pair of tongs
         n 1: any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually
               have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks
               below [syn: {tongs}, {pair of tongs}]

English Dictionary: private	by the DICT Development Group
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pair of tweezers n a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping Synonym(s): pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers
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parapet n a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony fortification consisting of a low wall Synonym(s): parapet, breastwork
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parapodium n one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
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parfait n layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream
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parfait glass n a tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served
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Parvati n wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty Synonym(s): Parvati, Anapurna, Annapurna
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Pauropoda n an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs Synonym(s): Pauropoda, class Pauropoda
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peer of the realm n a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords
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perfidious adj tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" Synonym(s): punic, perfidious, treacherous
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perfidiously adv in a perfidious manner; "he was playing perfidiously one side against the other"
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perfidiousness n betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery]
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perfidy n betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery] an act of deliberate betrayal Synonym(s): treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy
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Periophthalmus n a genus of Gobiidae [syn: Periophthalmus, {genus Periophthalmus}]
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peripatetic adj of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" Synonym(s): Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" Synonym(s): peripatetic, wayfaring n a person who walks from place to place a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism Synonym(s): Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic
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peripateticism n (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought" Synonym(s): Aristotelianism, peripateticism
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Peripatidae n a family of Onychophora [syn: Peripatidae, {family Peripatidae}]
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Peripatopsidae n a family of Onychophora [syn: Peripatopsidae, {family Peripatopsidae}]
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Peripatopsis n type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions Synonym(s): Peripatopsis, genus Peripatopsis
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peripatus n any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms Synonym(s): onychophoran, velvet worm, peripatus
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peripeteia n a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling" Synonym(s): peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
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peripetia n a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling" Synonym(s): peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
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peripety n a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling" Synonym(s): peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
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peripteral adj having columns on all sides Antonym(s): apteral
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perpetrate v perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" Synonym(s): perpetrate, commit, pull
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perpetration n the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal]
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perpetrator n someone who perpetrates wrongdoing [syn: perpetrator, culprit]
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perpetual adj continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" Synonym(s): ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" Synonym(s): ceaseless, constant, incessant, never- ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting
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perpetual calendar n a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years
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perpetual motion n motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy; impossible in practice because of friction
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perpetual motion machine n a machine that can continue to do work indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source; impossible under the law of conservation of energy
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perpetual warrant n a warrant with no expiration date
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perpetually adv everlastingly; for all time; "rays...streaming perpetually from the sun"- Stuart Chase without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" Synonym(s): constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly
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perpetuate v cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
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perpetuation n the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" Synonym(s): prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening
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perpetuity n the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) [syn: perpetuity, sempiternity]
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pervade v spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" Synonym(s): permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
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power of attorney n a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent
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powerboat n a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine [syn: motorboat, powerboat]
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prefaded adj (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means
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prefatorial adj serving as an introduction or preface [syn: introductory, prefatorial, prefatory]
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prefatory adj serving as an introduction or preface [syn: introductory, prefatorial, prefatory]
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prepaid adj used especially of mail; paid in advance [syn: postpaid, prepaid]
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prepotency n the state of being predominant over others [syn: predominance, predomination, prepotency]
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private adj confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" Antonym(s): public concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters" concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath" Synonym(s): individual(a), private not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" Synonym(s): secret, private n an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value" Synonym(s): private, buck private, common soldier
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private citizen n a citizen who does not hold any official or public position
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private corporation n a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market Synonym(s): closed corporation, close corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation
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private detective n someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Synonym(s): private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
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private enterprise n an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices Synonym(s): market economy, free enterprise, private enterprise, laissez-faire economy Antonym(s): non-market economy
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private eye n someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Synonym(s): private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
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private foundation n a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public
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private instructor n a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) Synonym(s): coach, private instructor, tutor
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private investigator n someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Synonym(s): private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
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private line n a telephone line serving a single subscriber
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private nuisance n a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land
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private parts n external sex organ [syn: genitalia, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch]
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private practice n the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee; "he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice"; "lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive"
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private property n movable property (as distinguished from real estate) [syn: personal property, personal estate, personalty, private property]
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private road n a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" Synonym(s): driveway, drive, private road
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private school n a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
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private security force n a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry Synonym(s): security force, private security force
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private treaty n a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency
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private-enterprise adj subscribing to capitalistic competition [syn: competitive, free-enterprise(a), private- enterprise(a)]
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privateer n an officer or crew member of a privateer [syn: privateer, privateersman] a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
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privateersman n an officer or crew member of a privateer [syn: privateer, privateersman]
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privately adv kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private" Synonym(s): privately, in private, in camera Antonym(s): in public, publically, publicly by a private person or interest; "a privately financed campaign" Antonym(s): publicly
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privately held corporation n a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market Synonym(s): closed corporation, close corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation
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privateness n the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment] the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others Synonym(s): privacy, privateness, seclusion
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privates n external sex organ [syn: genitalia, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch]
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privation n a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want, deprivation, neediness] act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" Synonym(s): privation, deprivation
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privatisation n changing something from state to private ownership or control Synonym(s): denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation Antonym(s): communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization
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privatise v change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" Synonym(s): privatize, privatise
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privatization n changing something from state to private ownership or control Synonym(s): denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation Antonym(s): communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization
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privatize v change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" Synonym(s): privatize, privatise
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privet n any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
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privet andromeda n deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers Synonym(s): maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina
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privet hedge n hedge of privet plants
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probate n a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate Synonym(s): probate, probate will the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements v put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
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probate court n a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
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probate will n a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate Synonym(s): probate, probate will
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probation n a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; "probation is part of the sentencing process"
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probation officer n the officer of the court who supervises probationers
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probationary adj 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
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probationer n a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period [syn: probationer, student nurse] someone released on probation or on parole Synonym(s): probationer, parolee
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probative adj tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect" Synonym(s): probative, probatory
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probatory adj tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect" Synonym(s): probative, probatory
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probiotic n a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant Synonym(s): probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic flora
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probiotic bacterium n a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant Synonym(s): probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic flora
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probiotic flora n a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant Synonym(s): probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic flora
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probiotic microflora n a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant Synonym(s): probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic flora
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probity n complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles; "in a world where financial probity may not be widespread"; "he enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity"
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profit n the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) Synonym(s): net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings the advantageous quality of being beneficial Synonym(s): profit, gain v derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" Synonym(s): profit, gain, benefit make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger" Synonym(s): profit, turn a profit Antonym(s): break even, lose, turn a loss
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profit and loss n an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss Synonym(s): profit and loss, profit and loss account
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profit and loss account n an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss Synonym(s): profit and loss, profit and loss account
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profit margin n the ratio gross profits divided by net sales [syn: {margin of profit}, profit margin, gross margin]
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profit sharing n a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business
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profit taker n someone who sells stock shares at a profit
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profit-and-loss statement n a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period Synonym(s): income statement, earnings report, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement
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profit-maximising adj making the profit as great as possible; "the profit- maximizing price" Synonym(s): profit-maximizing, profit- maximising
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profit-maximizing adj making the profit as great as possible; "the profit- maximizing price" Synonym(s): profit-maximizing, profit- maximising
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profitability n the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: profitableness, profitability, gainfulness, lucrativeness] Antonym(s): unprofitability, unprofitableness
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profitable adj yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market" Antonym(s): unprofitable
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profitableness n the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome Synonym(s): favorableness, favourableness, advantageousness, positivity, positiveness, profitableness Antonym(s): unfavorableness, unfavourableness the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit Synonym(s): profitableness, profitability, gainfulness, lucrativeness Antonym(s): unprofitability, unprofitableness
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profitably adv in a productive way; "they worked together productively for two years" Synonym(s): productively, fruitfully, profitably Antonym(s): fruitlessly, unproductively, unprofitably
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profiteer n someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) v make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
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profiterole n a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate
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profitless adj without profit or reward; "let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower; "How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare
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profitlessly adv without gain or profit [syn: profitlessly, unprofitably, gainlessly]
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profits n the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) Synonym(s): net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings something won (especially money) Synonym(s): winnings, win, profits Antonym(s): losings, losses
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prohibit v command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix Antonym(s): allow, countenance, let, permit
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prohibited adj excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" Synonym(s): forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten forbidden by law Synonym(s): banned, prohibited
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prohibition n a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" a decree that prohibits something Synonym(s): prohibition, ban, proscription the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment Synonym(s): prohibition, prohibition era refusal to approve or assent to the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" Synonym(s): prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
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prohibition era n the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment Synonym(s): prohibition, prohibition era
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Prohibition Party n a political party in the United States; formed in 1869 to oppose the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
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prohibitionist n a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages Synonym(s): dry, prohibitionist
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prohibitive adj tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" Synonym(s): prohibitive, prohibitory
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prohibitively adv to a prohibitive degree; "it is prohibitively expensive"
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prohibitory adj tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" Synonym(s): prohibitive, prohibitory
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proofed adj treated so as to become resistant; "rust-proofed automobiles"; "shrink-proofed fabrics"
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propaedeutic adj preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps" Synonym(s): preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic n a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) Synonym(s): propaedeutic, propaedeutics
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propaedeutics n a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) Synonym(s): propaedeutic, propaedeutics
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prophet n an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator] someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
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prophetess n a woman prophet
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prophetic adj foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" Synonym(s): prophetic, prophetical Antonym(s): unprophetic
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prophetical adj foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" Synonym(s): prophetic, prophetical Antonym(s): unprophetic
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prophetically adv in a prophetic manner; "he prophetically anticipated the disaster"
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Prophets n the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures Synonym(s): Prophets, Nebiim
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propitiate v make peace with Synonym(s): propitiate, appease
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propitiation n the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity Synonym(s): placation, conciliation, propitiation the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) Synonym(s): expiation, atonement, propitiation
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propitiative adj intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture" Synonym(s): propitiative, propitiatory
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propitiatory adj having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" Synonym(s): expiatory, expiative, propitiatory intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture" Synonym(s): propitiative, propitiatory
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propitious adj presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration" Antonym(s): unpropitious
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propitiously adv in an auspicious manner; "he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday" Synonym(s): auspiciously, propitiously Antonym(s): inauspiciously, unpropitiously
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propitiousness n the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result Synonym(s): auspiciousness, propitiousness Antonym(s): inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness
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proved adj established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness" Synonym(s): proved, proven Antonym(s): unproved, unproven
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provide v give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" Synonym(s): supply, provide, render, furnish give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" Synonym(s): provide, supply, ply, cater determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" Synonym(s): put up, provide, offer make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" Synonym(s): leave, allow for, allow, provide supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" Synonym(s): provide, bring home the bacon take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
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Providence n the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University Synonym(s): Providence, capital of Rhode Island the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence" a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources Antonym(s): improvidence, shortsightedness
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provident adj providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education" Antonym(s): improvident careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident"
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providential adj peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery" Synonym(s): heaven-sent, providential, miraculous relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" Synonym(s): providential, divine
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providentially adv in a fortunately providential manner; "providentially the weather remained good" in a providential manner; as determined by providence; "his providentially destined role" in a prudent manner; "I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom." Synonym(s): prudently, providentially Antonym(s): imprudently
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providently adv in a provident manner; "providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies" Antonym(s): improvidently
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provider n someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity Synonym(s): supplier, provider someone who provides the means for subsistence
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provitamin n vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues
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provitamin A n an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver Synonym(s): provitamin A, carotene, carotin
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Pyrrophyta n a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds Synonym(s): Pyrrophyta, phylum Pyrrophyta
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Tongs \Tongs\, n. pl. [OE. tonge, tange, AS. tange; akin to D.       tang, G. zanga, OHG. zanga, Don. tang, Sw. t[aring]ng, Icel.       t[oum]ng, Gr. da`knein to bite, Skr. da[ntil]i[cced],       da[cced]. [root]59. Cf. {Tang} a strong taste, anything       projecting.]       An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or       long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united       by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot       coals or metals; -- often called a {pair of tongs}.
