the
                     same spirit that its author writ.      --Pope.
  
      10. Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to
            formal statement; also, characteristic quality,
            especially such as is derived from the individual genius
            or the personal character; as, the spirit of an
            enterprise, of a document, or the like.
  
      11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed
            of active qualities.
  
                     All bodies have spirits . . . within them. --Bacon.
  
      12. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,
            the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first
            distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
  
      13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors
            having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt
            liquors.
  
      14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf.
            {Tincture}. --U. S. Disp.
  
      15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal
            ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some,
            orpiment).
  
                     The four spirits and the bodies seven. --Chaucer.
  
      16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under {Stannic}.
  
      Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming
               compounds, generally of obvious signification; as,
               spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
  
      {Astral spirits}, {Familiar spirits}, etc. See under
            {Astral}, {Familiar}, etc.
  
      {Animal spirits}.
            (a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed
                  to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as
                  the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the
                  {nervous fluid}, or {nervous principle}.
            (b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness;
                  sportiveness.
  
      {Ardent spirits}, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum,
            whisky, etc., obtained by distillation.
  
      {Holy Spirit}, [or] {The Spirit} (Theol.), the Spirit of God,
            or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The
            spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or
            animated by the Divine Spirit.
  
      {Proof spirit}. (Chem.) See under {Proof}.
  
      {Rectified spirit} (Chem.), spirit rendered purer or more
            concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the
            percentage of absolute alcohol.
  
      {Spirit butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the
            genus {Ithomia}. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute
            of scales.
  
      {Spirit duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The buffle-headed duck.
            (b) The golden-eye.
  
      {Spirit lamp} (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated
            spirit is burned.
  
      {Spirit level}. See under {Level}.
  
      {Spirit of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) See under {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Spirit of Mindererus} (Med.), an aqueous solution of acetate
            of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer, physician of
            Augsburg.
  
      {Spirit of nitrous ether} (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid,
            of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is
            obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and
            sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite
            with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a
            diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also
            {sweet spirit of niter}.
  
      {Spirit of salt} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called
            because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Spirit of sense}, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.]
            --Shak.
  
      {Spirits}, [or] {Spirit}, {of turpentine} (Chem.), rectified
            oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless, volatile, and
            very inflammable liquid, distilled from the turpentine of
            the various species of pine; camphine. See {Camphine}.
  
      {Spirit of vitriol} (Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called
            because formerly obtained by the distillation of green
            vitriol. [Obs.]
  
      {Spirit of vitriolic ether} (Chem.) ether; -- often but
            incorrectly called {sulphuric ether}. See {Ether}. [Obs.]
           
  
      {Spirits}, [or] {Spirit}, {of wine} (Chem.), alcohol; -- so
            called because formerly obtained by the distillation of
            wine.
  
      {Spirit rapper}, one who practices spirit rapping; a
            [bd]medium[b8] so called.
  
      {Spirit rapping}, an alleged form of communication with the
            spirits of the dead by raps. See {Spiritualism}, 3.
  
      {Sweet spirit of niter}. See {Spirit of nitrous ether},
            above.

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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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      {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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      {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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   Propagable \Prop"a*ga*ble\, a. [See {Propagate}.]
      1. Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or
            multiplied by natural generation or production.
  
      2. Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said
            of tenets, doctrines, or principles.

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   Propaganda \Prop`a*gan"da\, n. [Abbrev. fr. L. de propaganda
      fide: cf. F. propagande. See {Propagate}.]
      1. (R. C. Ch.)
            (a) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622,
                  charged with the management of missions.
            (b) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban
                  VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in
                  all parts of the world.
  
      2. Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular
            doctrine or a system of principles.

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   Propagandism \Prop`a*gan"dism\, n. [Cf. F. propagandisme.]
      The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal
      in propagating one's opinions.

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   Propagandist \Prop`a*gan"dist\, n. [Cf. F. propagandiste.]
      A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of
      principles. [bd]Political propagandists.[b8] --Walsh.

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   Propagate \Prop"a*gate\, v. i.
      To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by
      generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate
      rapidly.
  
               No need that thou Should'st propagate, already
               infinite.                                                --Milton.

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   Propagate \Prop"a*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propagated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Propagating}.] [L. propagatus, p. p. of
      propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of
      a plant, slip, shoot. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Pact}, {Prop},
      {Prune}, v. t.]
      1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or
            successive production; -- applied to animals and plants;
            as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate
            a species of fruit tree.
  
      2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward
            in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
  
      3. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge
            of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place;
            to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to
            propagate the Christian religion.
  
                     The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe.
  
      4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]
  
                     Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which
                     thou wilt propagate.                           --Shak.
  
      5. To generate; to produce.
  
                     Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
                                                                              --De Quincey.
  
      Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse;
               disseminate; promote.

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   Propagate \Prop"a*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propagated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Propagating}.] [L. propagatus, p. p. of
      propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of
      a plant, slip, shoot. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Pact}, {Prop},
      {Prune}, v. t.]
      1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or
            successive production; -- applied to animals and plants;
            as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate
            a species of fruit tree.
  
      2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward
            in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
  
      3. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge
            of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place;
            to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to
            propagate the Christian religion.
  
                     The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe.
  
      4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]
  
                     Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which
                     thou wilt propagate.                           --Shak.
  
      5. To generate; to produce.
  
                     Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
                                                                              --De Quincey.
  
      Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse;
               disseminate; promote.

