PROTOPLAST
PRO'TOPLAST, noun [Gr. first and formed.] The original; the thing first formed, as a copy to be imitated. Thus Adam has been called our protoplast
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PROTOPLASTIC
PROTOPLAS'TIC, adjective First formed.
PROTOPOPE
PRO'TOPOPE, noun [Gr. first, and pope.] Chief pope or imperial confessor, an officer of the holy directing synod, the supreme spiritual court of the Greek church in Russia.
PROTOSULPHATE
PROTOSUL'PHATE, noun In chimistry, the combination of sulphuric acid with a protoxyd.
PROTOTYPE
PRO'TOTYPE, noun [Gr. first, and type, form, model.]An original or model after which any thing is formed; the pattern of any thing to be engraved, cast, etc.,; exemplar; archetype.
PROTOXYD
PROTOX'YD, noun [Gr. first, and acid.] A substance combined with oxygen in the first degree, or any oxyd formed by the first degree of oxydizement.
PROTOXYDIZE
PROTOX'YDIZE, verb transitive To oxydize in the first degree.
PROTRACT
PROTRACT', verb transitive [Latin protractus, from pro and traho, to draw.]1. To draw out or lengthen in time; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract ...
PROTRACTED
PROTRACT'ED, participle passive Drawn out in time; delayed.
PROTRACTER
PROTRACT'ER, noun One who protracts or lengthens in time.
PROTRACTING
PROTRACT'ING, participle present tense Drawing out or continuing in time; delaying.
PROTRACTION
PROTRAC'TION, noun The act of drawing out or continuing in time; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; as the protraction of a debate.
PROTRACTIVE
PROTRACT'IVE, adjective Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.He suffered their protractive arts.
PROTRACTOR
PROTRACT'OR, noun An instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper with accuracy and dispatch, and by which the use of the line of chords is superseded. It is of vari...
PROTREPTICAL
PROTREP'TICAL, adjective [Gr. to exhort; and to turn.] Hortatory; suasory; intended or adapted to persuade. [Little used.]
PROTRUDE
PROTRU'DE, verb transitive [Latin protrudo; pro and trudo, to thrust. See Thrust.]1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along; as food protruded from the stomach into the inte...
PROTRUDED
PROTRU'DED, participle passive Thrust forward or out.
PROTRUDING
PROTRU'DING, participle present tense Thrusting forward or out.
PROTRUSION
PROTRU'SION, noun s as z. The act of thrusting forward or beyond the usual limit; a thrusting or driving; a push.
PROTRUSIVE
PROTRU'SIVE, adjective Thrusting or impelling forward; as protrusive motion.
PROTUBERANCE
PROTU'BERANCE, noun [Latin protuberans, protubero; pro and tuber, a puff, bunch or knob.] A swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; any thing swelled or pu...
PROTUBERANT
PROTU'BERANT, adjective Swelling; prominent beyond the surrounding surface; as a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.
PROTUBERATE
PROTU'BERATE, verb intransitive [Latin protubero, supra. To swell or be prominent beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.If the navel protuberates, make a small puncture with...
PROTUBERATION
PROTUBERA'TION, noun The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
PROTUBEROUS
PROTU'BEROUS, adjective Protuberant.
PROUD
PROUD, adjective1. Having inordinate self-esteem; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one's own excellence, either of body or mind. A man may be proud of his person, of...
PROUDLY
PROUD'LY, adverb With an inordinate self-esteem; in a proud manner; haughtily; ostentatiously; with lofty airs or mien.Proudly he marches on and void of fear.