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Parapet \Par"a*pet\, n. [F., fr. It. parapetto, fr. parare to       ward off, guard (L. parare to prepare, provide) + petto the       breast, L. pectus. See {Parry}, and {Pectoral}.]       1. (Arch.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the             edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.          2. (Fort.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for             covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See             Illust. of {Casemate}.
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Parapetalous \Par`a*pet"al*ous\, a. [Pref. para- + petal.]       (Bot.)       Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.
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Parapeted \Par"a*pet`ed\, a.       Having a parapet.
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Paraph \Par"aph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Paraphing}.] [Cf. F. parapher, parafer.]       To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.
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Terephthalic \Ter`eph*thal"ic\, a. [Terebene + phthalic.]       (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the       aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained,       as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of       oil of turpentine; -- called also {paraphthalic acid}. Cf.       {Phthalic}.
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d8Parapodium \[d8]Par`a*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Parapodia}. [NL.,       fr. Gr. [?] beside + [?], dim. of [?] foot.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also       {foot tubercle}.          Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and                sensation, and often contain spines or set[91]. When                well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a                ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.
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d8Parapterum \[d8]Pa*rap"te*rum\, n.; pl. {Paraptera}. [NL. See       {Para-}, and {Pteron}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and       metathorax of certain insects.
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Parepididymis \Par*ep`i*did"y*mis\, n. [NL. See {Para-}, and       {Epididymis}.] (Anat.)       A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the       epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be       a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.
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Parfit \Par"fit\, a.       Perfect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Parfitly \Par"fit*ly\, adv.       Perfectly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Parvitude \Par"vi*tude\, Parvity \Par"vi*ty\, n. [L. parvitas,       fr. parvus little: cf. OF. parvit[82].]       Littleness. [Obs.] --Glanvill. Ray.
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Parvitude \Par"vi*tude\, Parvity \Par"vi*ty\, n. [L. parvitas,       fr. parvus little: cf. OF. parvit[82].]       Littleness. [Obs.] --Glanvill. Ray.
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Per91opod \Pe*r[91]"o*pod\, n. [Gr. [?] on the opposite side +       -pod.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of       {Crustacea}.
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Perfidy \Per"fi*dy\ (p[etil]r"f[icr]*d[ycr]), n.; pl.       {Perfidies} (-d[icr]z). [L. perfidia, fr. L. perfidus       faithless; per (cf. Skr. par[be] away) + fides faith: cf. F.       perfidie. See {Faith}.]       The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a       promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness;       treachery.                   The ambition and perfidy of tyrants.      --Macaulay.                   His perfidy to this sacred engagement.   --DeQuincey.
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Perfidious \Per*fid"i*ous\ (p[etil]r*f[icr]d"[icr]*[ucr]s; 277),       a. [L. perfidious.]       1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to             trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a             perfidious friend. --Shak.          2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. [bd]Involved in             this perfidious fraud.[b8] --Milton.
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Perfidiously \Per*fid"i*ous*ly\, adv.       In a perfidious manner.
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Perfidiousness \Per*fid"i*ous*ness\, n.       The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. --Clarendon.
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Perfidy \Per"fi*dy\ (p[etil]r"f[icr]*d[ycr]), n.; pl.       {Perfidies} (-d[icr]z). [L. perfidia, fr. L. perfidus       faithless; per (cf. Skr. par[be] away) + fides faith: cf. F.       perfidie. See {Faith}.]       The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a       promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness;       treachery.                   The ambition and perfidy of tyrants.      --Macaulay.                   His perfidy to this sacred engagement.   --DeQuincey.
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Perfit \Per"fit\ (p[etil]r"f[icr]t), a.       Perfect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Periapt \Per"i*apt\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] hung about, [?] to       hang about; [?] about + [?] to tie: cf. F. p[82]riapte.]       A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an       amulet. --Coleridge.                   Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. --Shak.
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Peripatecian \Per`i*pa*te"cian\, n.       A peripatetic. [Obs.]
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Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. [?],       fr. [?] to walk about; [?] about + [?] to walk: cf. F.       p[82]ripat[82]tique.]       1. Walking about; itinerant.          2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle             (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at             Athens), or to his followers. [bd]The true peripatetic             school.[b8] --Howell.
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Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n.       1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler.          2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
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Peripatetical \Per`i*pa*tet"ic*al\, a.       Peripatetic. [R.] --Hales.
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Peripateticism \Per`i*pa*tet"i*cism\, n. [Cf. F.       p[82]ripat[82]tisme.]       The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics.       See {Peripatetic}, n., 2. --Lond. Sat. Rev.
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d8Malacopoda \[d8]Mal`a*cop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] soft       + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also       {Protracheata}, and {Onychophora}.          Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from                seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly                jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of                antenn[91]. The tranche[91] are connected with numerous                spiracles scattered over the surface of the body.                {Peripatus} is the only known genus. See {Peripatus}.
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Peripetalous \Per`i*pet"al*ous\, a. (Bot.)       Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.
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Peripteral \Pe*rip"ter*al\, a. [Gr., fr. [?] + [?] feather,       wing, row of columns.] (Arch.)       Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See       {Apteral}.
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Peripterous \Pe*rip"ter*ous\, a.       1. (Arch.) Peripteral.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Feathered all around.
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Periptery \Pe*rip"ter*y\, n. [Gr. [?] flying round about.]       The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a       bird or a gliding a[89]roplane, within which cyclic or       vortical motion of the air occur.
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Perivitelline \Per`i*vi*tel"line\, a. [Pref. peri- + vitelline.]       (Biol.)       Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and       zona pellucida of an ovum.
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Perpetrable \Per"pe*tra"ble\, a.       Capable of being perpetrated. --R. North.
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Perpetrate \Per"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetrated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Perpetrating}.] [L. perpetratus, p. p. of       perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]       To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a       bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty       of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.                   What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. --Young.
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Perpetrate \Per"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetrated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Perpetrating}.] [L. perpetratus, p. p. of       perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]       To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a       bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty       of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.                   What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. --Young.
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Perpetrate \Per"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetrated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Perpetrating}.] [L. perpetratus, p. p. of       perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]       To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a       bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty       of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.                   What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. --Young.
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Perpetration \Per`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. perpetratio: cf. F.       perp[82]tration.]       1. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of             doing something wrong, as a crime.          2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
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Perpetrator \Per"pe*tra`tor\, n. [L.]       One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or       crime.
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Perpetuable \Per*pet"u*a*ble\, a.       Capable of being perpetuated or continued.                   Varieties are perpetuable, like species. --Gray.
