PERSPICUOUSNESS
PERSPIC'UOUSNESS, noun Clearness to intellectual vision; plainness; freedom from obscurity.[We generally apply perspicuous to objects of intellect, and conspicuous to objects of...
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PERSPIRABILITY
PERSPIRABIL'ITY, noun [from perspirable.]The quality of being perspirable.
PERSPIRABLE
PER'SPIRABLE, adjective [from Latin perspiro. See Perspire.]1. That may be perspired; that may be evacuated through the pores of the skin.2. Emitting perspiration. [Not proper.]
PERSPIRATION
PERSPIRA'TION, noun [Latin perspiro. See Perspire.]1. The act of perspiring; excretion by the cuticular pores; evacuation of the fluids of the body through the pores of the skin...
PERSPIRATIVE
PER'SPIRATIVE, adjective Performing the act of perspiration.
PERSPIRATORY
PER'SPIRATORY, adjective Perspirative.
PERSPIRE
PERSPI'RE, verb intransitive [Latin per and spiro, to breathe.]1. To evacuate the fluids of the body through the pores of the skin; as, a person perspires freely.2. To be evacua...
PERSTRINGE
PERSTRINGE, verb transitive perstrinj'. [Latin perstringo; per and stringo, to graze or brush.] To graze; to glance on.
PERSUADABLE
PERSUA'DABLE, adjective [See Persuade.] That may be persuaded.
PERSUADABLY
PERSUA'DABLY, adverb So as to be persuaded.
PERSUADE
PERSUA'DE, verb transitive [Latin persuadeo; per and suadeo, to urge or incite.]1. To influence by argument, advice, intreaty or expostulation; to draw or incline the will to a ...
PERSUADED
PERSUA'DED, participle passive Influenced or drawn to an opinion or determination by argument, advice or reasons suggested; convinced; induced.
PERSUADER
PERSUA'DER, noun One that persuades or influences another.1. That which incites.Hunger and thirst at once.Powerful persuaders!
PERSUADING
PERSUA'DING, participle present tense Influencing by motives presented.
PERSUASIBILITY
PERSUASIBIL'ITY, noun Capability of being persuaded.
PERSUASIBLE
PERSUA'SIBLE, adjective [Latin persuasibilis.]That may be persuaded or influenced by reasons offered.
PERSUASIBLENESS
PERSUA'SIBLENESS, noun The quality of being influenced by persuasion.
PERSUASION
PERSUA'SION, noun s as z. [Latin persuasio.]1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by any thing that moves the mind or pas...
PERSUASIVE
PERSUA'SIVE, adjective Having the power of persuading; influencing the mind or passions; as persuasive eloquence; persuasive evidence.
PERSUASIVELY
PERSUA'SIVELY, adverb In such a manner as to persuade or convince.
PERSUASIVENESS
PERSUA'SIVENESS, noun The quality of having influence on the mind or passions.
PERSUASORY
PERSUA'SORY, adjective Having the power or tendency to persuade.
PERSULPHATE
PERSUL'PHATE, noun A combination of sulphuric acid with the peroxyd of iron.
PERT
PERT, adjective1. Lively; brisk; smart.Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth.On the lawny sands and shelves,Trip the pert fairies, and the dapper elves.2. Forward; saucy; bo...
PERTAIN
PERTA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin pertineo, per and tenco, to hold.]1. To belong; to be the property, right or duty of.Men hate those who affect honor by ambition, which pertai...
PERTEREBRATION
PERTEREBRA'TION, noun [Latin per and terebratio.]The act of boring through.
PERTERER
PERT'ERER, noun One that troubles or harasses with vexation.