PREPOSTEROUS
PREPOS'TEROUS, adjective [Latin proeposterus; proe, before, and posterus, latter.]1. Literally, having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.The method I take may...
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PREPOSTEROUSLY
PREPOS'TEROUSLY, adverb In a wrong or inverted order; absurdly; foolishly.
PREPOSTEROUSNESS
PREPOS'TEROUSNESS, noun Wrong order or method; absurdity; inconsistency with nature or reason.
PREPOTENCY
PREPO'TENCY, noun [Latin proepotentia; proe and potentia, power.]Superior power; predominance. [Little used.]
PREPOTENT
PREPO'TENT, adjective [Latin proepotens.] Very powerful. [Little used.]
PREPUCE
PRE'PUCE, noun [Latin proeputium.] The foreskin; a prolongation of the cutis of the penis, covering the glans.
PREREMOTE
PREREMO'TE, adjective [pre and remote.] More remote in previous time or prior order.In some cases, two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the p...
PREREQUIRE
PREREQUI'RE, verb transitive [pre and require.] To require previously.
PREREQUISITE
PREREQ'UISITE, adjective s as z. [pre and requisite.] Previously required or necessary to something subsequent; as, certain attainments are prerequisite to an admission or order...
PRERESOLVE
PRERESOLVE, verb transitive s as z. [pre and resolve.]To resolve previously.
PRERESOLVED
PRERESOLV'ED, participle passive Resolved beforehand; previously determined.
PRERESOLVING
PRERESOLV'ING, participle present tense Resolving beforehand.
PREROGATIVE
PREROG'ATIVE, [Latin proerogativa, precedence in voting; proe, before, and rogo, to ask or demand.] An exclusive or peculiar privilege. A royal prerogative is that special pre-e...
PREROGATIVE-COURT
PREROG'ATIVE-COURT, noun In Great Britain, a court for the trial of all testamentary causes, where the deceased has left bona notabilia, or effects of the value of five pounds, ...
PREROGATIVE-OFFICE
PREROG'ATIVE-OFFICE, noun The office in which the wills proved in the prerogative court, are registered.
PREROGATIVED
PREROG'ATIVED, adjective Having prerogative. [Little used.]
PRESAGE
PRE'SAGE, noun [Latin proesagium; proe, before, and sagio, to perceive or foretell.] Something which foreshows a future event; a prognostic; a present fact indicating something ...
PRESAGED
PRESA'GED, participle passive Foreboded; foreshown; foretold.
PRESAGEFUL
PRESA'GEFUL, adjective Full of presages; containing presages.
PRESAGEMENT
PRESA'GEMENT, noun A foreboding; foretoken.1. A foretelling; prediction.
PRESAGER
PRESA'GER, noun A foreteller; a foreshower.
PRESAGING
PRESA'GING, participle present tense Foreshowing; foretelling.
PRESBYTER
PRES'BYTER, noun [Gr. old, elder.]1. In the primitive christian church, an elder; a person somewhat advanced in age, who had authority in the church, and whose duty was to feed ...
PRESBYTERIAL
PRESBYTE'RIALPRESBYTE'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters.1. Consisting of presbyters; as presbyterian government. The gover...
PRESBYTERIAN
PRESBYTE'RIAN, a. Pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters.1. Consisting of presbyters; as presbyterian government. The government of the church ...
PRESBYTERIANISM
PRESBYTE'RIANISM, noun The doctrines, principles and discipline or government of presbyterians.
PRESBYTERY
PRES'BYTERY, noun A body of elders in the christian church.Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbyt...