PREPARED
PREPA'RED, participle passive Fitted; adapted; made suitable; made ready; provided.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PREPAREDLY
PREPA'REDLY, adverb With suitable previous measures.
PREPAREDNESS
PREPA'REDNESS, noun The state of being prepared or in readiness.
PREPARER
PREPA'RER, noun One that prepares, fits or makes ready.1. One that provides.2. That which fits or makes suitable; as, certain manures are preparers of land for particular crops.
PREPARING
PREPA'RING, participle present tense Fitting; adapting; making ready; providing.
PREPENSE
PREPENSE, adjective prepens'. [Latin proepensus, proependeo; proe and pendeo, to incline to hand down.]Preconceived; premeditated; aforethought.Malice prepense is necessary to c...
PREPENSED
PREPENS'ED, participle passive or adjective Previously conceived; premeditated. [Little used.] [See Prepense.]
PREPOLLENCE
PREPOL'LENCEPREPOL'LENCY, noun [Latin proepollens, proepolleo; proe and polleo.]Prevalence; superiority of power.
PREPOLLENCY
PREPOL'LENCY, n. [L. proepollens, proepolleo; proe and polleo.]Prevalence; superiority of power.
PREPOLLENT
PREPOL'LENT, adjective Having superior gravity or power; prevailing.
PREPONDER
PREPOND'ER, verb transitive [See Preponderate.] To outweigh. [Not used.]
PREPONDERANCE
PREPOND'ERANCEPREPOND'ERANCY, noun [See Preponderate.]1. An outweighing; superiority of weight. The least preponderance of weight on one side of a ship or boat will make it incl...
PREPONDERANCY
PREPOND'ERANCY, n. [See Preponderate.]1. An outweighing; superiority of weight. The least preponderance of weight on one side of a ship or boat will make it incline or heel.2. S...
PREPONDERANT
PREPOND'ERANT, adjective Outweighing.
PREPONDERATE
PREPOND'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin proepondero; proe, before, and pondero, to weigh.]1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight.An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the cen...
PREPONDERATING
PREPOND'ERATING, participle present tense Outweighing; inclining to one side.
PREPONDERATION
PREPONDERA'TION, noun The act or state of outweighing any thing, or of inclining to one side.
PREPOSE
PREPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. To put before. [Not much used.]
PREPOSITION
PREPOSI'TION, noun s as z. [Latin proepositio, proepono, proepositus; proe and pono, to put.] In grammar, a word usually put before another to express some relation or quality, ...
PREPOSITIONAL
PREPOSI'TIONAL, adjective Pertaining to a preposition, or to preceding position.
PREPOSITIVE
PREPOS'ITIVE, adjective Put before; as a prepositive particle.PREPOS'ITIVE, noun [supra.] A word or particle put before another word.
PREPOSITOR
PREPOS'ITOR, noun [Latin proepositor.] A scholar appointed by the instructor to inspect other scholars.
PREPOSITURE
PREPOS'ITURE, noun The office or place of a provost; a provostship.
PREPOSSESS
PREPOSSESS', verb transitive [pre and possess.] To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.1. To preoccupy the mind or heart so as to preclude other things;...
PREPOSSESSED
PREPOSSESS'ED, participle passive Preoccupied; inclined previously to favor or disfavor.
PREPOSSESSING
PREPOSSESS'ING, participle present tense Taking previous possession.1.adjective Tending to invite favor; having power to secure the possession of favor, esteem or love. The coun...
PREPOSSESSION
PREPOSSES'SION, noun Preoccupation; prior possession.1. Preconceived opinion; the effect of previous impressions on the mind or heart, in favor or against any person or thing. I...