PLEDGING
PLEDG'ING, participle present tense Depositing in pawn or as security; giving warrant for security or safety.
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PLEIADS
PLEIADS, noun ple'yads. [Latin Pleiades; Gr. to sail, as the rising of seven stars indicated the time of safe navigation.]In astronomy, a cluster of seven stars in the neck of t...
PLENAL
PLE'NAL, adjective [See Plenary.] Full. [Not used.]
PLENARILY
PLE'NARILY, adverb [from plenary.] Fully; completely.
PLENARINESS
PLE'NARINESS, noun Fullness; completeness.
PLENARTY
PLEN'ARTY, noun The state of a benefice when occupied.
PLENARY
PLE'NARY, adjective [Latin plenus.] Full; entire; complete; as a plenary license; plenary consent; plenary indulgence. The plenary indulgence of the pope is an entire remission ...
PLENILUNARY
PLENILU'NARY, adjective Relating to the full moon.
PLENILUNE
PLEN'ILUNE, noun [Latin plenilunium; plenus, full, and luna, moon.]The full moon. [Not used.]
PLENIPOTENCE
PLENIP'OTENCE, noun [Latin plenus, full, and potentia, power.]Fullness or completeness of power.
PLENIPOTENT
PLENIP'OTENT, adjective [Latin plenipotens, supra.]Possessing full power.
PLENIPOTENTIARY
PLENIPOTEN'TIARY, noun A person invested with full power to transact any business; usually, an embassador or envoy to a foreign court, furnished with full power to negotiate a t...
PLENISH
PLENISH, for replenish, not used.
PLENIST
PLE'NIST, noun [Latin plenus.] One who maintains that all space is full of matter.
PLENITUDE
PLEN'ITUDE, noun [Latin plenitudo, from plenus, full.]Fullness; as the plenitude of space.1. Repletion; animal fullness; plethora; redundancy of blood and humors in the animal b...
PLENTEOUS
PLEN'TEOUS, adjective [from plenty.] Abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as a plenteous supply of provisions; a plenteous crop.1. Yielding abundance; as ...
PLENTEOUSLY
PLEN'TEOUSLY, adverb In abundance; copiously; plentifully.
PLENTEOUSNESS
PLEN'TEOUSNESS, noun Abundance; copious supply; plenty; as the seven years of plenteousness in Egypt.
PLENTIFUL
PLEN'TIFUL, adjective [from plenty.] Copious; abundant; adequate to every purpose; as a plentiful crop of grain; a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water; a plentiful fo...
PLENTIFULLY
PLEN'TIFULLY, adverb Copiously; abundantly; with ample supply.
PLENTIFULNESS
PLEN'TIFULNESS, noun The state of being plentiful; abundance.1. The quality of affording full supply.
PLENTY
PLEN'TY, noun [from Latin plenus.] Abundance; copiousness; full or adequate supply; as, we have a plenty of corn for bread; the garrison has a plenty of provisions. Its applicat...
PLENUM
PLE'NUM, noun [Latin] Fullness of matter in space.
PLEONASM
PLE'ONASM, noun [Latin pleonasmus; Gr. full, more, Latin pleo, in impleo, to fill.] Redundancy of words in speaking or writing; the use of more words to express ideas, than are ...
PLEONASTE
PLE'ONASTE, noun [Gr. abundant; from its four facets, sometimes found on each solid angle of the octahedron.]A mineral, commonly considered as a variety of the spinelle ruby. [S...
PLEONASTIC
PLEONAS'TICPLEONAS'TICAL, adjective Pertaining to pleonasm; partaking of pleonasm; redundant.
PLEONASTICAL
PLEONAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to pleonasm; partaking of pleonasm; redundant.