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Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp[82]tuel,       fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,       continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]       Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;       unfailing; everlasting; continuous.                   Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.      --Shak.                   Perpetual feast of nectared sweets.         --Milton.          {Circle of perpetual apparition}, [or] {occultation}. See             under {Circle}.          {Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be             adjusted for any month or year.          {Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the             tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.             --Blackstone.          {Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.          {Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.          Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;                constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,       sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.       tangere, tactum, to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf. {Task},       {Taste}.]       1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed             by authority. Specifically:             (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for                   the support of a government.                               A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,                            proverbially the most rapacious.   --Macaulay.             (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon                   polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a                   window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.          Note: Taxes are {annual} or {perpetual}, {direct} or                {indirect}, etc.             (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society                   to defray its expenses.          2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a             contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed             upon a subject.          3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy             tax on time or health.          4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.          5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.          {Tax cart}, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]          Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;                assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
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Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp[82]tuel,       fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,       continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]       Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;       unfailing; everlasting; continuous.                   Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.      --Shak.                   Perpetual feast of nectared sweets.         --Milton.          {Circle of perpetual apparition}, [or] {occultation}. See             under {Circle}.          {Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be             adjusted for any month or year.          {Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the             tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.             --Blackstone.          {Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.          {Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.          Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;                constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,       sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.       tangere, tactum, to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf. {Task},       {Taste}.]       1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed             by authority. Specifically:             (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for                   the support of a government.                               A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,                            proverbially the most rapacious.   --Macaulay.             (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon                   polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a                   window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.          Note: Taxes are {annual} or {perpetual}, {direct} or                {indirect}, etc.             (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society                   to defray its expenses.          2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a             contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed             upon a subject.          3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy             tax on time or health.          4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.          5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.          {Tax cart}, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]          Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;                assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
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Perpetual calendar \Per*pet"u*al cal"en*dar\       A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range       of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below,       dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite       extension.
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Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp[82]tuel,       fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,       continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]       Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;       unfailing; everlasting; continuous.                   Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.      --Shak.                   Perpetual feast of nectared sweets.         --Milton.          {Circle of perpetual apparition}, [or] {occultation}. See             under {Circle}.          {Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be             adjusted for any month or year.          {Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the             tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.             --Blackstone.          {Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.          {Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.          Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;                constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L.       kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier,       OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See       {Calends}.]       1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to             the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and             days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an             almanac.          2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts,             offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are             liable to change yearly according to the varying date of             Easter.          3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or             events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a             calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a             calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar             of a college or an academy.          Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of                tempests of state. --Bacon.          {Calendar clock}, one that shows the days of the week and             month.          {Calendar month}. See under {Month}.          {French Republican calendar}. See under {Vend[82]miaire}.          {Gregorian calendar}, {Julian calendar}, {Perpetual       calendar}. See under {Gregorian}, {Julian}, and {Perpetual}.
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Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp[82]tuel,       fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,       continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]       Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;       unfailing; everlasting; continuous.                   Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.      --Shak.                   Perpetual feast of nectared sweets.         --Milton.          {Circle of perpetual apparition}, [or] {occultation}. See             under {Circle}.          {Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be             adjusted for any month or year.          {Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the             tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.             --Blackstone.          {Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.          {Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.          Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;                constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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Infinite \In"fi*nite\, a. [L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See       {In-} not, and {Finite}.]       1. Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite             duration or distance.                         Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no                      comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is                      less than infinite is still infinitely distant from                      infinity; and lower than infinite distance the                      lowest or least can not sink.            --H. Brooke.          2. Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or             excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably             great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of             God; -- opposed to {finite}.                         Great is our Lord, and of great power; his                      understanding is infinite.                  --Ps. cxlvii.                                                                               5.                         O God, how infinite thou art!            --I. Watts.          3. Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense;             gigantic; prodigious.                         Infinite riches in a little room.      --Marlowe.                         Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life.                                                                               --Milton.          4. (Math.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same             kind; -- said of certain quantities.          5. (Mus.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain             forms of the canon, called also {perpetual fugues}, so             constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and             the performance may be incessantly repeated. --Moore             (Encyc. of Music).          Syn: Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable;                limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.          4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;             a disk; an orb. --Milton.          5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.                         According to the common vicissitude and wheel of                      things, the proud and the insolent, after long                      trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled                      upon themselves.                                 --South.                         [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry                      wheel.                                                --Milton.          {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a             complication of circumstances, motives, etc.          {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.          {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},       {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},             {Brake}, etc.          {Core wheel}. (Mach.)             (a) A mortise gear.             (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden                   cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.          {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.          {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or             mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,             and used for raising great weights, by applying the power             to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the             weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called             also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the             principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the             lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical             powers}, under {Mechanical}.          {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of             numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the             anterior end.          {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.          {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water             or upon inclined planes or railways.          {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous             insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of             other insects. So named from the curious shape of the             prothorax.          {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.          {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes             connecting the wheel and rudder.          {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear             wheels; a gear cutter.          {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as             opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also             {wheeler}.          {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.          {Wheel lock}.             (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.             (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a                   flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.             (c) A kind of brake a carriage.          {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the             shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.          {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the             lower part of the fly wheel runs.          {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two             wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate             the depth of the furrow.          {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced             on, or off, their axles.          {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.          {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.          {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's             web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.             --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).          {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of             Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a             transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a             coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.          {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus             {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.          {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating             mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose             window}, under {Rose}.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp[82]tuel,       fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,       continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]       Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;       unfailing; everlasting; continuous.                   Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.      --Shak.                   Perpetual feast of nectared sweets.         --Milton.          {Circle of perpetual apparition}, [or] {occultation}. See             under {Circle}.          {Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be             adjusted for any month or year.          {Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the             tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.             --Blackstone.          {Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.          {Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.          Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;                constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp[82]tuel,       fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,       continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]       Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;       unfailing; everlasting; continuous.                   Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.      --Shak.                   Perpetual feast of nectared sweets.         --Milton.          {Circle of perpetual apparition}, [or] {occultation}. See             under {Circle}.          {Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be             adjusted for any month or year.          {Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the             tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.             --Blackstone.          {Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.          {Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.          Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;                constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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Perpetually \Per*pet"u*al*ly\, adv.       In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.                   The Bible and Common Prayer Book in the vulgar tongue,                being perpetually read in churches, have proved a kind                of standard for language. --Swift.
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Perpetualty \Per*pet"u*al*ty\, n.       The state or condition of being perpetual. [Obs.] --Testament       of Love.
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Perpetuance \Per*pet"u*ance\, n.       Perpetuity. [Obs.]
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Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, a. [L. perpetuatus, p. p.]       Made perpetual; perpetuated. [R.] --Southey.
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Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetuated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Perpetuating}.] [L. perpetuatus, p. p. of       perpetuare to perpetuate. See {Perpetual}.]       To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,       indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to       eternize. --Addison. Burke.
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Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetuated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Perpetuating}.] [L. perpetuatus, p. p. of       perpetuare to perpetuate. See {Perpetual}.]       To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,       indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to       eternize. --Addison. Burke.
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Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetuated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Perpetuating}.] [L. perpetuatus, p. p. of       perpetuare to perpetuate. See {Perpetual}.]       To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,       indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to       eternize. --Addison. Burke.
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Perpetuation \Per*pet`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perp[82]tuation.]       The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction       through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of       time; continuance. --Sir T. Browne.
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Perpetuity \Per`pe*tu"i*ty\, n. [L. perpetuitas: cf. F.       perp[82]tuit[82].]       1. The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the             perpetuity of laws. --Bacon.                         A path to perpetuity of fame.            --Byron.                         The perpetuity of single emotion is insanity. --I.                                                                               Taylor.          2. Something that is perpetual. --South.          3. Endless time. [bd]And yet we should, for perpetuity, go             hence in debt.[b8] --Shak.          4. (Annuities)             (a) The number of years in which the simple interest of                   any sum becomes equal to the principal.             (b) The number of years' purchase to be given for an                   annuity to continue forever.             (c) A perpetual annuity.          5. (Law)             (a) Duration without limitations as to time.             (b) The quality or condition of an estate by which it                   becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very                   long period; also, the estate itself so modified or                   perpetuated.
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Perpotation \Per`po*ta"tion\, n. [L. perpotatio, fr. perpotate.       See {Per-}, and {Potation}.]       The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout. [Obs.]
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Pervade \Per*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pervaded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Pervading}.] [L. pervadere, pervasum; per + vadere to       go, to walk. See {Per-}, and {Wade}.]       1. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or             interstice; to permeate.                         That labyrinth is easily pervaded.      --Blackstone.          2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be             diffused throughout.                         A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism                      pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions.                                                                               --Burke.
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Pervade \Per*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pervaded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Pervading}.] [L. pervadere, pervasum; per + vadere to       go, to walk. See {Per-}, and {Wade}.]       1. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or             interstice; to permeate.                         That labyrinth is easily pervaded.      --Blackstone.          2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be             diffused throughout.                         A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism                      pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions.                                                                               --Burke.
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Pervade \Per*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pervaded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Pervading}.] [L. pervadere, pervasum; per + vadere to       go, to walk. See {Per-}, and {Wade}.]       1. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or             interstice; to permeate.                         That labyrinth is easily pervaded.      --Blackstone.          2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be             diffused throughout.                         A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism                      pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions.                                                                               --Burke.
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7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o[?] good             things. [Colloq.] --Richardson.          8. (Mech.)             (a) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or                   mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other                   machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an                   engine of twenty horse power.          Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the                horse power. See {Horse power}.             (b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical                   energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand                   power, etc.             (c) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as,                   the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a                   weight at the other end.          Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force,                is improper and is becoming obsolete.             (d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a                   motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.          Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted                to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly                by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a                power press.          9. (Math.) The product arising from the multiplication of a             number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and             a cube is third power, of a number.          10. (Metaph.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the             faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as,             the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing,             fearing, hoping, etc. --I. Watts.                         The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of                      my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a                      received belief.                              --Shak.          11. (Optics) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any             optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and             usually in the microscope, the number of times it             multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an             object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it             multiplies the apparent surface.          12. (Law) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an             interest vested either in himself or in another person;             ownership by appointment. --Wharton.          13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the             business was referred to a committee with power.          Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the                winds and waves, electricity and magnetism,                gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings;                and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate                physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity.          {Mechanical powers}. See under {Mechanical}.          {Power loom}, [or] {Power press}. See Def. 8             (d), note.          {Power of attorney}. See under {Attorney}.          {Power of a point} (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the             result of substituting the co[94]rdinates of any point in             that expression which being put equal to zero forms the             equation of the curve; as, x^{2} + y^{2} - 100 is the             power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x^{2} +             y^{2} - 100 = 0.