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   Propagate \Prop"a*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propagated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Propagating}.] [L. propagatus, p. p. of
      propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of
      a plant, slip, shoot. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Pact}, {Prop},
      {Prune}, v. t.]
      1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or
            successive production; -- applied to animals and plants;
            as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate
            a species of fruit tree.
  
      2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward
            in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
  
      3. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge
            of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place;
            to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to
            propagate the Christian religion.
  
                     The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe.
  
      4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]
  
                     Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which
                     thou wilt propagate.                           --Shak.
  
      5. To generate; to produce.
  
                     Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
                                                                              --De Quincey.
  
      Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse;
               disseminate; promote.

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   Propagation \Prop`a*ga"tion\, n. [L. propagatio: cf. F.
      propagation.]
      1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of
            the kind by generation or successive production; as, the
            propagation of animals or plants.
  
                     There is not in nature any spontaneous generation,
                     but all come by propagation.               --Ray.
  
      2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything;
            diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound;
            the propagation of the gospel. --Bacon.

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   Propagative \Prop"a*ga*tive\, a.
      Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth.

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   Propagator \Prop"a*ga`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. propagateur.]
      One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.

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   d8Propagulum \[d8]Pro*pag"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Propagula}. [NL. See
      {Propagate}.] (Bot.)
      A runner terminated by a germinating bud.

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   Prophecy \Proph"e*cy\, n.; pl. {Prophecies}, [OE. prophecie, OF.
      profecie, F. proph[82]tie, L. prophetia, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      to be an interpreter of the gods, to prophesy, fr. [?]
      prophet. See {Prophet}.]
      1. A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a
            prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
  
                     He hearkens after prophecies and dreams. --Shak.
  
                     Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.
                                                                              --2. Pet. i.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the
            prophecy of Ahijah. --2 Chron. ix. 29.
  
      3. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation
            or instruction.

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   Prophecy \Proph"e*cy\, n.; pl. {Prophecies}, [OE. prophecie, OF.
      profecie, F. proph[82]tie, L. prophetia, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      to be an interpreter of the gods, to prophesy, fr. [?]
      prophet. See {Prophet}.]
      1. A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a
            prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
  
                     He hearkens after prophecies and dreams. --Shak.
  
                     Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.
                                                                              --2. Pet. i.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the
            prophecy of Ahijah. --2 Chron. ix. 29.
  
      3. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation
            or instruction.

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   Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prophesied}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Prophesying}.] [See {Prophecy}.]
      1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
  
                     He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings
            xxii. 8.
  
                     Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the
                     Fifth did sometime prophesy.               --Shak.
  
      2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
  
                     Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal
                     nobleness; I must embrace thee.         --Shak.

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   Prophesier \Proph"e*si`er\, n.
      A prophet. --Shak.

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   Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prophesied}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Prophesying}.] [See {Prophecy}.]
      1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
  
                     He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings
            xxii. 8.
  
                     Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the
                     Fifth did sometime prophesy.               --Shak.
  
      2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
  
                     Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal
                     nobleness; I must embrace thee.         --Shak.

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   Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. i.
      1. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to
            come. --Matt. xv. 7.
  
      2. To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or
            explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to
            exhort; to expound. --Ezek. xxxvii. 7.

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   Prophesy \Proph"e*sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prophesied}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Prophesying}.] [See {Prophecy}.]
      1. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
  
                     He doth not prophesy good concerning me. --1 Kings
            xxii. 8.
  
                     Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the
                     Fifth did sometime prophesy.               --Shak.
  
      2. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
  
                     Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal
                     nobleness; I must embrace thee.         --Shak.

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   Propice \Pro*pice"\, a. [OE., fr. F. propice, See {Propitious}.]
      Fit; propitious. [Obs.] --E. Hall.

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   Proposal \Pro*pos"al\, n. [From {Propose}.]
      1. That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or
            acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions
            proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of
            peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make
            proposals of marriage. [bd]To put forth proposals for a
            book.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      2. (Law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an
            intended business transaction, which, with acceptance,
            constitutes a contract.
  
      Syn: Proffer; tender; overture. See {Proposition}.

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   Propose \Pro*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proposed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Proposing}.] [F. proposer; pref. pro- (L. pro for,
      forward) + poser to place. See {Pose}, v.]
      1. To set forth. [Obs.]
  
                     That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce
                     could lift it up.                              --Chapman.
  
      2. To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or
            adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a
            question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to
            propose a person for office.
  
      3. To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed;
            hence, to purpose; to intend.
  
                     I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history
                     of the people of New England. --Palfrey.
  
      {To propose to one's self}, to intend; to design.

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   Propose \Pro*pose"\, v. i.
      1. To speak; to converse. [Obs.]
  
                     There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing
                     with the prince and Claudio.               --Shak.
  
      2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a
            scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
  
      3. To offer one's self in marriage.

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   Propose \Pro*pose"\, n. [F. propos, L. propositum. See
      {Propound}, {Purpose}, n.]
      Talk; discourse. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Propose \Pro*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proposed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Proposing}.] [F. proposer; pref. pro- (L. pro for,
      forward) + poser to place. See {Pose}, v.]
      1. To set forth. [Obs.]
  
                     That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce
                     could lift it up.                              --Chapman.
  
      2. To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or
            adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a
            question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to
            propose a person for office.
  
      3. To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed;
            hence, to purpose; to intend.
  
                     I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history
                     of the people of New England. --Palfrey.
  
