559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;-mè, mêt ;-plne, pin

show.

PRIMELY, prime lè. ad. Originally, primarily, To PRINK, pringk. v. u. To pran», to deck for in the first place; excellently, supremely well. PRIMENESS, prime'nés. s. The state of beingTo PRINT, print. v. a. To mark by pressing

first; excellence.

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

such as was at first.

a. Original,

PRIMITIAL, pri-mish'âl. a. 133. Being of the
first production.

FRIMITIVE, prim'è-tiv. a. Ancient, original,
established from the beginning; formal, affect-
edly solemn, imitating the supposed gravity of
ald times; primary, not derivative.
PRIMITIVELY, prim'è-tiv-lè. ad. Originally,
at first; primarily, not derivatively according
to the original rule.
PRIMITIVENESS, prim'è-tiv-nês,

State of
being original, antiquity, conformity to an-
tiquity.
PRIMOGENIAL, pri-mò-jè'nè-ål. "a. Firstborn,
primary, elemental.

PRIMOGENITURE, pri-md-jên'è-ture

any thing upon another; to impress any thing so as to leave its form; to impress words, or make books, not by the pen, but the press. To PRINT, print. v. n. To publish a book. PRINT, print. s. Mark or form made by impression; that which being impressed leaves its form; pictures cut in wood or copper to be impressed on paper; picture made by impression; the form, size, arrangement, or other qualities of the types used in printing books; the state of being published by the prin ter; single sheet printed for sale; formal method. ||PRINTER, print'år. s 98. One that prints books; one that stamps linen.

PRINTLESS, print'lês. a. That which leaves no impression.

PRIOR, pri'år. a. 166. Former, being before something else, antecedent, anterior.

PRIOR, prl'år. s. The head of a convent of monks, inferiour in dignity to an abbot. Seni-PRIORESS, prl'år-és. s. A lady superiour of a

ority, eldership, state of being first born.
PRIMORDIAL, pri-môr-de-ål. or pri-mor'jè-âl. s.
293, 376. Original, existing from the beginning.
PRIMORDIATE, pri-înor'de-åte. a. 91. Origin-
al, existing from the first.
PRIMROSE, prim'ròze. s. A flower. Primrose
is used by Shakspeare for gay and flowery.
PRINCE, prinse. s. A sovereign, a chief ruler;
a sovereign of rank next to kings; ruler of
whatever sex; the son of a king, the kinsman
of a sovereign; the chief of any body of men.
To PRINCE, prinse. v. n. To play the prince,
to take state,

PRINCEDOM, prins'dům, s. 166. The rank, ||
estate, or power of the prince; sovereignty.
PRINCÉLIKE, prins 'like. a. Becoming a prince.
PRINCELINESS, prins'lè-nês. 8. The state,
manner, or dignity of a prince.
PRINCELY, prins'le. a. Having the appearance
of one high born; having the rank of princes;
becoming a prince, royal, grand, august.
PRINCELY, prins'le. ad. In a princelike manner.
PRINCES-FEATHER, prîn'siz-fêTH-år. s. The

herb amaranth.

PRINCESS, prin'sês. s. 502. A sovereign lady,
a woman having sovereign command; a sove-
reign lady of rank next that of a queen; the
daughter of a king; the wife of a prince.
PRINCIPAL, prin'sé-pâl. a. 83. Chief; of the
first rate, capital, essential.
FRINCIPAL, prîn'sè-pâl. s. A head, a chief,
not a second; one primarily or originally en-
gaged, not an accessary or auxiliary; a capital
sum placed out at interest; the president or

governour.

PRINCIPALITY, prîn-sè-pål'è-tè. s. Sovereign-
ty, supreme power; a prince, one invested with
Sovereignty; the country which gives title to a
prince, as, the Principality of Wales; superi-
ority, predominance.

PRINCIPALLY, prîn'sè-pâl-è̟. ad. Chiefly,
above all, above the rest.
PRINCIPÁLNESS, prin'sè-pâl-nès. s. The state
of being principal.

PRINCIPIATION, prin-sip-è-à'shân. s. Analy-
sis into constituent or elemental parts.
PRINCIPLE, prîn'sè-pl. s. 405. Element, con-
stituent part; original cause; being productive
of other being, operative cause; fundamental
truth; original postulate; first position from
which others are deduced; ground of action,
motive; tenet on which morality is founded.
To PRINCIPLE, prin'sè-pl. v. a. To establish
or fix in any tenet, to impress with any tenet
good or ill; to establish firmly in the mind.
PRINCOX, prin'kôks 8 A coxcomb, a pert
young rogue. Obsolete.

convent of nuns.

PRIORITY, pri-ôr'rè-tè. s. The state of being first, precedence in time, precedence in place. PRIORSHIP, prl'år-ship. s. The state or office of a prior.

PRIORY, prl'år-è. s. A convent in dignity be low an abbey.