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Key \Key\ (k[emac]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.]       1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot             or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to             the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning             in its place.          2. An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or             adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.          3. That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the             means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a             pianoforte, or of a typewriter.          4. A position or condition which affords entrance, control,             pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the             key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence,             that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve             something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle;             the key to a problem.                         Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true                      key of books.                                    --Locke.                         Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. --Tennyson.          5. That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make             fast, or adjust to position.          6. (Arch.)             (a) A piece of wood used as a wedge.             (b) The last board of a floor when laid down.          7. (Masonry)             (a) A keystone.             (b) That part of the plastering which is forced through                   between the laths and holds the rest in place.          8. (Mach.)             (a) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their                   relative position; a cotter; a forelock. See Illusts.                   of {Cotter}, and {Gib}.             (b) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley,                   coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative                   turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more                   frequently by its resistance to shearing, being                   usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the                   crank, pulley, etc.          9. (Bot.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a             wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; --             called also {key fruit}.          10. (Mus.)             (a) A family of tones whose regular members are called                   diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one                   (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five,                   subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or                   two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are                   temporary members of a key, under such names as [bd]                   sharp four,[b8] [bd]flat seven,[b8] etc. Scales and                   tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a                   key.             (b) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its                   modulations are referred, and with which it generally                   begins and ends; keynote.                               Both warbling of one song, both in one key.                                                                               --Shak.          11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or             utterance.                         You fall at once into a lower key.   --Cowper.          {Key bed}. Same as {Key seat}.          {Key bolt}, a bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is             secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.          {Key bugle}. See {Kent bugle}.          {Key of a position} [or] {country.} (Mil.) See {Key}, 4.          {Key seat} (Mach.), a bed or groove to receive a key which             prevents one part from turning on the other.          {Key way}, a channel for a key, in the hole of a piece which             is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also             {key seat}.          {Key wrench} (Mach.), an adjustable wrench in which the             movable jaw is made fast by a key.          {Power of the keys} (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the             ministry in some Christian churches to administer the             discipline of the church, and to grant or withhold its             privileges; -- so called from the declaration of Christ,             [bd]I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of             heaven.[b8] --Matt. xvi. 19.
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Pravity \Prav"i*ty\, n. [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked,       perverse.]       Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral       crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as,       the pravity of human nature. [bd]The pravity of the will.[b8]       --South.
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Prefatorial \Pref`a*to"ri*al\, a.       Prefatory.
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Prefatorily \Pref"a*to*ri*ly\, adv.       In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.
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Prefatory \Pref"a*to*ry\, a.       Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory       to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.                   That prefatory addition to the Creed.      --Dryden.
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Prefidence \Pref"i*dence\, n.       The quality or state of being prefident. [Obs.] --Baxter.
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Prefident \Pref"i*dent\, a. [Cf. L. praefidens overconfident.       See {Pre-}, and {Confident}.]       Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident. [Obs.] --Baxter.
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Preobtain \Pre`ob*tain"\, v. t.       To obtain beforehand.
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Preoption \Pre*op"tion\, n.       Right of first choice.
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Prepay \Pre*pay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepaid}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Prepaying}.]       To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage.
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Prepotency \Pre*po"ten*cy\, n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F.       pr[82]potence.]       1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.             [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.          2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents,             as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or             her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
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Prepotent \Pre*po"tent\, a. [L. praepotens. See {Pre-}, and       {Potent}.]       1. Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority;             predominant. --Plaifere.          2. (Biol.) Characterized by prepotency. --Darwin.
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Preputial \Pre*pu"tial\, a. (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to the prepuce.
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Privado \Pri*va"do\, n. [Sp., fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.]       A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant. [Obs.]       --Fuller.
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d8Privatdocent \[d8]Pri*vat"do*cent`\, n.; G. pl. {-docenten}.       [Also {Privatdozent}.] [G.; privat private + docent teacher.       See {Docent}.]       In the universities of Germany and some other European       countries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in       the university government and dependent upon fees for       remuneration.
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Private \Pri"vate\ (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the       state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of       privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr.       privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward       (hence, alone, single) and akin to prae before. See {Prior},       a., and cf. {Deprive}, {Privy}, a.]       1. Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person,             company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected             with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general;             separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a             private purse; private expenses or interests; a private             secretary.          2. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to             an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a             private room or apartment; private prayer.                         Reason . . . then retires Into her private cell when                      nature rests.                                    --Milton.
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Private \Pri"vate\, n.       1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.             [Obs.] --Shak.          2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.]                         Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson.          3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] [bd]Go off; I discard you;             let me enjoy my private.[b8] --Shak.          4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic]                         What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak.          5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a             noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay.          6. pl. The private parts; the genitals.          {In private}, secretly; not openly or publicly.
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3. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or             employment; as, a private citizen; private life. --Shak.                         A private person may arrest a felon.   --Blackstone.          4. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private             negotiation; a private understanding.          5. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. [Obs.]          {Private act} [or] {statute}, a statute exclusively for the             settlement of private and personal interests, of which             courts do not take judicial notice; -- opposed to a             general law, which operates on the whole community
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Corporation \Cor`po*ra"tion\ (k[ocir]r`p[osl]*r[amac]"sh[ucr]n),       n. [L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation       corporation.]       A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to       act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity       of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting       business as an individual.          Note: Corporations are aggregate or sole. {Corporations                aggregate} consist of two or more persons united in a                society, which is preserved by a succession of members,                either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by                the power that formed it, by the death of all its                members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or                by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and                aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college,                the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the                stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A                {corporation sole} consists of a single person, who is                made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him                some legal capacities, and especially that of                succession, which as a natural person he can not have.                Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in                England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a                corporation sole without the word [bd]successors[b8] in                the grant. There are instances in the United States of                a minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the                right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in                Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as                public and private; public being convertible with                municipal, and {private corporations} being all                corporations not municipal.          {Close corporation}. See under {Close}.
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Conflict \Con"flict\, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr.       confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F.       conflit, formerly also conflict. See {Conflict}, v.]       1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a             conflict of elements or waves.          2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle;             struggle; fighting.                         As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he                      became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay.                         An irrepressible conflict between opposing and                      enduring forces.                                 --W. H.                                                                               Seward.          {Conflict of laws}, that branch of jurisprudence which deals             with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the             conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; --             often used as synonymous with {Private international law}.          Syn: Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife;                contention; battle; fight; encounter. See {Contest}.
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.          {Private nuisance} [or] {wrong}. See {Nuisance}.          {Private soldier}. See {Private}, n., 5.          {Private way}, a right of private passage over another man's             ground.
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.          {Private nuisance} [or] {wrong}. See {Nuisance}.          {Private soldier}. See {Private}, n., 5.          {Private way}, a right of private passage over another man's             ground.
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.          {Private nuisance} [or] {wrong}. See {Nuisance}.          {Private soldier}. See {Private}, n., 5.          {Private way}, a right of private passage over another man's             ground.
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Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, n. [From {Private}.]       1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the             sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See {Letters             of marque}, under {Marque}.          2. The commander of a privateer.                         Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and                      became a pirate.                                 --Macaulay.
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Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Privateered}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Privateering}.]       To cruise in a privateer.
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Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Privateered}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Privateering}.]       To cruise in a privateer.
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Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Privateered}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Privateering}.]       To cruise in a privateer.
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Privateering \Pri`va*teer"ing\, n.       Cruising in a privateer.
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Privateersman \Pri`va*teers"man\, n.; pl. {Privateersmen}.       An officer or seaman of a privateer.
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Privateersman \Pri`va*teers"man\, n.; pl. {Privateersmen}.       An officer or seaman of a privateer.
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Privately \Pri"vate*ly\, adv.       1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of             others.          2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally not             officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
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Privateness \Pri"vate*ness\, n.       1. Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy;             secrecy. --Bacon.          2. The state of one not invested with public office.
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Privation \Pri*va"tion\, n. [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See       {Private}.]       1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving             of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.             --Bacon.          2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something,             especially of something required or desired; destitution;             need; as, to undergo severe privations.          3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.                         Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a                      privation, or absence, of good.         --South.                         Privation mere of light and absent day. --Milton.
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Privative \Priv"a*tive\, a. [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See       {Private}.]       1. Causing privation; depriving.          2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive;             negative.                         Privative blessings, blessings of immunity,                      safeguard, liberty, and integrity.      --Jer. Taylor.          3. (Gram.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative             force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles;             -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. [?]),             un-, non-, -less.
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Privative \Priv"a*tive\, n.       1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.                         Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives.                                                                               --Bacon.          2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which             might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also             {privative term}.          3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See {Privative}, a.,             3.
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Privative \Priv"a*tive\, n.       1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.                         Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives.                                                                               --Bacon.          2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which             might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also             {privative term}.          3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See {Privative}, a.,             3.
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Privatively \Priv"a*tive*ly\, adv.       In a privative manner; by the absence of something;       negatively. [R.] --Hammond.
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Privativeness \Priv"a*tive*ness\, n.       The state of being privative.
