Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PROCREATE

PRO'CREATE, verb transitive [Latin procreo; pro and creo, to create.]1. To beget; to generate and produce; to engender; used properly of animals.2. To produce; used of plants, b...

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PROCREATED

PRO'CREATED, participle passive Begotten; generated.

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PROCREATING

PRO'CREATING, participle present tense Begetting; generating; as young.

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PROCREATION

PROCREA'TION, noun [Latin procreatio.]The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

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PROCREATIVE

PRO'CREATIVE, adjective Generative; having the power to beget.

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PROCREATIVENESS

PRO'CREATIVENESS, noun The power of generating.

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PROCREATOR

PRO'CREATOR, noun One that begets; a generator; a father or sire.

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PROCTOR

PROC'TOR, noun [contracted from Latin procurator, from procuro; pro and curo.]1. In a general sense, one who is employed to manage the affairs of another.2. Appropriately, a per...

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PROCTORAGE

PROC'TORAGE, noun Management; in contempt.

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PROCTORICAL

PROCTOR'ICAL, adjective Belonging to the academical proctor; magisterial.

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PROCTORSHIP

PROC'TORSHIP, noun The office or dignity of the proctor of a university.

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PROCUMBENT

PROCUM'BENT, adjective [Latin procumbens, procumbo; pro and cubo, to lie down.] Lying down or on the face; prone.1. In botany, trailing; prostrate; unable to support itself, and...

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PROCURABLE

PROCU'RABLE, adjective [from procure.] That may be procured; obtainable.

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PROCURACY

PRO'CURACY, noun [from Latin procuro.] The management of any thing. [Not used.]

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PROCURATION

PRO'CURA'TION, noun [Latin procuratio. See Procure.]1. The act of procuring. [Procurement is generally used.]2. The management of another's affairs.3. The instrument by which a ...

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PROCURATOR

PROC'URATOR, noun The manager of another's affairs. [See Proctor.]

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PROCURATORIAL

PROCURATO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to a procurator or proctor; made by a proctor.

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PROCURATORSHIP

PROCURA'TORSHIP, noun The office of a procurator.

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PROCURATORY

PROCU'RATORY, adjective Tending to procuration.

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PROCURE

PROCU'RE, verb transitive [Latin procuro; pro and curo, to take care.]1. To get; to gain; to obtain; as by request, loan, effort, labor or purchase. We procure favors by request...

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PROCURED

PROCU'RED, participle passive Obtained, caused to be done; effected; brought on.

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PROCUREMENT

PROCU'REMENT, noun The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment.1. A causing to be effected.They think it doneBy her procurement

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PROCURER

PROCU'RER, noun One that procures or obtains; that which brings on or causes to be done.1. A pimp; a pander.

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PROCURESS

PROCU'RESS, noun A bawd.

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PROCURING

PROCU'RING, participle present tense Getting; gaining; obtaining.1. Causing to come or to be done.2.adjective That causes to come; bringing on.Sin is the procuring cause of all ...

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PRODIGAL

PROD'IGAL, adjective [Latin produgus, from prodigo, to drive forth, to lavish.]1. Given to extravagant expenditures; expending money or other things without necessity; profuse, ...

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PRODIGALITY

PRODIGAL'ITY, noun1. Extravagance in the expenditure of what one possesses, particularly of money; profusion; waste; excessive liberality. It is opposed to frugality, economy, a...