-uỏ, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tüb, båll:—ôù, pổùnd;-thin, THIS. PRIVATEER, pri-vâ-tèèr'. s. A ship atted out || PROBAT, probat. s. The proof of wills and tes by private men to plunder enemies. PRIVATEER, prì-vâ-tèèr, v. n. To fit out ships against enemies, at the charge of private

persons.

RIVATELY, privat-lè. ad. Secretly, not
openly.
RIVATENESS, privât-nês. s. These of

man in the same rank with the rest of the community; secrecy, privacy; obscurity, retirement.

OVATION, pri-và shân. s. 133. Removal or
destruction of any thing or quality; the act of
degrading from rank or office.
IVATIVE, priv'vå-tiv. a. 133. Causing pri-
ation of any thing; consisting in the absence
something; not positive.

Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash. Mr.
Scott, W. Johnston, and Entick, make the first
yllable of this word short, as I have done; and
Ir. Perry and Buchanan make it long. In de-
ence of the first pronunciation it may be ob-
erved, that this word is not like primacy and
rimary; the first of which is a formative of our
wn; and the second derived from the Latin
marius, which in our pronunciation of the La-
, does not shorten the i in the first syllable
sprivativus does, (see ACADEMY and INCOMPAR-
BL) and therefore these words are no rule
r the pronunciation of this; which, besides
e general tendency of the penultimate accent
shorten every vowel, it falls on but u, 535,
ems to have another claim to the short vowel
on its termination: thus sanative, dönative, prì-
ste, derivative, &c. all plead for the short
and.

taments of persons deceased in the spiritual

court.

PROBATION, pró-ba'shun. s. Proof, evidence, testimony; the act of proving by ratiocination or testimony; trial, examination; trial before entrance into monastick life, noviciate.

The o in the inseparable preposition of this and similar words, when the accent is on the second syllable, is exactly like the o in obedience, which see,

PROBATIONARY, prỏ-bàshun-d-rẻ, a Serv

ing for trial.

PROBATIONER, pró-bà'shùn-år. s. One who is
upon trial; a novice.

PROBATIONERSHIP, prò-bà'shůn-år-ship. s.
State of being on trial.

PROBATORY, prób bâ-tůr-è. a. 512. Serving
for trial.
PROBATUM EST, prô-ba'tûm-est. s. A Latin
expression added to the end of a receipt, signi-
fving. It is tried or proved.

PROBE, probe. s. A slender wire by which sur-
geons search the depth of wounds.
PROBE-SCISSORS, probe'siz-zårs. s. 166. Scis-
sors used to open wounds.
To PROBE, próbe. v. a. To search, to try by

an instrument.

PROBITY, prôb'è-tè. s. 530. Honesty, sincerity.
PROBLEM, problem. s. A question proposed.
PROBLEMATICAL, prob-le-måt tè-kal. a. 509.
Uncertain, unsettled, disputable.
PROBLEMATICALLY, prob-lè-mât'té-kâl-è. ad,
Uncertainly.
PROBOSCIS, prò-bos'sis. s. A snout, the trunk
of an elephant; but it is used also for the same
part in every creature.

running, antecedent.

VATIVE, priv'vâ-:lv. s. 157. That of which essence is the absence of something, as, si-PROCACIOUS; pro-ka'shus. a. Petulant, loose. ice is only the absence of sound. PROCACITY, pró-käs'se-te. s. 530. Petulance. VATIVELY, priv'vå-tiv-le. ad. By the ab- PROCATARCTICK, prò-kát-årk tik. a. Foreace of something necessary to be present, netively. VATIVENESS, priv’vå-tlv-nés. s. Notation absence of something that should be pre-PROCEDURE, pro-se jure. s. 376. Manner of

nt.

VET, priv'vit. s. 99. Evergreen; a kind of yllerea.

PROCATARXIS, prò-kât-årks?s. s. The pre-
existent cause of a disease, which co-operates
with others that are subsequent.

proceeding, management, conduct;
ceeding, progress, process.

act of proVILEGE, priv'vè-lidje. s. Peculiar advan-To PROCEED, prò-seed'. v. n. 533. ge; immunity, publick right.