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Privet \Priv"et\, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print,       primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut       and trimmed. See, {Prim}, a., and cf. {Prime} to prune,       {Prim}, n., {Prie}, n.] (Bot.)       An ornamental European shrub ({Ligustrum vulgare}), much used       in hedges; -- called also {prim}.          {Egyptian privet}. See {Lawsonia}.          {Evergreen privet}, a plant of the genus {Rhamnus}. See             {Alatern}.          {Mock privet}, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the             genus {Phillyrea}. They are from the Mediterranean region,             and have been much cultivated for hedges and for             fancifully clipped shrubberies.
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Privity \Priv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Privities} (-t[icr]z). [From       {Privy}, a.: cf. F. privaut[82] extreme familiarity.]       1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. --Chaucer.                         I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my                      purpose.                                             --Spenser.          2. Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a             private concern; cognizance implying consent or             concurrence.                         All the doors were laid open for his departure, not                      without the privity of the Prince of Orange.                                                                               --Swift.          3. A private matter or business; a secret. --Chaucer.          4. pl. The genitals; the privates.          5. (Law) A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as             to some particular transaction; mutual or successive             relationship to the same rights of property.
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Privity \Priv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Privities} (-t[icr]z). [From       {Privy}, a.: cf. F. privaut[82] extreme familiarity.]       1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. --Chaucer.                         I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my                      purpose.                                             --Spenser.          2. Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a             private concern; cognizance implying consent or             concurrence.                         All the doors were laid open for his departure, not                      without the privity of the Prince of Orange.                                                                               --Swift.          3. A private matter or business; a secret. --Chaucer.          4. pl. The genitals; the privates.          5. (Law) A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as             to some particular transaction; mutual or successive             relationship to the same rights of property.
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Probate \Pro"bate\, v. t.       To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument       purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the       executor has probated the will.
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Probate \Pro"bate\, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to       prove. See {Prove}.]       1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton.          2. (Law)             (a) Official proof; especially, the proof before a                   competent officer or tribunal that an instrument                   offered, purporting to be the last will and testament                   of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the                   copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of                   Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate                   of its having been proved. --Bouvier. --Burrill.             (b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
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Probate \Pro"bate\, a.       Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a       probate record.          {Probate Court}, [or] {Court of Probate}, a court for the             probate of wills.          {Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will.             [Eng.]
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Probate \Pro"bate\, a.       Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a       probate record.          {Probate Court}, [or] {Court of Probate}, a court for the             probate of wills.          {Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will.             [Eng.]
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Probate \Pro"bate\, a.       Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a       probate record.          {Probate Court}, [or] {Court of Probate}, a court for the             probate of wills.          {Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will.             [Eng.]
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Probation \Pro*ba"tion\, n. [L. probatio, fr. probare to try,       examine, prove: cf. F. probation. See {Prove}.]       1. The act of proving; also, that which proves anything;             proof. [Obs.]                         When by miracle God dispensed great gifts to the                      laity, . . . he gave probation that he intended that                      all should prophesy and preach.         --Jer. Taylor.          2. Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine             character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to             engage a person on probation. Hence, specifically:             (a) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent,                   to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the                   severities of the rule.             (b) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications                   prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a                   pastor.             (c) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in                   which he has the opportunity of proving his character,                   and becoming qualified for a happier state.                               No [view of human life] seems so reasonable as                            that which regards it as a state of probation.                                                                               --Paley.
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Probational \Pro*ba"tion*al\, a.       Probationary.
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Probationary \Pro*ba"tion*a*ry\, a.       Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.                   To consider this life . . . as a probationary state.                                                                               --Paley.
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Probationer \Pro*ba"tion*er\, n.       1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a             novice.                         While yet a young probationer, And candidate of                      heaven.                                             --Dryden.          2. A student in divinity, who, having received certificates             of good morals and qualifications from his university, is             admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on             acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach. [Scot.]
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Probationership \Pro*ba"tion*er*ship\, n.       The state of being a probationer; novitiate. --Locke.
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Probationship \Pro*ba"tion*ship\, n.       A state of probation.
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Probative \Pro"ba*tive\, a. [L. probativus: cf. F. probatif.]       Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative       judgments; probative evidence. --South.
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Probator \Pro*ba"tor\, n. [L.]       1. An examiner; an approver. --Maydman.          2. (O. Eng. Law) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed             it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to             obtain pardon; a state's evidence.
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Probatory \Pro"ba*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. probatoire.]       1. Serving for trial; probationary. --Abp. Bramhall.          2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. --Jer. Taylor.          {Probatory term} (Law), a time for taking testimony.
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Probatory \Pro"ba*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. probatoire.]       1. Serving for trial; probationary. --Abp. Bramhall.          2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. --Jer. Taylor.          {Probatory term} (Law), a time for taking testimony.
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Probe \Probe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Probed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Probing}.] [L. probare to try, examine. See {Prove}.]       1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the             body, with a probe.          2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine             thoroughly. --Dryden.                         The growing disposition to probe the legality of all                      acts, of the crown.                           --Hallam.
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Probity \Prob"i*ty\, n. [F. probit[82], fr. L. probitas, fr.       probus good, proper, honest. Cf. {Prove}.]       Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence;       honesty; rectitude; uprightness. [bd]Probity of mind.[b8]       --Pope.          Syn: {Probity}, {Integrity}.          Usage: Probity denotes unimpeachable honesty and virtue,                   shown especially by the performance of those                   obligations, called imperfect, which the laws of the                   state do not reach, and can not enforce. Integrity                   denotes a whole-hearted honesty, and especially that                   which excludes all injustice that might favor one's                   self. It has a peculiar reference to uprightness in                   mutual dealings, transfer of property, and the                   execution of trusts for others.
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Profit \Pro"fit\, n. [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress,       profit, fr. profectum. See {Proficient}.]       1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received             for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence,             pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation;             emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.                         Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. --Rambler.          2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences;             benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,                         This I speak for your own profit.      --1 Cor. vii.                                                                               35.                         If you dare do yourself a profit and a right.                                                                               --Shak.          Syn: Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain;                emolument.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.]       To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;       to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.                   The word preached did not profit them.   --Heb. iv. 2.                   It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy                diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. i.       1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to             gain; to advance.                         I profit not by thy talk.                  --Shak.          2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.                         Riches profit not in the day of wrath. --Prov. xi.                                                                               4.
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Turn \Turn\, v. i.       1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve             entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so             as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a             wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man             turns on his heel.                         The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.          2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;             to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.                         Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of                      war.                                                   --Swift.          3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to             issue.                         If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and                      serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our                      advantage.                                          --Wake.          4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or             tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently             applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.                         Turn from thy fierce wrath.               --Ex. xxxii.                                                                               12.                         Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.                                                                               xxxiii. 11.                         The understanding turns inward on itself, and                      reflects on its own operations.         --Locke.          5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become             transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to             grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one             color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.                         I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.                         Cygnets from gray turn white.            --Bacon.          6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory             turns well.          7. Specifically:             (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.             (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.                               I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak.             (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.             (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of                   scales.             (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --                   said of the tide.             (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the                   womb, in order to facilitate delivery.          8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as             temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.          {To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.                      {To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.          {To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.          {To turn} {aside [or] away}.             (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a                   company; to deviate.             (b) To depart; to remove.             (c) To avert one's face.          {To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;             to retrace one's steps.          {To turn in}.             (a) To bend inward.             (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.             (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]          {To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a             side street.          {To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,             the road turns off to the left.          {To turn on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.             (b) To reply to or retort.             (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.                            {To turn out}.             (a) To move from its place, as a bone.             (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.             (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]             (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to                   the fire.             (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the                   crops turned out poorly.          {To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to             tumble.          {To turn round}.             (a) To change position so as to face in another direction.             (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or                   party to another.          {To turn to}, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to             refer to. [bd]Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all             occasions.[b8] --Locke.          {To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to             be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the             while.          {To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.          {To turn up}.             (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.             (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;                   to happen.
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Profit \Pro"fit\, n. [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress,       profit, fr. profectum. See {Proficient}.]       1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received             for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence,             pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation;             emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.                         Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. --Rambler.          2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences;             benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,                         This I speak for your own profit.      --1 Cor. vii.                                                                               35.                         If you dare do yourself a profit and a right.                                                                               --Shak.          Syn: Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain;                emolument.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.]       To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;       to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.                   The word preached did not profit them.   --Heb. iv. 2.                   It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy                diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. i.       1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to             gain; to advance.                         I profit not by thy talk.                  --Shak.          2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.                         Riches profit not in the day of wrath. --Prov. xi.                                                                               4.
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Turn \Turn\, v. i.       1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve             entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so             as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a             wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man             turns on his heel.                         The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.          2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;             to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.                         Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of                      war.                                                   --Swift.          3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to             issue.                         If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and                      serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our                      advantage.                                          --Wake.          4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or             tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently             applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.                         Turn from thy fierce wrath.               --Ex. xxxii.                                                                               12.                         Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.                                                                               xxxiii. 11.                         The understanding turns inward on itself, and                      reflects on its own operations.         --Locke.          5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become             transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to             grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one             color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.                         I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.                         Cygnets from gray turn white.            --Bacon.          6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory             turns well.          7. Specifically:             (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.             (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.                               I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak.             (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.             (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of                   scales.             (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --                   said of the tide.             (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the                   womb, in order to facilitate delivery.          8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as             temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.          {To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.                      {To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.          {To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.          {To turn} {aside [or] away}.             (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a                   company; to deviate.             (b) To depart; to remove.             (c) To avert one's face.          {To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;             to retrace one's steps.          {To turn in}.             (a) To bend inward.             (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.             (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]          {To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a             side street.          {To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,             the road turns off to the left.          {To turn on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.             (b) To reply to or retort.             (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.                            {To turn out}.             (a) To move from its place, as a bone.             (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.             (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]             (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to                   the fire.             (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the                   crops turned out poorly.          {To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to             tumble.          {To turn round}.             (a) To change position so as to face in another direction.             (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or                   party to another.          {To turn to}, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to             refer to. [bd]Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all             occasions.[b8] --Locke.          {To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to             be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the             while.          {To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.          {To turn up}.             (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.             (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;                   to happen.
