Webster's Dictionary 1913

8857

Prosecutable

Pros″e‐cu′ta‐ble (?), a. Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

8858

Prosecute

Pros″e‐cute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prosecuted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prosecuting.] [L. prosecutus, p. p. of prosequi to follow, pursue. See Pursue.]1. To follow or pursue with a v...

8859

Prosecute (2)

Pros″e‐cute, v. i. 1. To follow after. Latimer.2. (Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. Blackstone.

8860

Prosecution

Pros′e‐cu″tion (?), n. [L. prosecutio a following.] 1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; ...

8861

Prosecutor

Pros″e‐cu′tor (?), n. [Cf. L. prosecutor an attendant.] 1. One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.2. (Law) The person who institutes and carries on a cr...

8862

Prosecutrix

Pros″e‐cu′trix (?), n. A female prosecutor.

8863

Proselyte

Pros″e‐lyte (?), n. [OE. proselite, OF. proselite, F. proselytus, Gr. �, adj., that has come, n., a new comer, especially, one who has come over from heathenism to the Jewish re...

8864

Proselyte (2)

Pros″e‐lyte, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Proselyted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Proselyting.] To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over. Dr. H. More.

8865

Proselytism

Pros″e‐ly‐tism (?), n. [Cf. F. prosélytisme.] 1. The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or part...

8866

Proselytize

Pros″e‐ly‐tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.proselytized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Proselytizing (?).] To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come...

8867

Proselytize (2)

Pros″e‐ly‐tize, v. i. To make converts or proselytes.

8868

Proselytizer

Pros″e‐ly‐ti′zer, n. One who proselytes.

8869

Proseman

Prose″man (?), n. A writer of prose.

8870

Proseminary

Pro‐sem″i‐na‐ry (?), n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton.

8871

Prosemination

Pro‐sem′i‐na″tion (?), n. [L. proseminare, proseminatum, to disseminate.] Propagation by seed. Sir M. Hale.

8872

Prosencephalic

Pros‐en′ce‐phal″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

8873

Prosencephalon

Pros′en‐ceph″a‐lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � toward, near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cereb...

8874

Prosenchyma

Pros‐en″chy‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � near + -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed ...

8875

Proser

Pros″er (?), n. 1. A writer of prose.2. One who talks or writes tediously. Sir W. Scott.

8876

Prosiliency

Pro‐sil″i‐en‐cy (?), n. [L. prosilere to leap forth.] The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. “Such prosiliency of relief.” Coleridge.

8877

Prosily

Pros″i‐ly (?), adv. In a prosy manner.

8878

Prosimetrical

Pros′i‐met″ric‐al (?), a. [Prose + metrical.] Consisting both of prose and verse. Clarke.

8879

Prosimiæ

‖Pro‐sim″i‐æ (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pro-. and Simia.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lemuroidea.

8880

Prosiness

Pros″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.

8881

Prosing

Pros″ing, n. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott.

8882

Prosingly

Pros″ing‐ly, adv. Prosily.

8883

Prosiphon

Pro‐si″phon (?), n. [Pref. pro- for + siphon.] (Zoöl.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.