Webster's Dictionary 1913

8290

Procœle

Pro‐cœle″ (?), n. [Pref. pro + Gr. � hollow.] (Anat.) A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

8291

Procœlia

‖Pro‐cœ″li‐a (?), n.; pl.Procœliæ (�). (Anat.) Same as Procœle.

8292

Procœlia (2)

‖Pro‐cœ″li‐a, n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebræ are concave in front.

8293

Procœlian

Pro‐cœ″li‐an (?), a. [See Procœle.] (Anat & Zoöl.) Concave in front; as, procœlian vertebræ, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.

8294

Procœlian (2)

Pro‐cœ″li‐an, n.(Zoöl.) A reptile having procœlian vertebræ; one of the Procœlia.

8295

Procœlous

Pro‐cœ″lous (?), a.Same as Procœlian.

8296

Proconsul

Pro‐con″sul (?), n. [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military ...

8297

Proconsular

{ Pro‐con″su‐lar (?), Pro‐con″su‐la‐ry (?), } a. [L. proconsularis: cf. F. proconsulaire.]1. Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.2. Under the government of a...

8298

Proconsulate

Pro‐con″su‐late (?), n. [L. proconsulatus: cf. F. proconsulat.] The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.

8299

Proconsulship

Pro‐con″sul‐ship (?), n. Proconsulate.

8300

Procrastinate

Pro‐cras″ti‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Procrastinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Procrastinating.] [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinu...

8301

Procrastinate (2)

Pro‐cras″ti‐nate, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory.I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift.

8302

Procrastination

Pro‐cras′ti‐na″tion (?), n. [L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination.] The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.Procrastinatio...

8303

Procrastinator

Pro‐cras″ti‐na′tor (?), n. One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

8304

Procrastinatory

Pro‐cras″ti‐na‐to‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.

8305

Procrastine

Pro‐cras″tine (?), v. t. To procrastinate.

8306

Procreant

Pro″cre‐ant (?), a. [L. procreans, p. pr. of procreare. See Procreate.] Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation. “His pendent bed and procreant cra...

8307

Procreant (2)

Pro″cre‐ant, n. One who, or that which, procreates.

8308

Procreate

Pro″cre‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Procreated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Procreating.] [L. procreatus, p. p. of procreare; pro forward, forth + create to create.] To generate and prod...

8309

Procreation

Pro′cre‐a″tion (?), n. [F. procréation, L, procreatio.] The act of begetting; generation and production of young. South.

8310

Procreative

Pro″cre‐a′tive (?), a. Having the power to beget; generative. Sir M. Hale.

8311

Procreativeness

Pro″cre‐a′tive‐ness, n. The power of generating.

8312

Procreator

Pro″cre‐a′tor (?), n. One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.

8313

Procris

‖Pro″cris (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvæ of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.

8314

Procrustean

Pro‐crus″te‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procruste...

8315

Procrusteanize

Pro‐crus″te‐an‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Procrusteanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Procrusteanizing (?).] To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

8316

Procrustes

Pro‐crus″tes (?), n.(Gr. Antiq.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their ...