Præcipe
Præc″i‐pe (?), n. [L., imperative of praecipere to give rules or precepts. See Precept.] (Law) (a) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting i...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Præc″i‐pe (?), n. [L., imperative of praecipere to give rules or precepts. See Precept.] (Law) (a) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting i...
‖Præ″co‐ces (?), n. pl. [NL. See Precocious.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched.
Præ‐co″cial (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Præcoces.
‖Præ‐cog″ni‐ta (?), n. pl. [L. praecognitus, p. p. of praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-, and Cognition.] This previously known, or which should be known in order to understan...
Præ‐com″mis‐sure (?), n. [Pref. præ + commissure.] (Anat.) A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.
Præ‐cor″a‐coid (?), n.(Anat.) See Precoracoid.
‖Præ‐cor″di‐a (?), n. [L., fr. prae before + cor, cordis, the heart.] (Anat.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.
Præ‐cor″di‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Same as Precordial.
‖Præ‐cor″nu (?), n.; pl.Præcornua (#). [NL. See Pre-, and Cornu.] (Anat.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.
Præ″di‐al (?), a. See Predial.
Præ′flo‐ra″tion (?), n. Same as Prefloration. Gray.
Præ‐fo′li‐a″tion (?), n. Same as Prefoliation. Gray.
Præ′max‐il″la (?), n. See Premaxilla.
Præ‐mo″lar (?), a. See Premolar.
Præ‐morse″ (?), a. Same as Premorse.
‖Præm′u‐ni″re (?), n. [Corrupted from L. praemonere to forewarn, cite. See Admonish.] (Eng. Law) (a) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for...
Præm′u‐ni″re, v. t. 1. To subject to the penalties of præmunire. T. Ward.
Præ‐mu″ni‐to‐ry (?), a. See Premunitory.
‖Præ‐na″res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pre-, Nares.] (Anat.) The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder.
Præ‐na″sal (?), a.(Anat.) Same as Prenasal.
Præ‐no″men (?), n.; pl.Prænomina (#). [L., fr. prae before + nomen name.] (Rom. Antiq.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, a...
Præ′no‐min″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a prænomen. M. A. Lower.
Præ′o‐per″cu‐lum, n.(Anat.) Same as Preoperculum. — Præ′o‐per″cu‐lar, a.
Præ‐o″ral, n., Præ‐pu″bis, n., Præ‐scap″u‐la, n., Præ‐scu″tum, n., Præ‐ster″num, n. Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.
Præ″ter– (?). A prefix. See Preter-.
Præt″er‐ist (?), n.(Theol.) See Preterist.
Præ′ter‐mit″ (?), v. t. See Pretermit.