Webster's Dictionary 1913

8560

Proll

Proll (?), v. t. [See Prowl.] [imp. & p. p.Prolled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Prolling.] To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. Barrow.

8561

Proll (2)

Proll, v. i. To prowl about; to rob. South.Though ye prolle aye, ye shall it never find. Chaucer.

8562

Proller

Proll″er (?), n. Prowler; thief. Chapman.

8563

Prolocutor

Prol′o‐cu″tor (?), n. [L., from proloqui, p. p. prolocutus, to speak out; pro for + loqui to speak.]1. One who speaks for another. Jeffrey.2. The presiding officer of a convocat...

8564

Prolocutorship

Prol′o‐cu″tor‐ship, n. The office of a prolocutor.

8565

Prolog

Pro″log (?), n. & v. Prologue.

8566

Prologize

Pro″lo‐gize (?), v. i. [Gr. �. See Prologue.] To deliver a Prologue. Whewell.

8567

Prologizer

Pro″lo‐gi′zer (?), n. One who prologizes.

8568

Prologue

Pro″logue (?), n. [F., fr. L. prologus, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to say beforehand; � before + � to say. See Logic.]1. The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; ...

8569

Prologue (2)

Pro″logue, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prologued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prologuing.] To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. Shak.

8570

Prolong

Pro‐long″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prolonged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prolonging.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro before, forth + longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Prolongate, Pur...

8571

Prolongable

Pro‐long″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care.Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush.

8572

Prolongate

Pro‐lon″gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prolongated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prolongating.] [L. prolongatus, p. p. of prolongare. See Prolong.] To prolong; to extend in space or in time.

8573

Prolongation

Pro′lon‐ga″tion (?), n. [F. prolongation.]1. The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction. Bacon.2. That which forms an additional length.

8574

Prolonge

Pro‐longe″ (?), n. [F. See Prolong.] (Field Artillery) A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other ...

8575

Prolonger

Pro‐long″er (?), n. One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

8576

Prolongment

Pro‐long″ment (?), n. Prolongation.

8577

Prolusion

Pro‐lu″sion (?), n. [L. prolusio, fr. proludere to prelude; pro before + ludere to play: cf. F. prolusion, It. prolusione.] A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; ...

8578

Promanation

Prom′a‐na″tion (?), n. [Pref. pro- + L. manatio a flowing, fr. manare to flow.] The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux. Dr. H. More.

8579

Promenade

Prom′e‐nade″ (?), n. [F. (with a foreign suffix), from promener to lead, take for a walk, se promener to walk, from L. prominare to drive forward or along; pro forward + minare ...

8580

Promenade (2)

Prom′e‐nade″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Promenaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Promenading.] To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

8581

Promenader

Prom′e‐nad″er (?), n. One who promenades.

8582

Promerit

Pro‐mer″it (?), v. t. [L. promeritus, p. p. of promerere to deserve; pro before + merere to merit.]1. To oblige; to confer a favor on. Bp. Hall.2. To deserve; to procure by meri...

8583

Promerops

‖Prom″e‐rops (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and ...

8584

Promethea

‖Pro‐me″the‐a (?), n. [NL. See Prometheus.] (Zoöl.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and su...

8585

Promethean

Pro‐me″the‐an (?), a. [L. Prometh�us: cf. F. prométhéen.]1. Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus. “Promethean fire.” Shak.2. Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.

8586

Promethean (2)

Pro‐me″the‐an (?), n.(Old Chem.) (a) An apparatus for automatic ignition. (b) A kind of lucifer match.