PREGNANTLY
PREG'NANTLY, adverb Fruitfully.1. Fully; plainly; clearly. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PREGRAVATE
PRE'GRAVATE, verb transitive [Latin proegravo.]To bear down; to depress. [Not in use.]
PREGRAVITATE
PREGRAV'ITATE, verb intransitive To descend by gravity.
PREGUSTATION
PREGUSTA'TION, noun [Latin proe and gusto, to taste.]The act of tasting before another.
PREHENSILE
PREHEN'SILE, adjective [Latin prehendo, to take or seize; prehensus.]Seizing; grasping; adapted to seize or grasp. The tails of some monkeys are prehensile
PREHENSION
PREHEN'SION, noun A taking hold; a seizing; as with the hand or other limb.
PREHNITE
PREHN'ITE, noun A mineral of the silicious kind, of an apple green or greenish gray color. It has been called shorl, emerald, chrysoprase, felspath, chrysolite, and zeolite. It ...
PREINSTRUCT
PREINSTRUCT', verb transitive [pre and instruct.] To instruct previously.
PREINSTRUCTED
PREINSTRUCT'ED, participle passive Previously instructed or directed.
PREINSTRUCTING
PREINSTRUCT'ING, participle present tense Previously instructing.
PREINTIMATION
PREINTIMA'TION, noun [pre and intimation.]Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
PREJUDGE
PREJUDGE, verb transitive prejudg'. [Latin proe and judico, to judge.]1. To judge in a cause before it is heard, or before the arguments and facts in the case are fully known.Th...
PREJUDGED
PREJUDG'ED, participle passive Judged beforehand; determined unheard.
PREJUDGING
PREJUDG'ING, participle present tense Judging or determining without a hearing or before the case is fully understood.
PREJUDGMENT
PREJUDG'MENT, noun Judgment in a case without a hearing or full examination.
PREJUDICACY
PREJU'DICACY, noun Prejudice; prepossession. [Not used.]
PREJUDICATE
PREJU'DICATE, verb transitive [Latin proe, before, and judico, to judge.]To prejudge; to determine beforehand to disadvantage.Our dearest friendPrejudicates the business.PREJU'D...
PREJUDICATED
PREJU'DICATED, participle passive Prejudged.
PREJUDICATING
PREJU'DICATING, participle present tense Prejudging.
PREJUDICATION
PREJUDICA'TION, noun The act of judging without due examination of facts and evidence.1. In Roman oratory, prejudications were of three kinds; first, precedents or adjudged case...
PREJUDICATIVE
PREJU'DICATIVE, adjective Forming an opinion or judgment without examination.
PREJUDICE
PREJ'UDICE, noun [Latin prejudicium; proe and judico.]1. Prejudgment; an opinion or decision of mind, formed without due examination of the facts or arguments which are necessar...
PREJUDICED
PREJ'UDICED, participle passive or adjective Prepossessed by unexamined opinions; biased.
PREJUDICIAL
PREJUDI'CIAL, adjective Biased or blinded by prejudices; as a prejudicial eye. [Not in use.]1. Hurtful; mischievous; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental; tending to obstruct...
PREJUDICIALNESS
PREJUDI'CIALNESS, noun The state of being prejudicial; injuriousness.
PRELACY
PRE'LACY, noun [from prelate.] The office or dignity of a prelate.Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices.1. Episcopacy; the order of bishops.How many are there that call ...
PRELATE
PRE'LATE, noun [Latin proelatus, proefero.] An ecclesiastic of the higher order, as an archbishop, bishop or patriarch; a dignitary of the church.