POWERLESS
POW'ERLESS, adjective Destitute of power, force or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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POWLDRON
POWL'DRON, noun In heraldry, that part of armor which covers the shoulders.
POWTER
POW'TERPOX, noun Strictly, pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, the small pox, chicken pox, the vaccine and the venerea...
POX
POX, n. Strictly, pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, the small pox, chicken pox, the vaccine and the venereal disease...
POY
POY, noun A rope dancer's pole.
POZE
POZE, for pose, to puzzle. [See Pose.]
PRACTIC
PRAC'TIC, for practical, is not in use. It was formerly used for practical, and Spenser uses it in the sense of artful.
PRACTICABILITY
PRACTICABIL'ITYPRAC'TICABLE, adjective1. That may be done, effected or performed by human means, or by powers that can be applied. It is sometimes synonymous with possible, but ...
PRACTICABLE
PRAC'TICABLE, a.1. That may be done, effected or performed by human means, or by powers that can be applied. It is sometimes synonymous with possible, but the words differ in th...
PRACTICABLENESS
PRACTICABLENESS, noun [from practicable.] The quality or state of being practicable; feasibility.
PRACTICABLY
PRAC'TICABLY, adverb In such a manner as may be performed. 'A rule practicably applied before his eyes, ' is not correct language. It is probably a mistake for practically.
PRACTICAL
PRAC'TICAL, adjective [Latin practicus.] Pertaining to practice or action.1. Capable of practice or active use; opposed to speculative; as a practical understanding.2. That may ...
PRACTICALLY
PRAC'TICALLY, adverb In relation to practice.1. By means of practice or use; by experiment; as practically wise or skillful.2. In practice or use; as a medicine practically safe...
PRACTICALNESS
PRAC'TICALNESS, noun The quality of being practical.
PRACTICE
PRAC'TICE, noun [Gr. to act, to do, to make; Eng. to brook, and broker; Latin fruor, for frugor or frucor, whence fructus, contracted into fruit; frequens.]1. Frequent or custom...
PRACTICED
PRAC'TICED, participle passive Done by a repetition of acts; customarily performed or used.
PRACTICER
PRAC'TICER, noun One that practices; one that customarily performs certain acts.1. One who exercises a profession. In this sense, practitioner is generally used.
PRACTICING
PRAC'TICING, participle present tense Performing or using customarily; exercising, as an art or profession.
PRACTISANT
PRAC'TISANT, noun An agent. [Not used.]
PRACTITIONER
PRACTI'TIONER, noun One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly in law or medicine.1. One who does any thing customarily or habituall...
PRAECOGNITA
PRAECOG'NITA, nounplural [Latin before known.] Things previously known in order to understand something else. Thus a knowledge of the structure of the human body is one of the p...
PRAEMUNIRE
PRAEMUNI'RE, noun [a corruption of the Latin praemonere, to pre-admonish.]1. A writ, or the offense for which it is granted. The offense consists in introducing a foreign author...
PRAGMATIC
PRAGMAT'IC, PRAGMAT'ICAL, adjective [Latin pragmaticus; Gr. business; to do. See Practice.]Forward to intermeddle; meddling; impertinently busy or officious in the concerns of o...
PRAGMATICAL
PRAGMAT'ICAL, a. [L. pragmaticus; Gr. business; to do. See Practice.] Forward to intermeddle; meddling; impertinently busy or officious in the concerns of others, without leave ...
PRAGMATICALLY
PRAGMAT'ICALLY, adverb In a meddling manner; impertinently.
PRAGMATICALNESS
PRAGMAT'ICALNESS, noun The quality of intermeddling without right or invitation.
PRAGMATIST
PRAG'MATIST, noun One who is impertinently busy or meddling.