PRIVILEGE, priv'vé-lidje. v. a. 133. To in-
st with rights or immunities, to grant a privi-
ge; to exempt from censure or danger; to
empt from paying tax or impost. "
VILY, prive-lè. ad. Secretly, privately.
VITY, priv'è-tè. 8. 530. Private communi-
tion; consciousness, joint knowledge.

VY, priv'è. a. Private, not publick, assigned
secret uses; secret, clandestine; admitted to
crets of state; conscious to any thing, admit-
₫ to participation.

VY, priv'è. s. Place of retirement, necessary,

use.

ZE, prize. s. A reward gained by contest
th competitors; reward gained by any per-
rnance; something taken by adventure,
ander.

PRIZE, prize, v. a. To rate, to value at a
rtain price; to esteem, to value highly.
ZER, prizor. s. 98. He that values.
ZEFIGHTER, prize'fi-tur. s. One that
ats publickly for a reward.

prò. s. For, in defence of---See CoN. BABILITY, prôb-â-bîl'è-tè. s. Likelihood, pearance of truth, evidence arising from the eponderation of argument.

BABLE, prob'bå-bl. a. Likely, having more idence than the contrary.

Were tins word used to signify the possibility searching a wound with a probe, the o would that case be pronounced long.

BABLY, próbbá-blè. ad. Likely, in keli

To pass

from one thing or place to another; to go for
ward, to tend to the end designed; to come
forth from a place or from a sender; to issue,
to be produced from; to prosecute any design;
to be transacted, to be carried on; to make
progress, to advance; to carry on juridical
process; to transact, to act, to carry on any
affair methodically; to be propagated, to come
by generation; to be produced by the original
efficient cause.

PROCEED, pro-sèèd'. s. Produce, as, the Pro-
ceeds of an estate. A law term.
PROCEEDER, prò-sèèd ́år. s. 98. One who
goes forward, one who makes a progress.
PROCEEDING, pro-sèèding. s. 410. Progress
from one thing to another, series of conduct,
transaction; legal procedure.
PROCERITY, pro-ser'è-tè. s.
of stature.
PROCESS, prôs'sês. s. 533. Tendency, pro-
gressive course; regular and gradual progress ;=
methodical management of any thing; course
of law.

Tallness, height

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Dr. Johnson, Dr Ash, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, and Mr. Perry, place the accent on the first syllable of this word; and those who give the quantity of the vowels make it short: Buchanan alone, though he places the accent on the first syllable, makeś it long.

Mr. Nares suspects the accentuation of this word on the second syllable to be the most ancient, though Shakspeare so frequently places the accent on the first

559.-Fate, får, fall, fât;-mè, mêt ;---pine, pîn ;—
PhIMELY, prime lè. ad. Originally, primarily, ||To PRINK, pringk. v. n.
in the first place; excellently, supremely well.
PRIMENESS, prime'nês. s. The state of being
first; excellence.

PRIMER, prim'mår. s. 98. A small prayer-book
in which children are taught to read.
PRIMERO, pri-mèrò. s. 133. A game at cards.
PRIMEVAL, pri-mè'vâl. 133.
PRIMEVOUS, pri-me-vůs.

PRINCESS, prin'sês. s. 502. A sovereign lady, a woman having sovereign command; a sovereign lady of rank next that of a queen; the daughter of a king; the wife of a prince. PRINCIPAL, prîn'sé-pål. a. 88. Chief; of the first rate, capital, essential. PRINCIPAL, prin'sè-pâl. s. A head, a chief, not a second; one primarily or originally en-PRISTINE, pris'tin. a. 140. First, ancient, origaged, not an accessary or auxiliary; a capital sum placed out at interest; the president or

taments of persons deceased in the spiritual

-uỏ, môve, nor, nôt ;-tube, tüb, bůil ;—ôì, pổùnd ;-thin, THIS. PRIVATEER, pri-vâ-tèèr'. s... A ship atted out || PROBAT, pro'båt. s. The proof of wills and tes by private men to plunder enemies. To PRIVATEER, pri-vâ-tèèr'. v. n. To fit out ships against enemies, at the charge of private persons.

PRIVATELY, privat-lè. ad. Secretly, not
openly.
PRIVATENESS, privât-n3s. s. The s.e of
a man in the same rank with the rest of the
community; secrecy, privacy; obscurity, re-
tirement.

