Webster's Dictionary 1913

7858

Pretermission

Pre′ter‐mis″sion (?), n. [L. praetermissio. See Pretermit.] 1. The act of passing by or omitting; omission. Milton.2. (Rhet.) See Preterition.

7859

Pretermit

Pre′ter‐mit″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pretermitted; p. pr. & vb. n.Pretermitting.] [L. praetermittere, praetermissum; praeter beyond + mittere to send. See Mission.] To pass by; ...

7860

Preternatural

Pre′ter‐nat″u‐ral (?; 135), a. [Pref. preter + natural.] Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or ...

7861

Preternaturalism

Pre′ter‐nat″u‐ral‐ism (?), n. The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.

7862

Preternaturality

Pre′ter‐nat′u‐ral″i‐ty (?), n. Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.

7863

Preternaturally

Pre′ter‐nat″u‐ral‐ly (?; 135), adv. In a preternatural manner or degree. Bacon.

7864

Preternaturalness

Pre′ter‐nat″u‐ral‐ness, n. The quality or state of being preternatural.

7865

Preterperfect

Pre′ter‐per″fect (?), a. & n. [Pref. preter- + perfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called preterit.

7866

Preterpluperfect

Pre′ter‐plu″per′fect (?), a. & n. [Pref. preter- + pluperfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called pluperfect.

7867

Pretertiary

Pre‐ter″ti‐a‐ry (?), a.(Geol.) Earlier than Tertiary.

7868

Pretervection

Pre′ter‐vec″tion (?), n. [L. praetervectio, fr. praetervehere to carry beyond. See Invection.] The act of carrying past or beyond. Abp. Potter.

7869

Pretex

Pre‐tex″ (?), v. t. [L. praetexere. See Pretext.] To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely.

7870

Pretext

Pre″text (?; 277), n. [F. prétexte, L. praetextum, fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, allege as an excuse; prae before + texere to weave. See Text.] Ostensible...

7871

Pretexture

Pre‐tex″ture (?; 135), n. A pretext.

7872

Pretibial

Pre‐tib″i‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Situated in front of the tibia.

7873

Pretor

Pre″tor (?), n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to go before; prae before + ire to go. See Issue.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans...

7874

Pretorial

Pre‐to″ri‐al (?), a. Pretorian. Burke.

7875

Pretorian

Pre‐to″ri‐an (?), a. [L. praetorians: cf. F. prétorien.] Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or au...

7876

Pretorian (2)

Pre‐to″ri‐an, n. A soldier of the pretorian guard.

7877

Pretorium

‖Pre‐to″ri‐um (?), n. [L. praetorium, fr. praetor.] 1. The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of war, because held in the general's tent.2. The official residence ...

7878

Pretorship

Pre″tor‐ship (?), n. The office or dignity of a pretor. J. Warton

7879

Pretorture

Pre‐tor″ture (?; 135), v. t. To torture beforehand. Fuller.

7880

Prettily

Pret″ti‐ly (?), adv. In a pretty manner.

7881

Prettiness

Pret″ti‐ness, n. The quality or state of being pretty; — used sometimes in a disparaging sense.A style... without sententious pretension or antithetical prettiness. Jeffrey.

7882

Pretty

Pret″ty (?), a. [Compar.Prettier (?); superl.Prettiest.] [OE. prati, AS. prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to præt, prætt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a tri...

7883

Pretty (2)

Pret″ty (?), adv. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; — less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.Pretty plainly profe...

7884

Pretty-spoken

Pret″ty–spo′ken (?), a. Spoken or speaking prettily.