      {To propose to one's self}, to intend; to design.

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   Proposer \Pro*pos"er\, n.
      1. One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or
            adoption.
  
      2. A speaker; an orator. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Propose \Pro*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proposed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Proposing}.] [F. proposer; pref. pro- (L. pro for,
      forward) + poser to place. See {Pose}, v.]
      1. To set forth. [Obs.]
  
                     That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce
                     could lift it up.                              --Chapman.
  
      2. To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or
            adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a
            question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to
            propose a person for office.
  
      3. To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed;
            hence, to purpose; to intend.
  
                     I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history
                     of the people of New England. --Palfrey.
  
      {To propose to one's self}, to intend; to design.

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   Proposition \Prop`o*si"tion\, n. [L. propositio: cf. F.
      proposition. See {Propound}.]
      1. The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
            [bd]Oblations for the altar of proposition.[b8] --Jer.
            Taylor.
  
      2. That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for
            consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as,
            the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was
            not accepted.
  
      3. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith;
            creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
  
                     Some persons . . . change their propositions
                     according as their temporal necessities or
                     advantages do turn.                           --Jer. Taylor.
  
      4. (Gram. & Logic) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence
            consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula;
            a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of
            speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a
            subject; as, snow is white.
  
      5. (Math.) A statement in terms of a truth to be
            demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
  
      Note: It is called a theorem when it is something to be
               proved, and a problem when it is something to be done.
  
      6. (Rhet.) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject
            of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for
            discussion or illustration.
  
      7. (Poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the
            subject or matter of it.
  
      {Leaves of proposition} (Jewish Antiq.), the showbread.
            --Wyclif (Luke vi. 4).
  
      Syn: Proposal; offer; statement; declaration.
  
      Usage: {Proposition}, {Proposal}. These words are both from
                  the Latin verb proponere, to set forth, and as here
                  compared they mark different forms or stages of a
                  negotiation. A proposition is something presented for
                  discussion or consideration; as, propositions of
                  peace. A proposal is some definite thing offered by
                  one party to be accepted or rejected by the other. If
                  the proposition is favorably received, it is usually
                  followed by proposals which complete the arrangement.

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   Propositional \Prop`o*si"tion*al\, a.
      Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered
      as a proposition; as, a propositional sense. --I. Watts.

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   Props \Props\, n. pl.
      A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a
      prop, are used instead of dice.

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   Propugn \Pro*pugn"\, v. t. [L. propugnare; pro for + pugnare to
      fight.]
      To contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [Obs.] --Hammond.

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   Propugnacle \Pro*pug"na*cle\, n. [L. propugnaculum.]
      A fortress. [Obs.] --Howell.

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   Propugnation \Pro`pug*na"tion\, n. [L. propugnatio.]
      Means of defense; defense. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Propugner \Pro*pugn"er\, n.
      A defender; a vindicator. [bd]Zealous propugners.[b8] --Gov.
      of Tongue.

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   Provect \Pro*vect"\, a. [L. provectus, p. p. of provehere to
      carry forward.]
      Carried forward; advanced. [Obs.] [bd]Provect in years.[b8]
      --Sir T. Flyot.

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   Provection \Pro*vec"tion\, n. [L. provectio an advancement.]
      (Philol.)
      A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following
      word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

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   Provessel \Pro*vessel"\, a.
      Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a
      professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
  
      {The professed} (R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the
            Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under
            {Jesuit}.

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   Provexity \Pro*vex"i*ty\, n. [L. provehere to advance. Cf.
      {Provect}.]
      Great advance in age. [Obs.]

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   Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provisioned}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Provisioning}.]
      To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
  
               They were provisioned for a journey.      --Palfrey.

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   Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, n. [L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See
      {Provide}.]
      1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
            --Shak.
  
      2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
            together or arranged in advance; measures taken
            beforehand; preparation.
  
                     Making provision for the relief of strangers.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      3. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables
            collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
  
                     And of provisions laid in large, For man and beast.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a
            previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a
            contract; the statute has many provisions.
  
      5. (R. C. Ch.) A canonical term for regular induction into a
            benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and
            installation.
  
      6. (Eng. Hist.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before
            it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of
            presentation. --Blackstone.

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   Provisional \Pro*vi"sion*al\, a. [Cf. F. provisionnel.]
      Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the
      time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as,
      a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

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   Provisionally \Pro*vi"sion*al*ly\, adv.
      By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. --Locke.

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   Provisionary \Pro*vi"sion*a*ry\, a.
      Provisional. --Burke.

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   Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provisioned}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Provisioning}.]
      To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
  
               They were provisioned for a journey.      --Palfrey.

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   Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provisioned}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Provisioning}.]
      To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
  
               They were provisioned for a journey.      --Palfrey.

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   Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, n.; pl. {Provisos}. [L., (it) being
      provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See
      {Provide}, and cf. {Purview}.]
      An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract,
      grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced,
      usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional
      stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant,
      or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.
  
               He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and
               exception.                                             --Shak.

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   Provisor \Pro*vi"sor\, n. [L., fr. providere: cf. F. proviseur.
      See {Provide}.]
      1. One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] [bd]The chief
            provisor of our horse.[b8] --Ford.
  
      2. (R. C. Ch.)
            (a) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious
                  house. --Cowell.
            (b) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See
                  {Provision}, 5. --P. Plowman.
  
