Profound (4)
Pro‐found″, v. i. To dive deeply; to penetrate.
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Profoundly
Pro‐found″ly, adv. In a profound manner.Why sigh you so profoundly? Shak.
Profoundness
Pro‐found″ness, n. The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.
Profulgent
Pro‐ful″gent (?), a. [Pref. pro- + L. fulgere to shine.] Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent. “Profulgent in preciousness.” Chaucer.
Profundity
Pro‐fun″di‐ty (?), n.; pl.-ties (#). [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See Profound.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. “The vas...
Profuse
Pro‐fuse″ (?), a. [L. profusus, p. p. of profundere to pour forth or out; pro forward, forth + fundere to pour: cf. F. profus. See Fuse to melt.] 1. Pouring forth with fullness ...
Profuse (2)
Pro‐fuse″ (?), v. t. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. Chapman.
Profusely
Pro‐fuse″ly (?), adv. In a profuse manner.
Profuseness
Pro‐fuse″ness, n. Extravagance; profusion.Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness. Atterbury.
Profusion
Pro‐fu″sion (?), n. [L. profusio: cf. F. profusion.]1. The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles? Rowe.2....
Profusive
Pro‐fu″sive (?), a. Profuse; lavish; prodigal.
Prog
Prog (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Progged (�). p. pr. & vb. n.Progging.] [Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. pr...
Prog (2)
Prog, n. 1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. Swift.So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.2. A vagrant beggar; a tr...
Progenerate
Pro‐gen″er‐ate (?), v. t. [L. progeneratus, p. p. of progenerare to beget; pro forth, forward + generare to generate.] To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to pr...
Progeneration
Pro‐gen′er‐a″tion (?), n. [L. progeneratio.] The act of begetting; propagation.
Progenitor
Pro‐gen″i‐tor (?), n. [OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor, fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring forth, to beget; pro forth + gignere to beget. See Gender kind.] An ancestor in the d...
Progenitorship
Pro‐gen″i‐tor‐ship, n. The state of being a progenitor.
Progenitress
Pro‐gen″i‐tress (?), n. A female progenitor.
Progeniture
Pro‐gen″i‐ture (?), n. [F. progéniture.] A begetting, or birth.
Progeny
Prog″e‐ny (?), n. [OE. progenie, F. progénie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See Progenitor.] Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offsprin...
Proglottid
Pro‐glot″tid (?), n.(Zoöl) Proglottis.
Proglottis
‖Pro‐glot″tis (?), n.; pl.Proglottides (#). (Zoöl) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable ...
Prognathi
‖Prog″na‐thi (?), n. pl. [NL. See Prognathous.] (Zoöl) A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws.
Prognathic
Prog‐nath″ic, a.(Anat.) Prognathous.
Prognathism
Prog″na‐thism (?), n.(Anat.) Projection of the jaws. — Prog″na‐thy (#), n.
Prognathous
Prog″na‐thous (?), a.(Anat.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; — opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.Their countenances had th...
Progne
Prog″ne (?), n. [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swal...