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{To turn one's coat}, to change one's uniform or colors; to             go over to the opposite party.          {To turn one's goods} [or] {money}, and the like, to exchange             in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or             circulation; to gain or increase in trade.          {To turn one's hand to}, to adapt or apply one's self to; to             engage in.          {To turn out}.             (a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of                   doors; to turn a man out of office.                               I'll turn you out of my kingdom.   -- Shak.             (b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.             (c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of                   manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.             (d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the                   inside to the outside; hence, to produce.             (e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a                   stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the                   lights.          {To turn over}.             (a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to                   overturn; to cause to roll over.             (b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another                   hand.             (c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the                   leaves. [bd]We turned o'er many books together.[b8]                   --Shak.             (d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount                   of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]          {To turn over a new leaf}. See under {Leaf}.          {To turn tail}, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.          {To turn the back}, to flee; to retreat.          {To turn the back on} [or]          {upon}, to treat with contempt; to reject or refuse             unceremoniously.          {To turn the corner}, to pass the critical stage; to get by             the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to             succeed.          {To turn the die} [or] {dice}, to change fortune.          {To turn the edge} [or] {point of}, to bend over the edge or             point of so as to make dull; to blunt.          {To turn the head} [or] {brain of}, to make giddy, wild,             insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason             or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head.          {To turn the scale} [or] {balance}, to change the             preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful.                      {To turn the stomach of}, to nauseate; to sicken.          {To turn the tables}, to reverse the chances or conditions of             success or superiority; to give the advantage to the             person or side previously at a disadvantage.          {To turn tippet}, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          {To turn to} {profit, advantage}, etc., to make profitable or             advantageous.          {To turn up}.             (a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to                   turn up the trump.             (b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,                   digging, etc.             (c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up                   the nose.          {To turn upon}, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the             arguments of an opponent upon himself.          {To turn upside down}, to confuse by putting things awry; to             throw into disorder.                         This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler                      died.                                                --Shak.
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Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]       Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;       useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable       trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.                   What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to                the emperor.                                          --Arbuthnot.       -- {Prof"it*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Prof"it*a*bly}, adv.
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Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]       Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;       useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable       trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.                   What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to                the emperor.                                          --Arbuthnot.       -- {Prof"it*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Prof"it*a*bly}, adv.
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Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]       Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;       useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable       trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.                   What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to                the emperor.                                          --Arbuthnot.       -- {Prof"it*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Prof"it*a*bly}, adv.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.]       To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;       to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.                   The word preached did not profit them.   --Heb. iv. 2.                   It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy                diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Profiting \Prof"it*ing\, n.       Gain; advantage; profit.                   That thy profiting may appear to all.      --1 Tim. iv.                                                                               15.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.]       To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;       to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.                   The word preached did not profit them.   --Heb. iv. 2.                   It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy                diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Profitless \Prof"it*less\, a.       Without profit; unprofitable. --Shak.
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Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prohibited}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Prohibiting}.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere       to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See       {Habit}.]       1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited             Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we             prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing             of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or             it prohibits stealing.          Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the                infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with                the verbal noun in -ing.          2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.                         Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit                      all egress.                                       --Milton.          Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.          Usage: {Prohibit}, {Forbid}. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is                   more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more                   formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be                   out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with                   the profane and vicious.
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Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prohibited}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Prohibiting}.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere       to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See       {Habit}.]       1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited             Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we             prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing             of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or             it prohibits stealing.          Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the                infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with                the verbal noun in -ing.          2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.                         Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit                      all egress.                                       --Milton.          Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.          Usage: {Prohibit}, {Forbid}. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is                   more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more                   formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be                   out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with                   the profane and vicious.
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Prohibiter \Pro*hib"it*er\, n.       One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.
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Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prohibited}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Prohibiting}.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere       to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See       {Habit}.]       1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited             Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we             prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing             of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or             it prohibits stealing.          Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the                infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with                the verbal noun in -ing.          2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.                         Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit                      all egress.                                       --Milton.          Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.          Usage: {Prohibit}, {Forbid}. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is                   more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more                   formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be                   out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with                   the profane and vicious.
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Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.       prohibition.]       1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction             forbidding some action; interdict.                         The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists                      mostly of prohibitions.                     --Tillotson.          2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of             alcoholic liquors as beverages.          {Writ of prohibition} (Law), a writ issued by a superior             tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the             latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending             before it. --Blackstone.          Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
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Prohibitionist \Pro`hi*bi"tion*ist\, n.       1. One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in             commerce; a protectionist.          2. One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale             and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
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Prohibitive \Pro*hib"it*ive\, a. [Cf. F. prohibitif.]       That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is       prohibitive.
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Prohibitory \Pro*hib"it*o*ry\, a. [L. prohibitorius.]       Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying       prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory       price.
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3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and             the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in             arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.          4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.          5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus,             or hand; the forefinger; index finger.          6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root             of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is             always {indices}.]          {Index error}, the error in the reading of a mathematical             instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in             complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its             theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a             correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal             to the error of the zero adjustment.          {Index expurgatorius}. [L.] See {Index prohibitorius}             (below).          {Index finger}. See {Index}, 5.          {Index glass}, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,             sextant, etc.          {Index hand}, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other             registering machine; a hand that points to something.          {Index of a logarithm} (Math.), the integral part of the             logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral             figures in the given number. It is also called the             {characteristic}.          {Index of refraction}, [or] {Refractive index} (Opt.), the             number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle             of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus             the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when             light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the             angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of             refraction.          {Index plate}, a graduated circular plate, or one with             circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in             machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.                      {Index prohibitorius} [L.], or {Prohibitory index} (R. C.             Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the             church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or             expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which             passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed             before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are             published with additions, from time to time, by the             Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,             theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.          {Index rerum} [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,             for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
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{Prohibitory index}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Index}.
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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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Prop91deutic \Pro`p[91]*deu"tic\, Prop91deutical    \Pro`p[91]*deu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] to teach beforehand; [?]       before + [?] to bring up a child, to educate, teach, fr. [?],       [?], a child.]       Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction;       introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.
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Prop91deutic \Pro`p[91]*deu"tic\, Prop91deutical    \Pro`p[91]*deu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] to teach beforehand; [?]       before + [?] to bring up a child, to educate, teach, fr. [?],       [?], a child.]       Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction;       introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.
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Prop91deutics \Pro`p[91]*deu"tics\, n.       The preliminary learning connected with any art or science;       preparatory instruction.
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Proped \Pro"ped\, n. [Pref. pro- + L. pes, pedis, foot.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Proleg}.
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Proleg \Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.]       (Zo[94]l.)       One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the       larv[91] of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects.       Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also       {proped}, {propleg}, and {falseleg}.
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Proped \Pro"ped\, n. [Pref. pro- + L. pes, pedis, foot.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Proleg}.
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Proleg \Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.]       (Zo[94]l.)       One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the       larv[91] of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects.       Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also       {proped}, {propleg}, and {falseleg}.
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Prophet \Proph"et\, n. [F. proph[8a]te, L. propheta, fr. Gr.       [?], literally, one who speaks for another, especially, one       who speaks for a god an interprets his will to man, fr. [?]       to say beforehand; [?] for, before + [?] to say or speak. See       {Fame}. ]       1. One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a             foreteller.          2. One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or             announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.          3. An interpreter; a spokesman. [R.] --Ex. vii. 1.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A mantis.          {School of the prophets} (Anc. Jewish Hist.), a school or             college in which young men were educated and trained for             public teachers or members of the prophetic order. These             students were called sons of the prophets.
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Prophetess \Proph"et*ess\, n. [Cf. F. proph[82]tesse, L.       prophetissa.]       A female prophet.
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Prophetic \Pro*phet"ic\, Prophetical \Pro*phet"ic*al\, a. [L.       propheticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. proph[82]tique.]       Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events;       as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of       before the thing foretold.                   And fears are oft prophetic of the event. --Dryden.
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Week \Week\, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu,       wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG.       wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik[?],       probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin       to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E.       weak. Cf. {Weak}.]       A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one       Sabbath or Sunday to the next.                   I fast twice in the week.                        --Luke xviii.                                                                               12.          Note: Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar                of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till                after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed                from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries.                --Encyc. Brit.          {Feast of Weeks}. See {Pentecost}, 1.          {Prophetic week}, a week of years, or seven years. --Dan. ix.             24.          {Week day}. See under {Day}.
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Prophetic \Pro*phet"ic\, Prophetical \Pro*phet"ic*al\, a. [L.       propheticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. proph[82]tique.]       Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events;       as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of       before the thing foretold.                   And fears are oft prophetic of the event. --Dryden.
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Propheticality \Pro*phet`ic*al"i*ty\, n.       Propheticalness.
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Prophetically \Pro*phet"ic*al*ly\, adv.       In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.
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Propheticalness \Pro*phet"ic*al*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity       to foretell.
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Prophetize \Proph"et*ize\, v. i. [L. prophetizare, Gr. [?]: cf.       F. proph[82]tiser. Cf. {Prophesy}.]       To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy. [R.]       [bd]Prophetizing dreams.[b8] --Daniel.