      3. (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal
            provision. See {Provision}, 6.

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   Provisorily \Pro*vi"so*ri*ly\, adv.
      In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso;
      as, to admit a doctrine provisorily. --Sir W. Hamilton.

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   Provisorship \Pro*vi"sor*ship\, n.
      The office or position of a provisor. [R.] --J. Webster.

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   Provisory \Pro*vi"so*ry\, a. [Cf. F. provisoire.]
      1. Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or
            condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.
  
      2. Making temporary provision; provisional.

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   Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, n.; pl. {Provisos}. [L., (it) being
      provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See
      {Provide}, and cf. {Purview}.]
      An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract,
      grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced,
      usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional
      stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant,
      or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.
  
               He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and
               exception.                                             --Shak.

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   Provocation \Prov`o*ca"tion\, n. [F. provocation, L. provocatio.
      See {Provoke}.]
      1. The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.
            --Fabyan.
  
      2. That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of
            resentment; as, to give provocation. --Paley.
  
      3. Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.
  
      4. (Law) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed,
            under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to
            excuse an assault made in retort or redress.
  
      5. An appeal to a court.
  
      Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Ayliffe.

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   Provocative \Pro*vo"ca*tive\, a. [L. provocativus: cf. OF.
      provocatif.]
      Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
      exciting.

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   Provocative \Pro*vo"ca*tive\, n.
      Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative
      of appetite.

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   Provocativeness \Pro*vo"ca*tive*ness\, n.
      Quality of being provocative.

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   Provocatory \Pro*vo"ca*to*ry\, a.
      Provocative.

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   Provokable \Pro*vok"a*ble\, a.
      That may be provoked.

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   Provoke \Pro*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provoked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Provoking}.] [F. provoquer, L. provocare to call
      forth; pro forth + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice,
      cry, call. See {Voice}.]
      To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense
      to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition;
      hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a
      challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to
      irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
  
               Obey his voice, provoke him not.            --Ex. xxiii.
                                                                              21.
  
               Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. --Eph.
                                                                              vi. 4.
  
               Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make
               death in us live.                                    --Milton.
  
               Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? --Gray.
  
               To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it,
               what it provokes in his own soul.            -- J.
                                                                              Burroughs.
  
      Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite;
               anger. See {Irritate}.

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   Provoke \Pro*voke"\, v. i.
      1. To cause provocation or anger.
  
      2. To appeal.
  
      Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Dryden.

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   Provoke \Pro*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provoked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Provoking}.] [F. provoquer, L. provocare to call
      forth; pro forth + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice,
      cry, call. See {Voice}.]
      To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense
      to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition;
      hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a
      challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to
      irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
  
               Obey his voice, provoke him not.            --Ex. xxiii.
                                                                              21.
  
               Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. --Eph.
                                                                              vi. 4.
  
               Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make
               death in us live.                                    --Milton.
  
               Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? --Gray.
  
               To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it,
               what it provokes in his own soul.            -- J.
                                                                              Burroughs.
  
      Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite;
               anger. See {Irritate}.

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   Provokement \Pro*voke"ment\, n.
      The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other
      passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.
  
               Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Provoke \Pro*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provoked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Provoking}.] [F. provoquer, L. provocare to call
      forth; pro forth + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice,
      cry, call. See {Voice}.]
      To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense
      to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition;
      hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a
      challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to
      irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
  
               Obey his voice, provoke him not.            --Ex. xxiii.
                                                                              21.
  
               Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. --Eph.
                                                                              vi. 4.
  
               Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make
               death in us live.                                    --Milton.
  
               Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? --Gray.
  
               To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it,
               what it provokes in his own soul.            -- J.
                                                                              Burroughs.
  
      Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite;
               anger. See {Irritate}.

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   Provoking \Pro*vok"ing\, a.
      Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending
      to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or
      treatment. -- {Pro*vok"ing*ly}, adv.

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   Provoking \Pro*vok"ing\, a.
      Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending
      to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or
      treatment. -- {Pro*vok"ing*ly}, adv.

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   Provost \Prov"ost\, n. [OF. provost (L. prae and pro being
      confused), F. prev[93]t, fr. L. praepositus placed before, a
      chief, fr. praeponere to place before: cf. AS. pr[be]fost,
      pr[omac]fast. See {Preposition}, and cf. {Propound}.]
      1. A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over,
            something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns;
            as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to
            the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college,
            answering to president; the provost or head of certain
            collegiate churches.
  
      2. The keeper of a prison. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      Note: In France, formerly, a provost was an inferior judge
               who had cognizance of civil causes. The grand provost
               of France, or of the household, had jurisdiction in the
               king's house, and over its officers.
  
      {Provost marshal} (often pronounced [?]).
            (a) (Mil.) An officer appointed in every army, in the
                  field, to secure the prisoners confined on charges of
                  a general nature. He also performs such other duties
                  pertaining to police and discipline as the regulations
                  of the service or the commander's orders impose upon
                  him.
            (b) (Nav.) An officer who has charge of prisoners on trial
                  by court-martial, serves notices to witnesses, etc.

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   Provost \Prov"ost\, n. [OF. provost (L. prae and pro being
      confused), F. prev[93]t, fr. L. praepositus placed before, a
      chief, fr. praeponere to place before: cf. AS. pr[be]fost,
      pr[omac]fast. See {Preposition}, and cf. {Propound}.]
      1. A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over,
            something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns;
            as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to
            the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college,
            answering to president; the provost or head of certain
            collegiate churches.
  
