Webster's Dictionary 1913

7615

Preponderant

Pre‐pon″der‐ant (?), a. [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. prépondérant. See Preponderate.] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; — used literally and figuratively; as, a p...

7616

Preponderate

Pre‐pon″der‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Preponderated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Preponderating.] [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pon...

7617

Preponderate (2)

Pre‐pon″der‐ate, v. i. To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one ...

7618

Preponderatingly

Pre‐pon″der‐a′ting‐ly (?), adv. In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.

7619

Preponderation

Pre‐pon′der‐a″tion (?), n. [L. praeponderatio.] The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons. I. Watts.

7620

Prepose

Pre‐pose″ (?), v. t. [F. préposer; pref. pré- (L. prae before) + poser. See Pose.] To place or set before; to prefix. Fuller.

7621

Preposition

Prep′o‐si″tion (?), n. [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F. préposition. See Position, and cf. Provost.]1. (Gram.) A word ...

7622

Prepositional

Prep′o‐si″tion‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. prépositionnel.] Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition. Early. — Prep′o‐si″tion‐al‐ly, adv.

7623

Prepositive

Pre‐pos″i‐tive (?), a. [L. praepositivus: cf. F. prépositif.] (Gram.) Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle. — n. A prepositive word. Tooke.

7624

Prepositor

‖Pre‐pos″i‐tor (?), n. A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd.

7625

Prepositure

Pre‐pos″i‐ture (?), n. [L. praepositura. See Preposition, and cf. Provost.] The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship. Lowth.

7626

Prepossess

Pre′pos‐sess″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prepossessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prepossessing.]1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden.2. To preoccupy,...

7627

Prepossessing

Pre′pos‐sess″ing (?), a. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. — Pre′pos‐sess″ing‐ly, adv.

7628

Prepossession

Pre′pos‐ses″sion (?), n.1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond.2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous imp...

7629

Prepossessor

Pre′‐pos‐sess″or (?), n. One who possesses, or occupies, previously. R. Brady.

7630

Preposterous

Pre‐pos″ter‐ous (?), a. [L. praeposterus; prae before + posterus coming after, latter. See Posterior.]1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.The method I...

7631

Prepostor

Pre‐pos″tor (?), n. See Prepositor.

7632

Prepotency

Pre‐po″ten‐cy (?), n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence.]1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. Sir T. Browne.2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of on...

7633

Prepotent

Pre‐po″tent (?), a. [L. praepotens. See Pre-, and Potent.]1. Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant. Plaifere.2. (Biol.) Characterized by prepote...

7634

Preprovide

Pre′pro‐vide″ (?), v. t. To provide beforehand. “The materials preprovided.” Fuller.

7635

Prepubic

Pre‐pu″bic (?), a.(Anat.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.

7636

Prepubis

‖Pre‐pu″bis (?), n. [NL. See Pre-, and Pubis.] (Anat.) A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

7637

Prepuce

Pre″puce (?), n. [F. prépuce, L. praeputium.] (Anat.) The foreskin.

7638

Preputial

Pre‐pu″tial (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prepuce.

7639

Preraphaelism

{ Pre‐raph″a‐el‐ism (?), Pre‐raph″a‐el‐i′tism (?), } n.(Fine Arts) The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Rap...

7640

Preraphaelite

Pre‐raph″a‐el‐ite (?), a. Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. Ruskin.

7641

Preraphaelite (2)

Pre‐raph″a‐el‐ite, n. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.