PRIVATION, pri-và'shån. s. 133. Removal or
"destruction of any thing or quality; the act of
degrading from rank or office.
PRIVATIVE, priv'vâ-tiv. a. 133. Causing pri-
vation of any thing; consisting in the absence
of something; not positive.

Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash. Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, and Entick, make the first syllable of this word short, as I have done; and Mr. Perry and Buchanan make it long. In defence of the first pronunciation it may be observed, that this word is not like primacy and primary; the first of which is a formative of our own; and the second derived from the Latin primarius, which in our pronunciation of the Latin, does not shorten the i in the first syllable as privativus does, (see ACADEMY and INCOMPARABLE) and therefore these words are no rule for the pronunciation of this; which, besides the general tendency of the penultimate accent to shorten every vowel, it falls on but u, 535, seems to have another claim to the short vowel from its termination: thus să native, donative, primative, derivative, &c. all plead for the short sound. PRIVATIVE, priv'vâ-tv. s. 157. That of which the essence is the absence of something, as, silence is only the absence of sound. PRIVATIVELY, priv'vâ-tiv-lè. ad. By the absence of something necessary to be present, negatively. PRIVATIVENESS, priv ́vå-tlv-nês. s. Notation of absence of something that should be

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sent.

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court.

PROBATION, prò-bà'shân. s. Proof, evidence, testimony; the act of proving by ratiocination or testimony; trial, examination; trial before entrance into monastick life, noviciate.

The o in the inseparable preposition of this and similar words, when the accent is on the second syllable, is exactly like the o in obedience, which see.

PROBATIONARY, prò-ba'shun-á-rè. a. Serving for trial.

PROBATIONER, prò-bå'shûn-år. §. One who is
upon trial; a novice.

PROBATIONERSHIP, prò-ba ́shùn-úr-ship. s.
State of being on trial.

PROBATORY, prôb'bâ-tůr-è. a. 512. Serving
A Latin

for trial.

PROBATUM EST, prò-bà'tâm-ést. s.

expression added to the end of a receipt, signi
fying. It is tried or proved.

PROBE, probe. s. A slender wire by which sur-
geons search the depth of wounds.
PROBE-SCISSORS, probe'siz-zars. s. 166. Scis-
sors used to open wounds.

To PROBE, próbe. v. a. To search, to try by
an instrument.

PROBITY, prob'è-tè. s. 530. Honesty, sincerity.
PROBLEM, prôb ́lém. s. A question proposed.
PROBLEMATICAL, prób-le-mât ́tè-kål. a. 509.
Uncertain, unsettled, disputable.
PROBLEMATICALLY, prôb-lè-mât’tè-kâl-è̟. ad.
Uncertainly.
PROBOSCIS, prò-bos'sis. s. A snout, the trunk
of an elephant; but it is used also for the same
part in every creature.
PROCACIOUS; prò-ka'shus. a. Petulant, loose.
PROCACITY, pró-kâs'sé-tè. s. 530. Petulance.
PROCATARCTICK, prò-kåt-årk ́tîk. a. Fore-
running, antecedent.
PROCATARXIS, prò-kât-årksis. s.
existent cause of a disease, which
with others that are subsequent.
PROCEDURE, prò-sè júre. s. 376.
proceeding, management, conduct;
ceeding, progress, process.

PRIVET, priv'vit. s. 99. Evergreen; a kind of
pbyllerea.
PRIVILEGE, priv'vè-lidje. s. Peculiar advan-To
tage; immunity, publick right.

The preco-operates

Manner of act of pro

To pass

PROCEED, prò-seèd'. v. n. 533. from one thing or place to another; to go for ward, to tend to the end designed; to come forth from a place or from a sender; to issue, to be produced from; to prosecute any design; to be transacted, to be carried on; to make progress, to advance; to carry on juridical process; to transact, to act, to carry on any affair methodically; to be propagated, to come by generation; to be produced by the original efficient cause.

To PRIVILEGE, priv'vè-lidje. v. a. 133. To invest with rights or immunities, to grant a privilege; to exempt from censure or danger; to exempt from paying tax or impost. PRIVILY, prive-lè, ad. Secretly, privately. PRIVITY, priv'è-tè. §. 550. Private communication; consciousness, joint knowledge. PRIVY, priv'è. a. Private, not publick, assigned to secret uses; secret, clandestine; admitted to secrets of state; conscious to any thing, admit-PROCEED, prò-sèèď. s. Produce, as, the Proted to participation.