      2. The keeper of a prison. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      Note: In France, formerly, a provost was an inferior judge
               who had cognizance of civil causes. The grand provost
               of France, or of the household, had jurisdiction in the
               king's house, and over its officers.
  
      {Provost marshal} (often pronounced [?]).
            (a) (Mil.) An officer appointed in every army, in the
                  field, to secure the prisoners confined on charges of
                  a general nature. He also performs such other duties
                  pertaining to police and discipline as the regulations
                  of the service or the commander's orders impose upon
                  him.
            (b) (Nav.) An officer who has charge of prisoners on trial
                  by court-martial, serves notices to witnesses, etc.

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   Provostship \Prov"ost*ship\, n.
      The office of a provost.

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   Purbeck beds \Pur"beck beds`\ [So called from the Isle of
      Purbeck in England.] (Geol.)
      The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone,
      belonging to the O[94]litic group. See the Chart of
      {Geology}.

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   Purbeck stone \Pur"beck stone`\ (Geol.)
      A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.

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   Purification \Pu`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F. purification, L.
      purificatio. See {Purify}.]
      1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating
            and removing from anything that which is impure or
            noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the
            purification of liquors, or of metals.
  
      2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by
            removing any pollution or defilement.
  
                     When the days of her purification according to the
                     law of Moses were accomplished.         --Luke ii. 22.
  
      3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the
            extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

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   Purificative \Pu"ri*fi*ca*tive\, a. [Cf. F. purificatif.]
      Having power to purify; tending to cleanse. [R.]

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   Purificator \Pu"ri*fi*ca`tor\, n.
      One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.

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   Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. i.
      To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]
      --Spenser.

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   Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
      propositum. See {Propound}.]
      1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be
            reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view
            is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim;
            design; intention; plan.
  
                     He will his firste purpos modify.      --Chaucer.
  
                     As my eternal purpose hath decreed.   -- Milton.
  
                     The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the
                     deed go with it.                                 --Shak.
  
      2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
  
      {In purpose}, {Of purpose}, {On purpose}, with previous
            design; with the mind directed to that object;
            intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
  
      Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See {Design}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purposed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Purposing}.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See {Propose}.]
      1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
  
      2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon,
            as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to
            design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or
            dependent clause. --Chaucer.
  
                     Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
  
                     I purpose to write the history of England from the
                     accession of King James the Second down to a time
                     which is within the memory of men still living.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purposed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Purposing}.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See {Propose}.]
      1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
  
      2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon,
            as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to
            design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or
            dependent clause. --Chaucer.
  
                     Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
  
                     I purpose to write the history of England from the
                     accession of King James the Second down to a time
                     which is within the memory of men still living.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposedly \Pur"posed*ly\, adv.
      In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design;
      purposely.
  
               A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposeful \Pur"pose*ful\, a.
      Important; material. [bd]Purposeful accounts.[b8] --Tylor. --
      {Pur"pose*ful*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposeful \Pur"pose*ful\, a.
      Important; material. [bd]Purposeful accounts.[b8] --Tylor. --
      {Pur"pose*ful*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposeless \Pur"pose*less\, a.
      Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. --
      {Pur"pose*less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposeless \Pur"pose*less\, a.
      Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. --
      {Pur"pose*less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposely \Pur"pose*ly\, adv.
      With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination;
      designedly.
  
               In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all
               offensive and displeasing truths.            --Atterbury.
  
               So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By
               chance go right, they purposely go wrong. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposer \Pur"pos*er\, n.
      1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
            [Obs.]
  
      2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purposed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Purposing}.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See {Propose}.]
      1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
  
      2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon,
            as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to
            design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or
            dependent clause. --Chaucer.
  
                     Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
  
                     I purpose to write the history of England from the
                     accession of King James the Second down to a time
                     which is within the memory of men still living.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purposive \Pur"po*sive\, a.
      Having or indicating purpose or design. [bd]Purposive
      characters.[b8] --Bastian.
  
               Purposive modification of structure in a bone. --Owen.
  
               It is impossible that the frog should perform actions
               morepurposive than these.                        --Huxley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purrificatory \Pur*rif"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. purificatorius.]
      Serving or tending to purify; purificative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrophosphate \Pyr"o*phos"phate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrophosphoric \Pyr`o*phos*phor"ic\, a. [Pyro- + phosphoric.]
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {H4P2O7}, which is
      obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are
      obtained by heating the phosphates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyruvic \Py*ru"vic\, a. [Pyro- + L. uva a grape.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also
      pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent
      odor, by the distillation of racemic acid.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Purvis, MS (city, FIPS 60480)
      Location: 31.14246 N, 89.40877 W
      Population (1990): 2140 (832 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39475

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   perfect programmer syndrome n.   Arrogance; the egotistical
   conviction that one is above normal human error.   Most frequently
   found among programmers of some native ability but relatively little
   experience (especially new graduates; their perceptions may be
   distorted by a history of excellent performance at solving {toy
   problem}s).   "Of course my program is correct, there is no need to
   test it."   "Yes, I can see there may be a problem here, but _I'll_
   never type `rm -r /' while in {root mode}."
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   provocative maintenance n.   [common ironic mutation of
   `preventive maintenance'] Actions performed upon a machine at
   regularly scheduled intervals to ensure that the system remains in a
   usable state.   So called because it is all too often performed by a
   {field servoid} who doesn't know what he is doing; such
   `maintenance' often _induces_ problems, or otherwise results in the
   machine's remaining in an _un_usable state for an indeterminate
   amount of time.   See also {scratch monkey}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   perfect programmer syndrome
  