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Propidene \Pro"pi*dene\, n. [Propyl + ethylidene.] (Chem.)       The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical,       {CH3.CH2.CH}, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the       type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also       {propylidene}.
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Propitiable \Pro*pi"ti*a*ble\, a. [L. propitiabilis.]       Capable of being propitiated.
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Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propitiated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Propitiating}.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of       propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See       {Propitious}.]       To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to       conciliate.                   Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god                propitiate, and the pest assuage.            --Pope.
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Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. i.       To make propitiation; to atone.
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Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propitiated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Propitiating}.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of       propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See       {Propitious}.]       To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to       conciliate.                   Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god                propitiate, and the pest assuage.            --Pope.
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Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propitiated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Propitiating}.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of       propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See       {Propitious}.]       To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to       conciliate.                   Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god                propitiate, and the pest assuage.            --Pope.
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Propitiation \Pro*pi`ti*a"tion\, n. [L. propitiatio: cf. F.       propitiation.]       1. The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor             of an offended person; the act of making propitious.          2. (Theol.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning             sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the             death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and             conciliating the divine favor.                         He [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation for our sins.                                                                               --1 John ii.                                                                               2.
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Propitiator \Pro*pi"ti*a`tor\, n. [L.]       One who propitiates or appeases.
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Propitiatorily \Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ri*ly\, adv.       By way of propitiation.
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Propitiatory \Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry\, a. [L. propitiatorius: cf. F.       propitiatoire.]       Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or       employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory       sacrifice. --Sharp.
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Propitiatory \Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry\, n. [L. propitiatorium.]       (Jewish Antiq.)       The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the       propitiated Jehovah. --Bp. Pearson.
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Propitious \Pro*pi"tious\, a. [L. propitius, perhaps originally       a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf.       Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.]       1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious             season; a propitious breeze.          2. Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a             person or a divinity. --Milton.                         And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And                      make thee [Love] more propitious in my need.                                                                               --Spenser.          Syn: Auspicious; favorable; kind.          Usage: {Propitious}, {Auspicious}. Auspicious (from the                   ancient idea of auspices, or omens) denotes                   [bd]indicative of success,[b8] or [bd]favored by                   incidental occurrences;[b8] as, an auspicious opening;                   an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that which                   efficaciously protect us in some undertaking, speeds                   our exertions, and decides our success; as, propitious                   gales; propitious influences. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ly},                   adv. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Propitious \Pro*pi"tious\, a. [L. propitius, perhaps originally       a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf.       Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.]       1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious             season; a propitious breeze.          2. Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a             person or a divinity. --Milton.                         And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And                      make thee [Love] more propitious in my need.                                                                               --Spenser.          Syn: Auspicious; favorable; kind.          Usage: {Propitious}, {Auspicious}. Auspicious (from the                   ancient idea of auspices, or omens) denotes                   [bd]indicative of success,[b8] or [bd]favored by                   incidental occurrences;[b8] as, an auspicious opening;                   an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that which                   efficaciously protect us in some undertaking, speeds                   our exertions, and decides our success; as, propitious                   gales; propitious influences. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ly},                   adv. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Propitious \Pro*pi"tious\, a. [L. propitius, perhaps originally       a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf.       Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.]       1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious             season; a propitious breeze.          2. Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a             person or a divinity. --Milton.                         And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And                      make thee [Love] more propitious in my need.                                                                               --Spenser.          Syn: Auspicious; favorable; kind.          Usage: {Propitious}, {Auspicious}. Auspicious (from the                   ancient idea of auspices, or omens) denotes                   [bd]indicative of success,[b8] or [bd]favored by                   incidental occurrences;[b8] as, an auspicious opening;                   an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that which                   efficaciously protect us in some undertaking, speeds                   our exertions, and decides our success; as, propitious                   gales; propitious influences. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ly},                   adv. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ness}, n.
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d8Propodium \[d8]Pro*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Propodia}. [NL. See       {Propodiale}.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.       (b) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax             of a hymenopterous insect. [Written also {propodeum}.]
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d8Propodium \[d8]Pro*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Propodia}. [NL. See       {Propodiale}.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.       (b) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax             of a hymenopterous insect. [Written also {propodeum}.]
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Propodial \Pro*po"di*al\, a. (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the       limbs to which they belong.
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d8Propodiale \[d8]Pro*po`di*a"le\, n.; pl. {Propodialia}. .       [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?], dim. of [?], [?], foot.]       (Anat.)       The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the       propodialia being the humerus and femur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Propodite \Prop"o*dite\, n. [Pref. pro- + Gr. [?], [?], foot.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually,       the penultimate joint.
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Prop \Prop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Propping}.] [Akin to LG. & D. proppen to cram, stuff, thrust       into, stop, G. pfropfen, Dan. proppe, Sw. proppa; of       uncertain origin, cf. G. pfropfen to graft, fr. L. propago       set, layer of a plant, slip, shoot. Cf. 3d. {Prop},       {Propagate}.]       To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something       under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building;       (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining       state. --Shak.                   Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky.                                                                               --Pope.                   For being not propp'd by ancestry.         --Shak.                   I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me.                                                                               --Pope.
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d8Propterygium \[d8]Prop`te*ryg"i*um\, n.; pl. {Propterygia}.       [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?] a fin.] (Anat.)       The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of       some fishes. -- {Prop`ter*yg"i*al}, a.
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d8Propterygium \[d8]Prop`te*ryg"i*um\, n.; pl. {Propterygia}.       [NL., fr. Gr. [?] before + [?] a fin.] (Anat.)       The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of       some fishes. -- {Prop`ter*yg"i*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prove \Prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proved}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Proving}.] [OE. prover, F. prouver, fr. L. probare to try,       approve, prove, fr. probus good, proper. Cf. {Probable},       {Proof}, {Probe}.]       1. To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or             standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder             or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a             standard measure.                         Thou hast proved mine heart.               --Ps. xvii. 3.          2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or             fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.                         They have inferred much from slender premises, and                      conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.                                                                               Newman.          3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;             to verify; as, to prove a will.          4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by             trial; to experience; to suffer.                         Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.                                                                               --Spenser.          5. (Arith.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the             correctness of any operation or result; thus, in             subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added             to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater,             the correctness of the subtraction is proved.          6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof             of; as, to prove a page.          Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;                manifest; show; demonstrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proveditor \Pro*ved"i*tor\, n. [It. proveditore, provveditore,       fr. provedere, L. providere. See {Provide}, and cf.       {Purveyor}, {Provedore}.]       One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer,       etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. --Jer.       Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provedore \Prov"e*dore\, n. [Cf. Sp. proveedor. See       {Proveditor}.]       A proveditor; a purveyor.                   Busied with the duties of a provedore.   --W. Irving.
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Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. i.       1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures             beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future             need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by             against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of             the weather; to provide for the education of a child.                         Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to                      provide for human wants.                     --Burke.          2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement             provides for an early completion of the work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before +       videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.]       1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get,             collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.             [bd]Provide us all things necessary.[b8] --Shak.          2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.                         Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind,                      hospitable woods provide.                  --Milton.          3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by             with. [bd]And yet provided him of but one.[b8] --Jer.             Taylor. [bd]Rome . . . was well provided with corn.[b8]             --Arbuthnot.          4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as,             the contract provides that the work be well done.          5. To foresee.          Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is             vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott.
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Provided \Pro*vid"ed\, conj.       On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; --       usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this       act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.                   Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost                indifferent to their truth.                     --G. H. Lewes.          Note: This word is strictly a participle, and the word being                is understood, the participle provided agreeing with                the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to                this condition being previously stipulated or                established.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before +       videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.]       1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get,             collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.             [bd]Provide us all things necessary.[b8] --Shak.          2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.                         Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind,                      hospitable woods provide.                  --Milton.          3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by             with. [bd]And yet provided him of but one.[b8] --Jer.             Taylor. [bd]Rome . . . was well provided with corn.[b8]             --Arbuthnot.          4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as,             the contract provides that the work be well done.          5. To foresee.          Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is             vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Providence \Prov"i*dence\, n. [L. providentia: cf. F.       providence. See {Provident}, and cf. {Prudence}.]       1. The act of providing or preparing for future use or             application; a making ready; preparation.                         Providence for war is the best prevention of it.                                                                               --Bacon.          2. Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which             God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself,             regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.                         The world was all before them, where to choose Their                      place of rest, and Providence their guide. --Milton.          3. (Theol.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence             which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained             by divine direction.                         He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide                      for, needs a greater providence of God. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provident \Prov"i*dent\, a. [L. providens, -entis, p. pr. of       providere: cf. F. provident. See {Provide}, and cf.       {Prudent}.]       Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent       in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; --       sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal       provident of the future.                   And of our good and of our dignity, How provident he                is.                                                         --Milton.          Syn: Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal;                economical.
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Providential \Prov`i*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. providentiel.]       Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or       superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a       providential escape. -- {Prov"i*den"tial*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Providential \Prov`i*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. providentiel.]       Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or       superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a       providential escape. -- {Prov"i*den"tial*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Providently \Prov"i*dent*ly\, adv.       In a provident manner.
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Providentness \Prov"i*dent*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being provident; carefulness;       prudence; economy.