PRIVY, priv'è. s. Place of retirement, necessary,

house.

ceeds of an estate. A lew term.

PROCEEDER, pro-sèèd'ûr. s. 98. One who goes forward, one who makes a progress.

PRIZE, prize. s. A reward gained by contest|PROCEEDING, prò-sèèding. s. 410. Progress with competitors; reward gained by any performance; something taken by adventure, plunder.

To PRIZE, prize, v. a. To rate, to value at a
certain price; to esteem, to value highly.
PRIZER, prizår. s. 98. He that values.
PRIZEFIGHTER, prize'fi-tur. s. One that
fights publickly for a reward.

PRÖ prò. s. For, in defence of---See CoN.
PROBABILITY, prob-a-bil'è-tè. s. Likelihood,

appearance of truth, evidence arising from the
preponderation of argument.
PROBABLE, prôb'bâ-bl. a. Likely, having more
evidence than the contrary.

Were this word used to signify the possibility of searching a wound with a probe, the o would in that case be pronounced long. "ROBABLY, próbbá-blè. ad. Likely, in keli hood..

from one thing to another, series of conduct, transaction; legal procedure. PROCERITY, pró-ser'è-tè.

Taliness, height

of stature. PROCESS, prôs'sês. s. 533. Tendency, progressive course; regular and gradual progress ; . methodical management of any thing; course of law.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Dr. Johnson, Dr Ash, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, and Mr. Perry, place the accent on the first syllable of this word; and those who give the quantity of the vowels make it short: Buchanan alone, though he places the accent on the first syllable, makes it long.

Mr. Nares suspects the accentuation of this worst on the second syllable to be the most ancient. though Shakspeare so frequently places the accent on the first

559-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;—mẻ, mêt ;—pine, pỉn ;—

PROCURATOR, prók-kå-rå'tår. s. 166, 521. Ma-To PROFANE, prò-fane'. v. a. To violate, to

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—nd, môve, når, nôt ;-tube, tab, bull;-¿il;-pòând ;-thin, THI. PROFANER, prò-fane'år. s. Polluter, violator.|| PROFUSELY, prò-fůse'lè. ad. Lavishly, prodi PROFANENESS, prò-fànc'nês s. Irreverence of what is sacred. PROFECTION, prò-fêk'shủn. s. Advance, progression.

To PROFESS, prò-fès'. v. a. To declare himself
in strong terms of any opinion or passion, to
make a show of any sentiments by loud decla-To
ration; to declare publickly one's skill in any
art or science, so as to invite employment,
To PROFESS, prò-fis'. v. n. To declare openly;
to declare friendship.

PROFESSEDLY, prò-fês'sêd-lè. nd. 364. Ac-
cording to open declaration made by himself.
PROFESSION, pro-fësh ́an. s. Calling, voca-
tion, known employment; declaration, strong
assurance; the act of declaring one's self of
any party or opinion.

PROGNOSTICABLE, prôg-nôs'tè-kâ-bl. a. Such
as may be foreknown or foretold.

To PROGNOSTICATE, prog-nôs'tè-kate. v. a.
To foretell, to foreshow.
pub-PROGNOSTICATION, prog-nôs-tè-kå'shan. s.
A foretoken.

S. The PROGNOSTICATOR, prog-nós'tè-kå-tår. s. 521.
One who foretells.

To PROFFER, prôf'far. v. a. To propose, to PROGNOSTICK, prog-nôs'tik. a. Foretoken

PROFLUENT, prôf'flù-ênt. a. 532. Flowing

forward. PROFOUND, pró-foånd'. a. Deep, descending far below the surface, low with respect to the neighbouring places; intellectually deep, not obvious|| to the mind; lowly, submissive; learned beyond the common reach. PROFOUND, pro-found'. s. The deep, the main, the sea; the abyss. PROFOUNDLY, pró-fåândle, ad. Deeply, with deep concern; with great degrees of knowledge, with deep insight. PROFOUNDNESS, prò-föðnd'nês. s. Depth of place; depth of knowledge. PROFUNDITY, pro-fund'é-tè. s. Depth of place or knowledge.

PROFUSE, prò-fuse'. a. 427. Lavish, prodigal overabourding.