      Arrogance; the egotistical conviction that one is above normal
      human error.   Most frequently found among programmers of some
      native ability but relatively little experience (especially
      new graduates; their perceptions may be distorted by a history
      of excellent performance at solving {toy problem}s).   "Of
      course my program is correct, there is no need to test it."
      "Yes, I can see there may be a problem here, but *I'll* never
      type "rm -r /" while in {root mode}."
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PowerPC
  
      (PPC) A {RISC} {microprocessor} designed
      to meet a {standard} which was jointly designed by {Motorola},
      {IBM}, and {Apple Computer} (the PowerPC Alliance).   The
      PowerPC standard specifies a common {instruction set
      architecture} (ISA), allowing anyone to design and fabricate
      PowerPC processors, which will run the same code.   The PowerPC
      architecture is based on the IBM {POWER} architecture, used in
      IBM's {RS/6000} {workstation}s.   Currently {IBM} and
      {Motorola} are working on PowerPC chips.
  
      The PowerPC standard specifies both 32-bit and 64-bit data
      paths.   Early implementations were 32-bit (e.g. {PowerPC
      601}); later higher-performance implementations were 64-bit
      (e.g. PowerPC 620).   A PowerPC has 32 integer {registers} (32-
      or 64 bit) and 32 {floating-point} (IEEE standard 64 bit)
      {floating-point} registers.
  
      The POWER CPU chip and PowerPC have a (large) common core, but
      both have instructions that the other doesn't.   The PowerPC
      offers the following features that POWER does not:
  
      Support for running in {little-endian} mode.
  
      Addition of single precision {floating-point} operations.
  
      Control of branch prediction direction.
  
      A hardware coherency model (not in Book I).
  
      Some other {floating-point} instructions (some optional).
  
      The real time clock (upper and lower) was replaced with the
      time base registers (upper and lower), which don't count in
      sec/ns (the decrementer also changed).
  
      64-bit instruction operands, registers, etc. (in 64 bit
      processors).
  
      See also {PowerOpen}, {PowerPC Platform} (PReP).
  
      {IBM PPC info
      (http://fnctsrv0.chips.ibm.com/products/ppc/index.html)}.
  
      {(gopher://info.hed.apple.com/)}, "Apple Corporate News/"
      (press releases), "Apple Technologies/" and "Product
      Information/".   {(gopher://ike.engr.washington.edu/)}, "IBM
      General News/", "IBM Product Announcements/", "IBM Detailed
      Product Announcements/", "IBM Hardware Catalog/".
  
      {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.sys.powerpc},
      {news:comp.sys.mac.hardware}.
  
      ["Microprocessor Report", 16 October 1991].
  
      (1994-09-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PowerPC 601
  
      A 32-bit {RISC} processor with 2.8 million
      transistors (~1.2 million in the core logic) and 32 kilobytes
      of on-chip {cache}.   Die size: 118.8 mm2.   Heat dissipation at
      66MHz: 9W.   Performance at 66MHz: integer >60 {SPECint92},
      {floating-point} >80 {SPECfp92}.   Estimated manufacturing
      cost: $76.   Maximum instructions per cycle: 3.   32 32-bit
      general-purpose registers.   32 64-bit {floating-point}
      registers.   Successors: PowerPC 603, 604, 620.
  
      (2000-01-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PowerPC G3
  
      A {processor} chip from {Apple Computer, Inc.}.
  
      Described by Apple as "the third generation in the development
      of advanced processor technology" the first PowerPC G3
      products were launched in 1997.   It is specifically optimised
      for the {Macintosh Operating System} and uses {backside cache}
      to improve performance.   The PowerPC G3 has been used by Apple
      in {notebook}, {desktop} and {server} products.
  
      {Home (http://www.apple.com/powermac/technologies/g3.html)}.
  
      (1998-10-03)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PowerPC Platform
  
      (PPCP, PReP - PowerPC Reference
      Platform, formerly CHRP - Common Hardware Reference Platform)
      An open system standard, designed by {IBM}, intended to ensure
      compatibility among {PowerPC}-based systems built by different
      companies.   The PReP standard specifies the {PCI} bus, but
      will also support {ISA}, {MicroChannel} and {PCMCIA}.
  
      PReP-compliant systems will be able to run the {Macintosh} OS,
      {OS/2}, {WorkplaceOS}, {AIX}, {Solaris}, {Taligent} and
      {Windows NT}.   IBM systems will (of course) be PReP-compliant.
      Apple's first {PowerPC} {Macintosh}es will not be compliant,
      but future ones may be.
  
      {IBM info
      (http://fnctsrv0.chips.ibm.com/products/ppc/L3ppcp.html)}.
  
      {(http://billboard.emedia.com.au/chipster/computers/CHRP/whatsCHRP.html)}.
  
      [Current OS statuses?]
  
      (1997-03-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PowerPC Reference Platform
  
      {PowerPC Platform}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   pre\box
  
      {Phase 5}'s Amiga clone, announced on 1998-03-10.
      The pre\box will have a processor card with four {PowerPC}
      processors running in parallel.   The processors will range
      from four 200 MHz {PPC604e} chips to four 300MHz {PPC750}
      chips.   It will have a {Voodoo2} {video graphics card}, as
      well as a custom video chip working in concert, with 8 MB of
      {video ram}.   It will run {Amiga OS} 3.1 (or higher if
      {Gateway 2000} delivers the next upgrade before its release)
      and have {Motorola 68000} {CPU} {emulation} in software.
  
