Prestimony
Pres″ti‐mo‐ny (?), n. [LL. praestimonium, fr. L. praestare to furnish, supply: cf. F. prestimonie. See Prest, n.] (Canon Law) A fund for the support of a priest, without the tit...
Diccionario
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
Buscar
Encontrar una palabra o entrada
Letra actual
P
10.274 entradas
Prestissimo
‖Pres‐tis″si‐mo (?), adv. [It., superl. of presto.] (Mus.) Very quickly; with great rapidity.
Presto
Pres″to (?), adv. [It. or Sp. presto quick, quickly. See Prest, a.] 1. Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.Presto! begone! 'tis here again. Swift.2. (Mus.) Quickly; rapidly...
Prestriction
Pre‐stric″tion (?), n. [L. praestrictio a binding fast, fr. praestringere. See Pre-, and Stringent.] Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight. Milton.
Presultor
Pre‐sul″tor (?), n. [L. praesultor; prae before + salire to dance.] A leader in the dance.
Presumable
Pre‐sum″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. présumable.] Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
Presumably
Pre‐sum″a‐bly, adv. In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.
Presume
Pre‐sume″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Presumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Presuming.] [F. présumer, L. praesumere, praesumptum; prae before + sumere to take. See Assume, Redeem.] 1. To ass...
Presume (2)
Pre‐sume″, v. i. 1. To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may...
Presumedly
Pre‐sum″ed‐ly, adv. By presumption.
Presumer
Pre‐sum″er (?), n. One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton.
Presumingly
Pre‐sum″ing‐ly, adv. Confidently; arrogantly.
Presumption
Pre‐sump″tion (?; 215), n. [L. praesumptio: cf. F. présomption, OF. also presumpcion. See Presume.] 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assu...
Presumptive
Pre‐sump″tive (?), a. [Cf. F. présomptif.] 1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.2. Presumptuous; arrogant. Sir ...
Presumptively
Pre‐sump″tive‐ly, adv. By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably.
Presumptuous
Pre‐sump″tu‐ous (?; 135), a. [L. praesumptuosus: cf. F. présomptueux, OF. also presumptuous. See Presumption.] 1. Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; a...
Presumptuously
Pre‐sump″tu‐ous‐ly, adv. In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.
Presumptuousness
Pre‐sump″tu‐ous‐ness, n. The quality or state of being presumptuous.
Presupposal
Pre′sup‐pos″al (?), n. Presupposition. “Presupposal of knowledge.” Hooker.
Presuppose
Pre′sup‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Presupposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Presupposing.] [Pref. pre- + suppose: cf. F. présupposer.] To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; t...
Presupposition
Pre‐sup′po‐si″tion (?), n. [Pref. pre- +supposition: cf. F. présupposition.] 1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.2. That which is presupposed; a p...
Presurmise
Pre′sur‐mise″ (?), n. A surmise previously formed. Shak.
Presystolic
Pre′sys‐tol″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.
Pretemporal
Pre‐tem″po‐ral (?), a.(Anat.) Situated in front of the temporal bone.
Pretence
Pre‐tence″ (?), n., Pre‐tence″ful, a., Pre‐tence″‐less, a. See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.
Pretend
Pre‐tend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pretended; p. pr. & vb. n.Pretending.] [OE. pretenden to lay claim to, F. prétendre, L. praetendere, praetentum, to stretch forward, pretend, s...
Pretend (2)
Pre‐tend″, v. i. 1. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; — usually with to. “Countries that pretend to ...