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Provider \Pro*vid"er\, n.       One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures       what is wanted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before +       videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.]       1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get,             collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.             [bd]Provide us all things necessary.[b8] --Shak.          2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.                         Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind,                      hospitable woods provide.                  --Milton.          3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by             with. [bd]And yet provided him of but one.[b8] --Jer.             Taylor. [bd]Rome . . . was well provided with corn.[b8]             --Arbuthnot.          4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as,             the contract provides that the work be well done.          5. To foresee.          Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is             vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Providore \Prov"i*dore\, n. [See {Provedore}.]       One who makes provision; a purveyor. [R.] --De Foe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purified}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Purifying}.] [F. purifier, L. purificare; purus pure +       -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Pure}, and {-fy}.]       1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture,             or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious             matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the             blood; to purify the air.          2. Hence, in figurative uses:             (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify                   the heart.                               And fit them so Purified to receive him pure.                                                                               --Milton.             (b) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.                               And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the                            horns of the altar, . . . and purified the                            altar.                                          --Lev. viii.                                                                               15.                               Purify both yourselves and your captives. --                                                                               Num. xxxi. 19.             (c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to                   purify a language. --Sprat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purveyed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Purveying}.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir,       porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See {Provide}, and       cf. {Purview}.]       1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions,             or the like.                         Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of                      sword before that bloody day.            --Spenser.          2. To procure; to get.                         I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the                      children of Benjamin.                        --Sir W. Scot.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Prophetstown, IL (city, FIPS 61977)       Location: 41.66965 N, 89.93459 W       Population (1990): 1749 (755 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61277
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Providence, AL (town, FIPS 62688)       Location: 32.34445 N, 87.77210 W       Population (1990): 307 (121 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Providence, KY (city, FIPS 63372)       Location: 37.39920 N, 87.75021 W       Population (1990): 4123 (1823 housing units)       Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 42450    Providence, NC       Zip code(s): 27315    Providence, RI (city, FIPS 59000)       Location: 41.82195 N, 71.41973 W       Population (1990): 160728 (66794 housing units)       Area: 47.8 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 02903, 02906, 02908    Providence, UT (city, FIPS 62360)       Location: 41.70516 N, 111.81344 W       Population (1990): 3344 (897 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 84332
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Providence County, RI (county, FIPS 7)       Location: 41.87180 N, 71.57980 W       Population (1990): 596270 (243224 housing units)       Area: 1070.4 sq km (land), 58.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Providence Forge, VA       Zip code(s): 23140
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
prefetch          {instruction prefetch}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Private Automatic Branch eXchange          (PABX) A telephone exchange operated within       an organisation, used for switching calls between internal       lines and between internal and {PSTN} lines.   In contrast to a       {PMBX}, a PABX can route calls without manual intervention,       based entirely on the number dialed.   Not all PABXs can route       external calls to internal numbers automatically however.          (1998-08-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Private Branch Exchange          (PBX) A telephone exchange local to a       particular organisation who use, rather than provide,       telephone services.   The earliest PBXs were manual ({Private       Manual Branch EXchange}, PMBX) but are now more likely to be       automatic ({Private Automatic Branch eXchange}).          (1997-06-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Private Manual Branch eXchange          (PMBX) The original manual equivalent of a       {PABX}; a PMBX involves company employed operators manually       switching each call using a manual switchboard.          (1998-08-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
private-key cryptography          As opposed to {public-key cryptography}, a       cryptographic method in which the same key is used to encrypt       and decrypt the message. Private-key algorithms include the       obsolescent {Data Encryption Standard} (DES), triple-DES       (3DES), the {Advanced Encryption Standard} (AES), also known       as Rijndael, Blowfish, Twofish RC2, {RC4}, RC5 and RC6.          A problem with private-key cryptography is that the emitter       and the recipient of the message must agree secretly on a       common key beforehands; but how can they do so?          {Public-key cryptography} gives an answer to this problem.          (2003-04-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
proof theory          The branch of {logic} describing procedures for       combining logical statements to show, by a series of       truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a       consequence of some other statement or group of statements.          (1994-10-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
provider          {Internet Access Provider}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Prophet       (Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a       fountain," hence "to utter", comp. Ps. 45:1). This Hebrew word       is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the       time of Samuel another word, _ro'eh_, "seer", began to be used       (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel.       Afterwards another word, _hozeh_, "seer" (2 Sam. 24:11), was       employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used: "Samuel       the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer"       (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a _kosem_       "diviner," a word used only of a false prophet.                The "prophet" proclaimed the message given to him, as the       "seer" beheld the vision of God. (See Num. 12:6, 8.) Thus a       prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God's name and by       his authority (Ex. 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to       men (Jer. 1:9; Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is       not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20, 21; comp. Heb. 3:7; Acts       4:25; 28:25). Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the       communication of his mind and will to men (Deut. 18:18, 19). The       whole Word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as       prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by men who received the       revelation they communicated from God, no matter what its nature       might be. The foretelling of future events was not a necessary       but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great       task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the       people was "to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim       the great moral and religious truths which are connected with       the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his       government."                Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called       a prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs, as bearers       of God's message (Gen. 20:7; Ex. 7:1; Ps. 105:15), as also Moses       (Deut. 18:15; 34:10; Hos. 12:13), are ranked among the prophets.       The seventy elders of Israel (Num. 11:16-29), "when the spirit       rested upon them, prophesied;" Asaph and Jeduthun "prophesied       with a harp" (1 Chr. 25:3). Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses       (Ex. 15:20; Judg. 4:4). The title thus has a general application       to all who have messages from God to men.                But while the prophetic gift was thus exercised from the       beginning, the prophetical order as such began with Samuel.       Colleges, "schools of the prophets", were instituted for the       training of prophets, who were constituted, a distinct order (1       Sam. 19:18-24; 2 Kings 2:3, 15; 4:38), which continued to the       close of the Old Testament. Such "schools" were established at       Ramah, Bethel, Gilgal, Gibeah, and Jericho. The "sons" or       "disciples" of the prophets were young men (2 Kings 5:22; 9:1,       4) who lived together at these different "schools" (4:38-41).       These young men were taught not only the rudiments of secular       knowledge, but they were brought up to exercise the office of       prophet, "to preach pure morality and the heart-felt worship of       Jehovah, and to act along and co-ordinately with the priesthood       and monarchy in guiding the state aright and checking all       attempts at illegality and tyranny."                In New Testament times the prophetical office was continued.       Our Lord is frequently spoken of as a prophet (Luke 13:33;       24:19). He was and is the great Prophet of the Church. There was       also in the Church a distinct order of prophets (1 Cor. 12:28;       Eph. 2:20; 3:5), who made new revelations from God. They       differed from the "teacher," whose office it was to impart       truths already revealed.                Of the Old Testament prophets there are sixteen, whose       prophecies form part of the inspired canon. These are divided       into four groups:                (1.) The prophets of the northern kingdom (Israel), viz.,       Hosea, Amos, Joel, Jonah.                (2.) The prophets of Judah, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Obadiah,       Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah.                (3.) The prophets of Captivity, viz., Ezekiel and Daniel.                (4.) The prophets of the Restoration, viz., Haggai, Zechariah,       and Malachi.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Propitiation       that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., by which it       becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon       and bless the sinner. The propitiation does not procure his love       or make him loving; it only renders it consistent for him to       execise his love towards sinners.                In Rom. 3:25 and Heb. 9:5 (A.V., "mercy-seat") the Greek word       _hilasterion_ is used. It is the word employed by the LXX.       translators in Ex. 25:17 and elsewhere as the equivalent for the       Hebrew _kapporeth_, which means "covering," and is used of the       lid of the ark of the covenant (Ex. 25:21; 30:6). This Greek       word (hilasterion) came to denote not only the mercy-seat or lid       of the ark, but also propitation or reconciliation by blood. On       the great day of atonement the high priest carried the blood of       the sacrifice he offered for all the people within the veil and       sprinkled with it the "mercy-seat," and so made propitiation.                In 1 John 2:2; 4:10, Christ is called the "propitiation for       our sins." Here a different Greek word is used (hilasmos).       Christ is "the propitiation," because by his becoming our       substitute and assuming our obligations he expiated our guilt,       covered it, by the vicarious punishment which he endured. (Comp.       Heb. 2:17, where the expression "make reconciliation" of the       A.V. is more correctly in the R.V. "make propitiation.")
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Providence       literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God's       preserving and governing all things by means of second causes       (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God's       providence extends to the natural world (Ps. 104:14; 135:5-7;       Acts 14:17), the brute creation (Ps. 104:21-29; Matt. 6:26;       10:29), and the affairs of men (1 Chr. 16:31; Ps. 47:7; Prov.       21:1; Job 12:23; Dan. 2:21; 4:25), and of individuals (1 Sam.       2:6; Ps. 18:30; Luke 1:53; James 4:13-15). It extends also to       the free actions of men (Ex. 12:36; 1 Sam. 24:9-15; Ps. 33:14,       15; Prov. 16:1; 19:21; 20:24; 21:1), and things sinful (2 Sam.       16:10; 24:1; Rom. 11:32; Acts 4:27, 28), as well as to their       good actions (Phil. 2:13; 4:13; 2 Cor. 12:9, 10; Eph. 2:10; Gal.       5:22-25).                As regards sinful actions of men, they are represented as       occurring by God's permission (Gen. 45:5; 50:20. Comp. 1 Sam.       6:6; Ex. 7:13; 14:17; Acts 2:3; 3:18; 4:27, 28), and as       controlled (Ps. 76:10) and overruled for good (Gen. 50:20; Acts       3:13). God does not cause or approve of sin, but only limits,       restrains, overrules it for good.                The mode of God's providential government is altogether       unexplained. We only know that it is a fact that God does govern       all his creatures and all their actions; that this government is       universal (Ps. 103:17-19), particular (Matt. 10:29-31),       efficacious (Ps. 33:11; Job 23:13), embraces events apparently       contingent (Prov. 16:9, 33; 19:21; 21:1), is consistent with his       own perfection (2 Tim. 2:13), and to his own glory (Rom. 9:17;       11:36).