Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pleasure (2)

Pleas″ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pleasured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pleasuring.] To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. Shak.his hoop to pleasure Edith. Tennyson.

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Pleasure (3)

Pleas″ure, v. i. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.

5214

Pleasureful

Pleas″ure‐ful (?), a. Affording pleasure.

5215

Pleasureless

Pleas″ure‐less, a. Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.

5216

Pleasurer

Pleas″ur‐er (?), n. A pleasure seeker. Dickens.

5217

Pleasurist

Pleas″ur‐ist, n. A person devoted to worldly pleasure. Sir T. Browne.

5218

Pleat

Pleat (plēt), n. & v. t. See Plait.

5219

Plebe

Plebe (plēb), n. [F. plèbe, fr. L. plebs.] 1. The common people; the mob.The plebe with thirst and fury prest. Sylvester.2. [Cf. Plebeian.] A member of the lowest class in the m...

5220

Plebeian

Ple‐be″ian (plē̍‐bē″yan), a. [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.2. Of or pertaining ...

5221

Plebeian (2)

Ple‐be″ian, n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

5222

Plebeiance

Ple‐be″iance (?), n. 1. Plebeianism.2. Plebeians, collectively.

5223

Plebeianism

Ple‐be″ian‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. plébéianisme.] 1. The quality or state of being plebeian.2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.

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Plebeianize

Ple‐be″ian‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plebeianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plebeianizing.] To render plebeian, common, or vulgar.

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Plebicolist

Ple‐bic″o‐list (?), n. [L. plebs the common people + colere to cultivate.] One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue.

5226

Plebification

Pleb′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. plebs the common people + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing.You begin with the attempt to populari...

5227

Plebiscitary

Ple‐bis″ci‐ta‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to plebiscite. The Century.

5228

Plebiscite

Pleb″i‐scite (?), n. [F. plébiscite, fr. L. plebiscitum.] A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitut...

5229

Plebiscitum

‖Ple′bis‐ci″tum (?), n. [L., fr. plebs, plebis, common people + scitum decree.] (Rom. Antiq.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some ...

5230

Plebs

‖Plebs (plĕbz), n. [L. Cf. Plebe.] 1. The commonalty of ancient Rome who were citizens without the usual political rights; the plebeians; — distinguished from the patricians.2. ...

5231

Plectile

Plec″tile (?), a. [L. plectilis.] Woven; plaited. Sir T. Browne.

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Plectognath

Plec″tog‐nath (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. — n. One of the Plectognathi.

5233

Plectognathi

‖Plec‐to″gna‐thi (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.☞ The upper ja...

5234

Plectognathic

{ Plec′tog‐nath″ic (?), Plec–tog″na‐thous (?), } a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.

5235

Plectospondyli

‖Plec′to‐spon″dy‐li (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebræ united and much modified; the Eventognathi.

5236

Plectospondylous

Plec′to‐spon″dy‐lous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli.

5237

Plectrum

‖Plec″trum (?), n.; pl. L. Plectra (#), E. Plectrums (#). A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.

5238

Pled

Pled (?), imp. & p. p. of PleadSpenser.