PRISM, prizm. s. A prism of glass is a glass bounded with two equal and parallel triangular ends, and three plain and well-polished sides, which meet in three parallel lines, running from the three angles of one end, to the three angles of the other end.

PRISMATICK, prîz-mâť'tîk. a. 509. Formed as a prisın.

PRISMATICALLY, priz-mât'tè-kâl-ẻ. ad. In
the form of a prism.

PRISMOID, prizm'môid. s. A body approach
ing to the form of a prism.
PRISON, priz'z'n. s. 170.

A strong hold in
which persons are confined, a jail.
To PRISON, priz'z'n. v.. To imprison, to confine
PRISONBASE, priz'z'n-bàse. s. A kind of rus
tick play, commonly called Prisonbars.
PRISONER, priz'z'n-ar. s. 93. One who is con-
fined in bold; a captive, one taken by the ene
my one under an arrest.
PRISONHOUSE, prïz'z'n-hôůse. s. Jail, hold
in which one is confined.
PRISONMENT, priz'z'n-mênt. s. Confinement,
imprisonment, captivity.

PRISTINE, pris'tin. a. 140. First, ancient, ori-
ginal.

PRITHEE, priтí'è. A familiar corruption of
Pray thee, or I pray thee.

PRIVACY, pri ́vå-sè, or priv'â-sè. s. State of
being secret, secrecy; retirement, retreat.

The first pronunciation of this word is adopted by Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, Mr. Perry, and Entick; and the last by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Elphinstone, and Mr. Scott. Mr Elphinstone is in this word consistent with his pronunciation of primacy; but my ear and ob servation greatly fail me, if the first mode of pronouncing this word is not the most agreeable to polite as well as general usage. It seems to retain the sound of its primitive private, as piracy does cî pirate; which word piracy Mr Elphinstone, in opposition to all our orthōepists, pronounces with the i short.

PRIVADO, pri-và dò. s. A secret friend. No used.-See LUMBAGO.

PRIVATE, pri'vât. a. 91. Secret; alone; being upon the same terms with the rest of the cominunity, opposed to publick; particular, not relating to the publick. In private; se cretly, not publickly.

—uỏ, môve, når, nỗt ;-tùbe, tåb, båll ;—dil; påånd ;—thin, THIS. PRIVATEER, prl-vâ-tèèr'. 3. A ship fitted out || PROBAT, pro'bât. s. The proof of wills and tes: by private men to plunder enemies. To PRIVATEER, prì-vâ-tèèr'. v n. To fit out ships against enemies, at the charge of private ||

persons.

PŘIVATELY, pr''vât-lè. ad. Secretly, not openly.

PRIVATENESS, pri'vât-nes. s.

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

PRIVATION, prl-vå'shan. s. 133. Removal or
destruction of any thing or quality; the act of
degrading from rank or office.
PRIVATIVE, priv'vå-tiv. a. 133.

Causing privation of any thing; consisting in the absence of something; not positive.

taments of persons deceased in the spiritual

court.

PROBATION, prò-bå'shûn. s. Proof, evidence, testimony; the act of proving by ratiocinationi 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, pro-bashun-i-rẻ. a. Serv ing for trial.

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

PROBATIONERSHIP, prò-bá'shan-ar-ship. ́s
State of being on trial.

for trial.

PROBATORY, prób'bå-tur-è. a. 512. Serving
PROBATUM EST, prò-bå'tâm-est. s. A Latin
expression added to the end of a receipt, sígni-
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-zûrs. s. 166. Seis-
sors used to open wounds.

IF 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 || To PROBE, probe. v. a. To search, to try by 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 sănative, dõnative, prìmative, derivative, &c. all plead for the short

an instrument.

PROBITY, prob'è-tè. s. 530. Honesty, sincerity.
PROBLEM, prób'léin. s. A question proposed.
PROBLEMATICAL, prób-le-mat'tè-kål. ‘a. 509.
Uncertain, unsettled, disputable.
PROBLEMATICALLY, prôb-lè-mât ́tè-kâl-é. að,
Uncertainly.
PROBOSCIS, prò-bôs'sis. s. A snout, the irunk
of an elephant ; but it is used also for the same
part in every creature.
PROCACIOUS, prò-ka'shus. a. Petulant, loose,
PROCACITY, prò-kâs'sè-tè. s. 530. Petulance.
PROCATARCTICK, prò-kât-årk'tîk. a. Fore
running, antecedent.
PROCATARXIS, pró-kât-årks'ts. s.
existent cause of a discase, which
PROCEDURE, pro-sè jure. s. 376.
with others that are subsequent.
proceeding, management, conduct;
ceeding, progress, process.