      Other features include {EIDE}, {Ultra Wide SCSI-II}, {PCI},
      {Ethernet} and {DIMM} sockets.   Extra RAM, hard disks and
      {CD-ROM} will be available.   The initial specification will
      probably be 32MB RAM, 32-speed CD and 4GB hard disk in an {ATX
      minitower}.   Systems should start at about $2000 for four
      parallel 200 MHZ CPUs and be available at the end of 1998.
  
      {Full press release
      (http://www.cucug.org/amiga/aminews/1998/980310-phase5.html)}.
  
      (1998-07-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   prefix
  
      1. The standard metric prefixes used in the {Système
      International} (SI) conventions for scientific measurement.
  
      Here are the SI magnifying prefixes, along with the
      corresponding binary interpretations in common use:
  
         prefix abr decimal   binary
  
         yocto-      1000^-8
         zepto-      1000^-7
         atto-         1000^-6
         femto-   f   1000^-5
         pico-   p   1000^-4
         nano-   n   1000^-3
         micro-   *   1000^-2               * Abbreviation: Greek mu
         milli-   m   1000^-1
  
         kilo- k   1000^1   1024^1 = 2^10 = 1,024
         mega- M   1000^2   1024^2 = 2^20 = 1,048,576
         giga- G   1000^3   1024^3 = 2^30 = 1,073,741,824
         tera- T   1000^4   1024^4 = 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776
         peta-       1000^5   1024^5 = 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624
         exa-         1000^6   1024^6 = 2^60 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
         zetta-      1000^7   1024^7 = 2^70 = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
         yotta-      1000^8   1024^8 = 2^80 = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176
  
      "Femto" and "atto" derive not from Greek but from Danish.
  
      The abbreviated forms of these prefixes are common in
      electronics and physics.
  
      When used with bytes of storage, these prefixes usually denote
      multiplication by powers of 1024 = 2^10 (K, M, and G are
      common in computing).   Thus "MB" stands for megabytes (2^20
      bytes).   This common practice goes against the edicts of the
      {BIPM} who deprecate the use of these prefixes for powers of
      two.   The formal SI prefix for 1000 is lower case "k"; some,
      including this dictionary, use this strictly, reserving upper
      case "K" for multiplication by 1024 (KB is thus "kilobytes").
  
      Also, in data transfer rates the prefixes stand for powers of
      ten so, for example, 28.8 kb/s means 28,800 bits per second.
  
      In speech, the unit is often dropped so one may talk of "a 40K
      salary" (40000 dollars) or "2M of disk space" (2*2^20 bytes).
  
      The accepted pronunciation of the initial G of "giga-" was
      once soft, /ji'ga/ (like "gigantic"), but now the hard
      pronunciation, /gi'ga/, is probably more common.   [Is this
      true of Commonwealth countries?]
  
      Confusing 1000 and 1024 (or other powers of 2 and 10 close in
      magnitude) - for example, describing a memory in units of 500K
      or 524K instead of 512K - is a sure sign of the {marketroid}.
      For example, 3.5" {microfloppies} are often described as
      storing "1.44 MB".   In fact, this is completely specious.   The
      correct size is 1440 KB = 1440 * 1024 = 1474560 bytes.   Alas,
      this point is probably lost on the world forever.
  
      In 1993, hacker Morgan Burke proposed, to general approval on
      {Usenet}, the following additional prefixes: groucho (10^-30),
      harpo (10^-27), harpi (10^27), grouchi (10^30).   This would
      leave the prefixes zeppo-, gummo-, and chico- available for
      future expansion.   Sadly, there is little immediate prospect
      that Mr. Burke's eminently sensible proposal will be ratified.
  
      2. Related to the {prefix notation}.
  
      (2003-05-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   prefix notation
  
      (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings
      of {functions} and {operands}: in prefix notation the function
      precedes all its operands.   For example, what may normally be
      written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)".   A few languages (e.g.,
      {lisp}) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix
      notation in combination with {infix notation}.
  
      Compare: {postfix notation}.
  
      (2001-02-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   prefix syntax
  
      {prefix notation}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   prepaging
  
      (Or "working set model") A technique whereby
      the {operating system} in a {paging} {virtual memory}
      {multitasking} environment loads all pages of a process's
      {working set} into memory before the process is restarted.
  
      Under {demand paging} a process accesses its working set by
      {page faults} every time it is restarted.   Under prepaging the
      system remembers the pages in each process's working set and
      loads them into physical memory before restarting the process.
      Prepaging reduces the {page fault} rate of reloaded processes
      and hence generally improves CPU efficiency.
  
      ["Modern Operating Systems", Andrew S. Tanenbaum,
      pub. Prentice Hall, Inc.   1992].
  
      (1998-04-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   privacy
  
      Where only the intended recipients can read a message.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Privacy Enhanced Mail
  
      (PEM) {Internet} {electronic mail} which provides
      confidentiality, {authentication} and message integrity using
      various {encryption} methods.
  
      See also {Pretty Good Privacy}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Professional Graphics Adapter
  
      (PGA) A computer video {display
      standard} produced by {IBM} for early {CAD} applications.   It
      had a resolution of 640x400 {pixels}.
  
