Prohibitionist
Pro′hi‐bi″tion‐ist, n.1. One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.2. One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufa...
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Prohibitive
Pro‐hib″it‐ive, a. [Cf. F. prohibitif.] That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
Prohibitory
Pro‐hib″it‐o‐ry (?), a. [L. prohibitorius.] Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.Prohibitory ind...
Proin
Proin (proin), v. t. [See Prune to trim.] To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn. Chaucer.The sprigs that did about it growHe proined from the leafy arms. Chapman.
Proin (2)
Proin, v. i. To employed in pruning.
Project
Proj″ect (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Projet.]1. The p...
Project (2)
Pro‐ject″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Projected; p. pr. & vb. n.Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.Before his feet herself she...
Project (3)
Pro‐ject″ (?), v. i.1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.2. To form a project;...
Projectile
Pro‐ject″ile (?), a. [Cf. F. projectile.]1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, project...
Projectile (2)
Pro‐ject″ile, n. [Cf. F. projectile.]1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.2. pl.(Mech.) A part of mechanic...
Projection
Pro‐jec″tion (?), n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.]1. The act of throwing or shooting forward.2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyo...
Projectment
Pro‐ject″ment (?), n. Design; contrivance; projection. Clarendon.
Projector
Pro‐ject″or (?), n. [Cf. F. projeteur.] One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes. L'Estrange.
Projector (2)
Pro‐jec″tor, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of ...
Projecture
Pro‐jec″ture (?), n. [L. projectura: cf. F. projecture.] A jutting out beyond a surface.
Projet
‖Pro′jet″ (?), n. [F. See Project, n.] A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project.
Proke
Proke (?), v. i. To poke; to thrust. Holland.
Prolapse
Pro‐lapse″ (?), n. [L. prolapsus, fr. prolapsus, p. p. of prolabi to fall forward; pro forward + labi to glide, fall.] (Med.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with...
Prolapse (2)
Pro‐lapse″, v. i. To fall down or out; to protrude.
Prolapsion
Pro‐lap″sion (?), n. [L. prolapsio.] (Med.) Prolapse. [Written also prolaption.]
Prolapsus
Pro‐lap″sus (?), n.(Med.) Prolapse.
Prolate
Pro″late (?), a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate.] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in...
Prolate (2)
Pro‐late″ (?), v. t. To utter; to pronounce. “Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.” B. Jonson.
Prolation
Pro‐la″tion (?), n. [L. prolatio: cf. F. prolation.]1. The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. Ray.2. The act of deferring; delay. Ainsworth.3. (Mus.) A m...
Prolatum
‖Pro‐la″tum (?), n.; pl.Prolata (#). [NL. See Prolate.] (Geom.) A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Proleg
Pro″leg (?), n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.] (Zoöl.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvæ of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects...
Prolegate
Pro″leg′ate (?; 48), n. [L. prolegatus; pro for + legatus legate.] (Rom. Hist.) The deputy or substitute for a legate.