Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PRIMERO

PRIME'RO, noun A game at cards.

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PRIMEVAL

PRIME'VAL, adjective [Latin primus, first, and oevum, age, primoevus.]Original; primitive; as the primeval innocence of man; primeval day.

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PRIMEVOUS

PRIME'VOUS, adjective Primeval.

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PRIMIGENIAL

PRIMIGE'NIAL, adjective [Latin primigenius; primus, first, and genus, kind, or gignor, to beget.] First born; original; primary.

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PRIMIGENOUS

PRIMIG'ENOUS, adjective [supra.] First formed or generated; original; as semi-primigenous strata.

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PRIMING

PRI'MING, participle present tense Putting powder in the pan of a fire-arm.1. Laying on the first color.PRI'MING, noun The powder in the pan of a gun, or laid along the channel ...

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PRIMING-WIRE

PRI'MING-WIRE, noun A pointed wire, used to penetrate the vent of a piece, for examining the powder of the charge or for piercing the cartridge.

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PRIMIPILAR

PRIMIP'ILAR, adjective [Latin primipilus, the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion.] Pertaining to the captain of the vanguard.

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PRIMITIAL

PRIMI'TIAL, adjective Being of the first production.

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PRIMITIVE

PRIM'ITIVE, adjective [Latin primitivus; from primus, first.]1. Pertaining to the beginning or origin; original; first; as the primitive state of Adam; primitive innocence; prim...

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PRIMITIVELY

PRIM'ITIVELY, adverb Originally; at first.1. Primarily; not derivatively.2. According to the original rule or ancient practice.

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PRIMITIVENESS

PRIM'ITIVENESS, noun State of being original; antiquity; conformity to antiquity.

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PRIMITY

PRIM'ITY, noun The state of being original. [Not used.]

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PRIMNESS

PRIM'NESS, noun [from prim.] Affected formality or niceness; stiffness; preciseness.

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PRIMOGENIAL

PRIMOGE'NIAL, adjective [Latin primigenius. See Primigenial.]First born, made or generated; original; primary; constituent; elemental; as primogenial light; primogenial bodies.

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PRIMOGENITOR

PRIMOGEN'ITOR, noun [Latin primus, first, and genitor, father.]The first father or forefather.

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PRIMOGENITURE

PRIMOGEN'ITURE, noun [Latin primus, first, and genitus, begotten.1. The state of being born first of the same parents; seniority by birth among children.2. In law, the right whi...

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PRIMOGENITURESHIP

PRIMOGEN'ITURESHIP, noun The right of eldership.

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PRIMORDIAL

PRIMOR'DIAL, adjective [Latin primordialis, primordium; primus, first, and ordo, order.] First in order; original; existing from the beginning.PRIMOR'DIAL, noun Origin; first pr...

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PRIMORDIAN

PRIMOR'DIAN, noun A kind of plum.

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PRIMORDIATE

PRIMOR'DIATE, adjective [See Primordial.] Original; existing from the first.

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PRIMP

PRIMP, verb intransitive To be formal or affected. [Not English, or local.]

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PRIMROSE

PRIM'ROSE, noun s as z. [Latin primula veris; primus, first, and rose; literally, the first or an early rose in spring.]A plant of the genus Primula, of several varieties, as th...

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PRIMY

PRI'MY, adjective Blooming. [Not used.]

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PRINCE

PRINCE, noun prins. [Latin princeps.]1. In a general sense, a sovereign; the chief and independent ruler of a nation or state. Thus when we speak of the princes of Europe, we in...

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PRINCEDOM

PRINCEDOM, noun prins'dom. The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank or estate of a prince.Under thee, as head supreme,Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce.

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PRINCELIKE

PRINCELIKE, adjective prins'like. Becoming a prince.