      (1997-04-25)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Professional Office System
  
      (PROFS) An office messaging system from {IBM},
      used worldwide, mainly on IBM {mainframes}.
  
      (1996-03-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   professional programming
  
      {paranoid programming}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PROFS
  
      {Professional Office System}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Proposal Writing
  
      Extension of {Fortran} for proposal writing.
  
      [Sammet 1969, p. 170].
  
      (1995-01-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   propositional calculus
  
      {propositional logic}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   propositional logic
  
      (or "propositional calculus") A system of {symbolic
      logic} using symbols to stand for whole {propositions} and
      {logical connectives}.   Propositional logic only considers
      whether a proposition is true or false.   In contrast to
      {predicate logic}, it does not consider the internal structure
      of propositions.
  
      (2002-05-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   provocative maintenance
  
      [Common ironic mutation of "preventive maintenance"] Actions
      performed upon a machine at regularly scheduled intervals to
      ensure that the system remains in a usable state.   So called
      because it is all too often performed by a {field servoid} who
      doesn't know what he is doing; such "maintenance" often
      *induces* problems, or otherwise results in the machine's
      remaining in an *un*usable state for an indeterminate amount
      of time.   See also {scratch monkey}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Perfection
      See {SANCTIFICATION}.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Prophecy
      or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has
      been defined as a "miracle of knowledge, a declaration or
      description or representation of something future, beyond the
      power of human sagacity to foresee, discern, or conjecture."
      (See {PROPHET}.)
     
         The great prediction which runs like a golden thread through
      the whole contents of the Old Testament is that regarding the
      coming and work of the Messiah; and the great use of prophecy
      was to perpetuate faith in his coming, and to prepare the world
      for that event. But there are many subordinate and intermediate
      prophecies also which hold an important place in the great chain
      of events which illustrate the sovereignty and all-wise
      overruling providence of God.
     
         Then there are many prophecies regarding the Jewish nation,
      its founder Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3; 13:16; 15:5; 17:2, 4-6, etc.),
      and his posterity, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants (12:7;
      13:14, 15, 17; 15:18-21; Ex. 3:8, 17), which have all been
      fulfilled. The twenty-eighth chapter of Deuteronomy contains a
      series of predictions which are even now in the present day
      being fulfilled. In the writings of the prophets Isaiah
      (2:18-21), Jeremiah (27:3-7; 29:11-14), Ezekiel (5:12; 8),
      Daniel (8; 9:26, 27), Hosea (9:17), there are also many
      prophecies regarding the events which were to befall that
      people.
     
         There is in like manner a large number of prophecies relating
      to those nations with which the Jews came into contact, as Tyre
      (Ezek. 26:3-5, 14-21), Egypt (Ezek. 29:10, 15; 30:6, 12, 13),
      Ethiopia (Nahum 3:8-10), Nineveh (Nahum 1:10; 2:8-13; 3:17-19),
      Babylon (Isa. 13:4; Jer. 51:7; Isa. 44:27; Jer. 50:38; 51:36,
      39, 57), the land of the Philistines (Jer. 47:4-7; Ezek.
      25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8; Zeph. 2:4-7; Zech. 9:5-8), and of the four
      great monarchies (Dan. 2:39, 40; 7:17-24; 8:9).
     
         But the great body of Old Testament prophecy relates directly
      to the advent of the Messiah, beginning with Gen. 3:15, the
      first great promise, and extending in ever-increasing fulness
      and clearness all through to the very close of the canon. The
      Messianic prophecies are too numerous to be quoted. "To him gave
      all the prophets witness." (Comp. Micah 5:2; Hag. 2:6-9; Isa.
      7:14; 9:6, 7; 11:1, 2; 53; 60:10, 13; Ps. 16:11; 68:18.)
     
         Many predictions also were delivered by Jesus and his
      apostles. Those of Christ were very numerous. (Comp. Matt.
      10:23:24; 11:23; 19:28; 21:43, 44; 24; 25:31-46; 26:17-35, 46,
      64; Mark 9:1; 10:30; 13; 11:1-6, 14; 14:12-31, 42, 62; 16:17,
      etc.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Purification
      the process by which a person unclean, according to the
      Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the
      festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these
      privileges.
     
         The great annual purification of the people was on the Day of
      Atonement (q.v.).
     
         But in the details of daily life there were special causes of
      cermonial uncleanness which were severally provided for by
      ceremonial laws enacted for each separate case. For example, the
      case of the leper (Lev. 13, 14), and of the house defiled by
      leprosy (14:49-53; see also Matt. 8:2-4). Uncleanness from
      touching a dead body (Num. 19:11; Hos. 9:4; Hag. 2:13; Matt.
      23:27; Luke 11:44). The case of the high priest and of the
      Nazarite (Lev. 21:1-4, 10, 11; Num. 6:6, 7; Ezek. 44:25).
      Purification was effected by bathing and washing the clothes
      (Lev. 14:8, 9); by washing the hands (Deut. 21:6; Matt. 27:24);
      washing the hands and feet (Ex. 30:18-21; Heb. 6:2, "baptisms",
      R.V. marg., "washings;" 9:10); sprinkling with blood and water
      (Ex. 24:5-8; Heb. 9:19), etc. Allusions to this rite are found
      in Ps. 26:6; 51:7; Ezek. 36:25; Heb. 10:22.
     
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