PREDICTION
PREDIC'TION, noun [Latin proedictio.] A foretelling; a previous declaration of a future event; prophecy. The fulfillment of the predictions of the prophets is considered to be a...
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PREDICTIVE
PREDICT'IVE, adjective Foretelling; prophetic.
PREDICTOR
PREDICT'OR, noun A foreteller; one who prophesies.
PREDIGESTION
PREDIGES'TION, noun [pre and digestion.] Too hasty digestion.Predigestion fills the body with crudities.
PREDILECTION
PREDILEC'TION, noun [Latin proe, before, and dilectus, dilito, to love.]A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something.
PREDISPONENT
PREDISPO'NENT, noun That which predisposes.
PREDISPOSE
PREDISPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [pre and dispose.]1. To incline beforehand; to give a previous disposition to; as, to predispose the mind or temper to friendship.2. To fit ...
PREDISPOSED
PREDISPO'SED, participle passive Previously inclined or adapted.
PREDISPOSING
PREDISPO'SING, participle present tense Inclining or adapting beforehand.1.adjective Tending or able to give predisposition or liableness; as the predisposing causes of disease.
PREDISPOSITION
PREDISPOSI'TION, noun Previous inclination or propensity to any thing; applied to the mind.1. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression or purpose; applied to mat...
PREDOMINANCE
PREDOM'INANCEPREDOM'INANCY, noun [See Predominant.]1. Prevalence over others; superiority in strength, power, influence or authority; ascendancy; as the predominance of a red co...
PREDOMINANCY
PREDOM'INANCY, n. [See Predominant.]1. Prevalence over others; superiority in strength, power, influence or authority; ascendancy; as the predominance of a red color in a body o...
PREDOMINANT
PREDOM'INANT, adjective [Latin proe and dominans, dominor, to rule.]Prevalent over others; superior in strength, influence or authority; ascendant; ruling; controlling; as a pre...
PREDOMINANTLY
PREDOM'INANTLY, adverb With superior strength or influence.
PREDOMINATE
PREDOM'INATE, verb intransitive [Latin proe, before, and dominor, to rule, from dominus, lord.] To prevail; to surpass in strength, influence or authority; to be superior; to ha...
PREDOMINATING
PREDOM'INATING, participle present tense Having superior strength or influence; ruling; controlling.
PREDOMINATION
PREDOMINA'TION, noun Superior strength or influence.
PREEN
PREEN, noun A forked instrument used by clothiers in dressing cloth.PREEN, verb transitive To clean, compose and dress the feathers, as fowls, to enable them to glide more easil...
PREENING
PREE'NING, participle present tense Cleaning and composing the feathers, as fowls.
PREFACE
PREF'ACE, noun [Latin proefatio; proe, before, and for, fari, fatus, to speak.] Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay, i...
PREFACED
PREF'ACED, participle passive Introduced with preliminary observations.
PREFACER
PREF'ACER, noun The writer of a preface.
PREFACING
PREF'ACING, participle present tense Introducing with preliminary remarks.
PREFATORY
PREF'ATORY, adjective Pertaining to a preface; introductory to a book, essay or discourse.
PREFECT
PRE'FECT, noun [Latin proefectus; proe, before, and factus, made; but directly from proeficior, proefectus.]1. In ancient Rome, a chief magistrate who governed a city or provinc...
PREFECTSHIP
PRE'FECTSHIPPRE'FECTURE, noun The office of a chief magistrate, commander or viceroy.1. Jurisdiction of a perfect.
PREFECTURE
PRE'FECTURE, n. The office of a chief magistrate, commander or viceroy.1. Jurisdiction of a perfect.