Webster's Dictionary 1913

7075

Prater

Prat″er (?), n. One who prates. Shak.

7076

Pratic

Prat″ic (?), n. See Pratique.

7077

Pratincole

Pra″tin‐cole (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

7078

Pratingly

Prat″ing‐ly (?), adv. With idle talk; with loquacity.

7079

Pratique

Prat″ique (?), n. [F.; cf. It. pratica, Sp. practica. See Practice.] 1. (Com.) Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with qua...

7080

Prattle

Prat″tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Prattled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prattling (?).] [Freq. of prate.] To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a chi...

7081

Prattle (2)

Prat″tle, v. t. To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason. Addison.

7082

Prattle (3)

Prat″tle, n. Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.Mere prattle, without practice. Shak.

7083

Prattlement

Prat″tle‐ment (?), n. Prattle. Jeffrey.

7084

Prattler

Prat″tler (?), n. One who prattles. Herbert.

7085

Pravity

Prav″i‐ty (?), n. [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked, perverse.] Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; ...

7086

Prawn

Prawn (?), n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a sea mussel.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennæ. ...

7087

Praxinoscope

Prax‐in″o‐scope (?), n. [Gr. � action + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural mo...

7088

Praxis

Prax″is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to do. See Practice.] 1. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. “The praxis and theory of mus...

7089

Pray

Pray (?), n. & v. See Pry. Spenser.

7090

Pray (2)

Pray (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Prayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Praying.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari, fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to ask...

7091

Pray (3)

Pray, v. t. 1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.And as this earl was preyed, so did he. Chaucer.We pray you... by ye reconciled t...

7092

Prayer

Pray″er (?), n. One who prays; a supplicant.

7093

Prayer (2)

Prayer (�; 277), n. [OE. preiere, OF. preiere, F. prière, fr. L. precarius obtained by prayer, fr. precari to pray. See Pray, v. i.] 1. The act of praying, or of asking a favor;...

7094

Prayerful

Prayer″ful (?), a. Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. “The prayerful man.” J. S. Blackie. — Prayer″ful‐ly, adv. — Prayer″ful‐ness, n.

7095

Prayerless

Prayer″less (?; 277), a. Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer. “The next time you go prayerless to bed.” Baxter.— Prayer″less‐ly, adv. — Prayer″...

7096

Praying

Pray″ing (?), a. & n. from Pray, v.Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zoöl.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. — Praying machine, orPraying wheel, a wheel on w...

7097

Prayingly

Pray″ing‐ly, adv. With supplication to God.

7098

Pre-

Pre– (?). [L. prae, adv. & prep., before, akin to pro, and to E. for, prep.: cf. F. pré-. See Pro-, and cf. Prior.] A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, pre...

7099

Pre-Raphaelite

Pre–Raph″a‐el‐ite, n. Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who ...

7100

Preaccusation

Pre‐ac′cu‐sa″tion (?), n. Previous accusation.

7101

Preace

Preace (?), v. & n. Press. Spenser.