Webster's Dictionary 1913

8911

Prospectless

Pros″pect‐less (?), a. Having no prospect.

8912

Prospector

Pros″pect‐or (?), n. One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.

8913

Prospectus

Pro‐spec″tus (?), n. [L., a prospect, sight, view: cf. F. prospectus. See Prospect.] A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especi...

8914

Prosper

Pros″per (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prospered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prospering.] [F. prospérer v. i., or L. prosperare, v. i., or L. prosperare, v. t., fr. prosper or prosperus. See ...

8915

Prosper (2)

Pros″per, v. i. 1. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.They, in their earthly Canaan placed,Long time shall dwell and prosper. M...

8916

Prosperity

Pros‐per″i‐ty (?), n. [F. prospérité, L. prosperitas. See Prosperous.] The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any b...

8917

Prosperous

Pros″per‐ous (�), a. [L. prosperus or prosper, originally, answering to hope; pro according to + the root of sperare to hope. See Despair.] 1. Tending to prosperity; favoring; f...

8918

Prosphysis

‖Pros″phy‐sis (?), n.(Med.) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. Dunglison.

8919

Prospicience

Pro‐spi″cience (?), n. [L. prospicientia, fr. prospiciens, p. pr. of prospicere. See Prospect.] The act of looking forward.

8920

Prostate

Pros″tate (?), a. [Gr. � standing before, fr. � to set before; � before + � to set: cf. F. prostate.] (Anat.) Standing before; — applied to a gland which is found in the males o...

8921

Prostatic

Pro‐stat″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prostate gland.Prostatic catheter. (Med.) See under Catheter.

8922

Prostatitis

‖Pros′ta‐ti″tis (?), n. [NL. See Prostate, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the prostate.

8923

Prosternation

Pros′ter‐na″tion (?), n. [F. See Prostration.] Dejection; depression. Wiseman.

8924

Prosternum

Pro‐ster″num (?), n. [NL. See Pro- and Sternum.] (Zoöl.) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.

8925

Prosthesis

‖Pros″the‐sis (?), n. 1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; — called also prothesis.2. (Gram.) T...

8926

Prosthetic

Pros‐thet″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word.

8927

Prostibulous

Pros‐tib″u‐lous (?), a. [L. prostibulum prostitute.] Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious. Bale.

8928

Prostitute

Pros″ti‐tute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prostituted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prostituting.] [L. prostitutus, p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, pla...

8929

Prostitute (2)

Pros″ti‐tute, a. [L. prostitutus, p. p.] Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior

8930

Prostitute (3)

Pros″ti‐tute, n. [L. prostituta.] 1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employmen...

8931

Prostitution

Pros′ti‐tu″tion (?), n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.] 1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewd...

8932

Prostitutor

Pros″ti‐tu′tor (?), n. One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes. Bp. Hurd.

8933

Prostomium

‖Pro‐sto″mi‐um (?), n.; pl.Prostomia (#). (Zoöl.) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. — Pro‐sto″mi‐al (#), a.

8934

Prostrate

Pros″trate (?), a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum.] 1. Lying at length, or with the bod...

8935

Prostrate (2)

Pros″trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prostrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prostrating.] 1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees o...

8936

Prostration

Pros‐tra″tion (?), n. [L. prostratio: cf. F. prostration.] 1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.2. The act of falling down, ...

8937

Prostyle

Pro″style (?), a. [L. prostylus, Gr. �; � before + � pillar, column: cf. F. prostyle.] (Arch.) Having columns in front. — n. A prostyle portico or building.