Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PROPPED

PROP'PED, participle passive [from prop.] Supported; sustained by something placed under.

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PROPPING

PROP'PING, participle present tense Supporting by something beneath.

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PROPREFECT

PROPRE'FECT, noun Among the Romans, a prefect's lieutenant commissioned to do a part of the duty of the perfect.

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PROPRETOR

PROPRE'TOR, noun [Latin proproetor.] Among the Romans, a magistrate who, having discharged the office of pretor at home, was sent into a province to command there with his forme...

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PROPRIETARY

PROPRI'ETARY, noun1. A proprietor or owner; one who has the exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses or holds the title to a thing in his own right. The grantees of Pennsyl...

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PROPRIETOR

PROPRI'ETOR, noun [from Latin proprietas, proprius.] An owner; the person who has the legal right or exclusive title to any thing whether in possession or not; as the proprietor...

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PROPRIETRESS

PROPRI'ETRESS, noun A female who has the exclusive legal right to a thing.

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PROPRIETY

PROPRI'ETY, noun [Latin proprietas, from proprius.]1. Property; peculiar or exclusive right of possession; ownership. [This primary sense of the word, as used by Locke, Milton, ...

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PROPT

PROPT. [See Propped.]

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PROPUGN

PROPUGN, verb transitive propu'ne. [Latin propugno; pro and pugno, to fight.]To contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [Little used.]

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PROPUGNACLE

PROPUG'NACLE, noun [Latin propugnaculum.] A fortress. [Not used.]

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PROPUGNATION

PROPUGNA'TION, noun [Latin propugnatio.] Defense. [Not used.]

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PROPUGNER

PROPUGNER, noun propu'ner. A defender; a vindicator.

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PROPULSATION

PROPULSA'TION, noun [Latin propulsatio, propulso. See Propel.]The act of driving away or repelling; the keeping at a distance.

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PROPULSE

PROPULSE, verb transitive propuls'. [Latin propulso; pro and pulso, to strike. See Propel.] To repel; to drive off. [Little used.]

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PROPULSION

PROPUL'SION, noun [Latin propulsus, propello. See Propel.]The act of driving forward.Pro rata, [Latin] in proportion.

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PRORE

PRORE, noun [Latin prora.] The prow or fore part of a ship. [Not in use, except in poetry.]Pro re nata, [Latin] according to exigencies or circumstances.

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PROROGATION

PROROGA'TION, noun [Latin prorogatio. See Prorogue.]1. Continuance in time or duration; a lengthening or prolongation of time; as the prorogation of something already possessed....

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PROROGUE

PROROGUE, verb transitive prorog. [Latin prorogo; pro and rogo. The latter word signifies to ask, or to propose; but the primary sense is to reach, to stretch forward; and this ...

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PRORUPTION

PRORUP'TION, noun [Latin proruptus, prorumpo; pro and rumpo, to burst.]The act of bursting forth; a bursting out.

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PROSAIC

PROSA'IC, adjective s as z. [Latin prosaicus, from prosa, prose.]Pertaining to prose; resembling prose; not restricted by numbers; applied to writings; as a prosaic composition.

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PROSAL

PRO'SAL, adjective Prosaic. [Not used.]

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PROSCRIBE

PROSCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin proscribo; pro and scribo, to write. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, ...

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PROSCRIBED

PROSCRI'BED, participle passive Doomed to destruction; denounced as dangerous, or as unworthy of reception; condemned; banished.

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PROSCRIBER

PROSCRI'BER, noun One that dooms to destruction; one that denounces as dangerous, or as utterly unworthy of reception.

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PROSCRIBING

PROSCRI'BING, participle present tense Dooming to destruction; denouncing as unworthy of protection or reception; condemning; banishing.

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PROSCRIPTION

PROSCRIP'TION, noun [Latin proscriptio.] The act of proscribing or dooming to death; among the Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy. Such were ...