PERTILENCE
PERT'ILENCE, noun [Latin pestilentia, from pestilens; pestis, plague.]1. Plague, appropriately so called; but in a general sense, any contagious or infectious disease that is ep...
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PERTINACIOUS
PERTINA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin pertinax; per and teneo, to hold.]1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose or design with obstinacy; obstinate; perversely resolute or pers...
PERTINACIOUSLY
PERTINA'CIOUSLY, adverb Obstinately; with firm or perverse adherence to opinion or purpose. He pertinaciously maintains his first opinions.
PERTINACIOUSNESS
PERTINA'CIOUSNESSPERTINAC'ITY, noun [Latin pertinacia.] Firm or unyielding adherence to opinion or purpose; obstinacy. He pursues his scheme with pertinacity.1. Resolution; cons...
PERTINACITY
PERTINAC'ITY, n. [L. pertinacia.] Firm or unyielding adherence to opinion or purpose; obstinacy. He pursues his scheme with pertinacity.1. Resolution; constancy.
PERTINACY
PER'TINACY, noun [supra.] Obstinacy; stubbornness; persistency; resolution; steadiness. [Little used.]
PERTINENCE
PER'TINENCEPER'TINENCY, noun [Latin pertinens, pertineo; per and teneo, to hold.]Justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; suitableness.I hav...
PERTINENCY
PER'TINENCY, n. [L. pertinens, pertineo; per and teneo, to hold.]Justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; suitableness.I have shown the fitn...
PERTINENT
PER'TINENT, adjective [Latin pertinens.] Related to the subject or matter inhand; just to the purpose; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; not foreign to the thing intended. ...
PERTINENTLY
PER'TINENTLY, adverb Appositely; to the purpose. He answered pertinently
PERTINENTNESS
PER'TINENTNESS, noun Appositeness.
PERTINGENT
PERTIN'GENT, adjective [Latin pertingens.] Reaching to.
PERTLY
PERT'LY, adverb Briskly; smartly; with prompt boldness.1. Saucily; with indecorous confidence or boldness.
PERTNESS
PERT'NESS, noun Briskness; smartness.1. Sauciness; forward promptness or boldness; implying less than effrontery or impudence.Pertness and ignorance may ask a question in three ...
PERTURB
PERTURB'PER'TURBATE, verb transitive [Latin perturbo; per and turbo, properly to turn, or to stir by turning.]1. To disturb; to agitate; to disquiet.2. To disorder; to confuse.[...
PERTURBATE
PER'TURBATE, v.t. [L. perturbo; per and turbo, properly to turn, or to stir by turning.]1. To disturb; to agitate; to disquiet.2. To disorder; to confuse.[This verb is little us...
PERTURBATION
PERTURBA'TION, noun [Latin perturbatio.]1. Disquiet or agitation of mind.2. Restlessness of passions; great uneasiness.3. Disturbance; disorder; commotion in public affairs.4. D...
PERTURBATOR
PERTURBA'TORPERTURB'ED, participle passive Disturbed; agitated; disquieted.Rest, rest, perturbed spirit.
PERTURBED
PERTURB'ED, pp. Disturbed; agitated; disquieted.Rest, rest, perturbed spirit.
PERTURBER
PERTURB'ER, noun One that disturbs or raises commotion. [Little used.]
PERTUSE
PERTU'SEPERTU'SED, adjective [Latin pertusus, pertundo; per and tundo, to beat.]1. Punched; pierced with holes.2. In botany, full of hollow dots on the surface, as a leaf.
PERTUSED
PERTU'SED, a. [L. pertusus, pertundo; per and tundo, to beat.]1. Punched; pierced with holes.2. In botany, full of hollow dots on the surface, as a leaf.
PERTUSION
PERTU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin pertusus, pertundo.]1. The act of punching, piercing or thrusting through with a pointed instrument.The manner of opening a vein in Hippocrates's...
PERUKE
PERU'KE, noun An artificial cap of hair; a periwig.
PERUKE-MAKER
PERU'KE-MAKER, noun A maker of perukes; a wig-maker.
PERURIOUSNESS
PERU'RIOUSNESS, noun Parsimony; a sordid disposition to save money.1. Scantiness; not plenty.
PERUSAL
PERU'SAL, noun s as z. [from peruse.] The act of reading.This treatise requires application in the perusal1. Careful view or examination. [Unusual.]