Webster's Dictionary 1913

8830

Prorectorate

Pro‐rec″tor‐ate (?), n. The office of prorector.

8831

Prorenal

Pro‐re″nal (?), a. [Pref. pro- + renal.] (Anat.) Pronephric.

8832

Proreption

Pro‐rep″tion (?), n. [L. prorepere, proreptum, to creep forth; pro + repere.] A creeping on.

8833

Prorhinal

Pro‐rhi″nal (?), a. [Pref. pro- + rhinal.] (Anat.) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

8834

Prorogate

Pro″ro‐gate (?), v. t. To prorogue.

8835

Prorogation

Pro′ro‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. prorogatio: cf. F. prorogation.] 1. The act of counting in duration; prolongation. South.2. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parlia...

8836

Prorogue

Pro‐rogue″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prorogued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Proroguing (?).] [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion...

8837

Proruption

Pro‐rup″tion (?), n. [L. proruptio, fr. prorumpere, proruptum, to break forth; pro forth + rumpere to break.] The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out. Sir T. Browne.

8838

Prosaic

{ Pro‐sa″ic (?), Pro‐sa″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosaïque. See Prose.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpo...

8839

Prosaicism

Pro‐sa″i‐cism (?), n. The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style. Poe.

8840

Prosaism

Pro″sa‐ism (?), n. That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner. Coleridge.

8841

Prosaist

Pro″sa‐ist (?; 277), n. A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer. “An estimable prosaist.” I. Taylor.

8842

Prosal

Pro″sal (?), a. Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. Sir T. Browne.

8843

Proscenium

Pro‐sce″ni‐um (?), n.; pl.Proscenia (#). [L., fr. Gr. �; � before + � a tent, a wooden stage, the stage. See Scene.] 1. (Anc. Theater) The part where the actors performed; the s...

8844

Proscolex

‖Pro‐sco″lex (?), n.; pl.Proscolices (#). (Zoöl.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.

8845

Proscribe

Pro‐scribe″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Proscribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Proscribing.] [L. proscribere, proscriptum, to write before, to publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to w...

8846

Proscriber

Pro‐scrib″er (?), n. One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.

8847

Proscript

Pro″script (?), n. [See Proscribe.] 1. A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict.2. One who is proscribed.

8848

Proscription

Pro‐scrip″tion (?), n. [L. proscriptio: cf. F. proscription.] 1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the publi...

8849

Proscriptional

Pro‐scrip″tion‐al (?), a. Proscriptive.

8850

Proscriptionist

Pro‐scrip″tion‐ist, n. One who proscribes.

8851

Proscriptive

Pro‐scrip″tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. Burke. — Pro‐scrip″tive‐ly, adv.

8852

Prose

Prose (?), n. [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse.] 1. The ordinary...

8853

Prose (2)

Prose, a. 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the pros...

8854

Prose (3)

Prose, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prosing.] 1. To write in prose.2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

8855

Prose (4)

Prose, v. i. 1. To write prose.Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. Milton.

8856

Prosector

Pro‐sec″tor (?), n. [L., an anatomist, from prosecare to cut up; pro before + secare to cut.] One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a ...