PRATTLE
PRAT'TLE, verb intransitive [dim. of prate.] To talk much and idly; to be loquacious on trifling subjects.This word is particularly applied to the talk of children.PRAT'TLE, nou...
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PRATTLEMENT
PRAT'TLEMENT, noun Prattle.
PRATTLER
PRAT'TLER, noun An idle talker.
PRATTLING
PRAT'TLING, participle present tense Talking much on trivial affairs.
PRAVITY
PRAV'ITY, noun [Latin pravitas, from pravus, crooked, evil.]Deviation from right; moral perversion; want of rectitude; corrupt state; as the pravity of human nature; the pravity...
PRAWN
PRAWN. noun A small crustaceous fish of the genus Cancer, with a serrated snout bending upwards.
PRAXIS
PRAX'IS, noun [Latin from the Gr. See Practice.] Use; practice.1. An example or form to teach practice.
PRAY
PRAY, verb intransitive [Latin precor; proco; this word belongs to the same family as preach and reproach; Heb. to bless, to reproach; rendered in Job 2:9, to curse; properly, t...
PRAYER
PRA'YER, noun In a general sense, the act of asking for a favor, and particularly with earnestness.1. In worship, a solemn address to the Supreme Being, consisting of adoration,...
PRAYER-BOOK
PRA'YER-BOOK, noun A book containing prayers or the forms of devotion, public or private.
PRAYERFUL
PRA'YERFUL, adjective Devotional; given to prayer; as a prayerful frame of mind.1. Using much prayer.
PRAYERFULLY
PRA'YERFULLY, adverb With much prayer.
PRAYERLESS
PRA'YERLESS, adjective Not using prayer; habitually neglecting the duty of prayer to God; as a prayerless family.
PRAYERLESSNESS
PRA'YERLESSNESS, noun Total or habitual neglect of prayer.
PRAYING
PRA'YING, participle present tense Asking; supplicating.
PRAYINGLY
PRA'YINGLY, adverb With supplication to God.
PRE
PRE, an English prefix, is the Latin proe, before, probably a contracted word.
PRE-ELECT
PRE-ELECT', verb transitive [pre and elect.] To choose or elect beforehand.
PRE-ELECTION
PRE-ELEC'TION, noun Choice or election by previous determination of the will.
PRE-EMINENCE
PRE-EM'INENCE, noun1. Superiority in excellence; distinction in something commendable; as pre-eminence in honor or virtue; pre-eminence in eloquence, in legal attainments or in ...
PRE-EMINENT
PRE-EM'INENT, adjective [Latin proe, before, and eminens, emineo. See Menace.]1. Superior in excellence; distinguished for something commendable or honorable.In goodness and in ...
PRE-EMINENTLY
PRE-EM'INENTLY, adverb In a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; as pre-eminently wise or good.1. In a bad sense; as pr-eminently guilty.
PRE-EMPTION
PRE-EMP'TION, noun [Latin proe, before, and emptio, a buying; emo, to buy.] The act of purchasing before others.1. The right of purchasing before others. Prior discovery of unoc...
PRE-ENGAGE
PRE-ENGA'GE, verb transitive [pre and engage.] To engage by previous contract.To Cipseus by his friends his suit he mov'd,But he was pre-engag'd by former ties.1. To engage or a...
PRE-ENGAGED
PRE-ENGA'GED, participle passive Previously engaged by contract or influence.
PRE-ENGAGEMENT
PRE-ENGA'GEMENT, noun Prior engagement; as by stipulation or promise. A would accept my invitation, but for his pre-engagement to B.1. Any previous attachment binding the will o...
PRE-ENGAGING
PRE-ENGA'GING, participle present tense Previously engaging.