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

TO PRIVILEGE, priv'vè-lidje. v. a. 133. To in-
vest with rights or immunities, to grant a privi-
lege; to exempt from censure or danger; to
exempt from paying tax or impost.
PRIVILY, priv'è-le. ad. Secretly, privately.
PRIVITY, priv'è-tè. s. 530. Private communi-
cation; consciousness, junt knowledge.
PRIVY, priv'è. a. Private, not publick, assigned
to secret uses; secret, clandestine ; admitted to
secrets of state; conscious to any thing, admit-
ted to participation.

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

house.

PRIZE, prize. s. A reward gained by contest
with competitors; reward gained by any per-
formance; something taken by adreuture,
plunder.

To PRIZE, prize. v. a. To rate, to value at a
Certain price; to esteem, to value highly.
PRIZER, prl'zůr. s. 98. He that values.
PRIZEFIGHTER, prize'fl-tår. 8.
fights publickly for a reward.

One that

PRO, pro. s. For, in defence of.--See CoN.
PROBABILITY, prób-à-bîl'è-tè. s. Likelihood,
appearance of truth, evidence: arising froin the
preponderation of argument.
PROBABLE, prob'bå-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.
PROBABLY, prób'bå-blè. ad. Likely, in likeli

hood.

The preco-operates

Manner of act of pro

To pass

PROCEED, pro-sèèd'. v. n. 533. from one thing or place to another; to go forward, 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.

98.

PROCEED, prò-sèèd'. s. Produce, as, the Pro-
ceeds of an estate. A law term.
PROCEEDER, prò-sèèd'år. s.
One who
goes forward, one who makes a progress.
PROCEEDING, pro-sèèd'ing. s. 410. Progress
from one thing to another, series of conduct,
transaction; legai procedure.
PROCERITY, pro-sër'è-tè. s. Tallness, height

of stature.

PROCESS, pros'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 olove, though he places the accent on the first syllable, makes it long.

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

in this.

PROCURATORY, prò-ků’rá-tår-è a. 512 Tend ing to procuration.

To PROCURE, prò-kůre'. v. a. To manage, to transact for another; to obtain, to acquire; to persuade, to prevail on; to contrive, to forward.

To PROCURE, prò-kåre'. v. n. To bawd, to pimp
PROCUREMENT, prò-kåre'ment. s. The act
of procuring.

PROCURER, prò-ků'rår. s. 98. One that gains,
obtainer; pimp, pander.
PROCURESS, pro-ku'rês. s.
PRODIGAL, prôd'dè-gål. a.
expensive, lavish.

thrift.

A bawd.
Profuse, wasteful,

PRODIGAL, prôd'dè-gâl. s. A waster, a spendPRODIGALITY, prôd-dè-gål'è-tè. s. Extravagance, profusion, waste, excessive liberality. PRODIGALLY, prod'dè-gâl-è, ad. Profusely, wastefully, extravagantly.

astonishing, monstrous.

PROCESSION, prò-sẻsh'ân. s. A train_march-||PRODIGIOUS, prò-did'jås. a. 314. Amazing,
ing in ceremonious solemnity.
PROCESSIONAL, prò-sẻsh'ân-ál. a. Relating||PRODIGIOUSLY, prò-dîd'jůs-lè. ad. Amazingly,
to procession.

PROCESSIONARY, prd-sẻshini-rẻ. a. 512.||
Consisting in procession.

PROCINCT, prò-sinkt'. s. Complete prepara-
tion; preparation brought to the point of action.
TO PROCLAIM, prò-klåme'. v. a. 202.
To pro
mulgate or denounce by a solemn or legal pub-
lication; to tell openly; to outlaw by publick||
denunciation.

PROCLAIMER, prò-klå'mår. s. 98. One that
publishes by authority.

PROCLAMATION, prok-kia-må'shân. s. Publication by authority; declaration of the king's will openly published among the people. PROCLIVITY, prò-kliv'è-tè. s. 530. Tendency, natural inclination, propension; readiness, facility of attaining.

PROCLIVOUS, pro-kll'vås. a. 503. Inclined, tending by nature.

PROCONSUL, prò-kôn'sûl. s. A Roman officer who governed a province with consular authority.

PROCONSULSHIP, prò-kôn'sål-ship. s. The
office of a proconsul.

To PROCRASTINATE, prò-krås'tin-åte. v. a.
To defer, to delay, to put off from day to day.
PROCRASTINATION, prò-krâs-tîn-à'shân. S.
Delay, dilatoriness.

PROCRASTINATOR, pró-krås'tîn-à-tûr. s. 521.
A dilatory person.
PROCREANT, prò'krè-ânt. a. 503. Productive,
pregnant.

gene

to PROCREATE, prò'krè-åte. v. a. To
rate, to produce.
PROCREATION, prò-krè-à'shân. s. Generation,
production.

PROCREATIVE, prò'krè-å-tiv. a. 512. Gene-
rative, productive.

PROCREATIVENESS, prò'krẻ-å-tîv-nês. s. 512, 534. Power of generation.

PROCREATOR, prò'krè-à-tår. s. 521. Gene-
rator, begetter.

PROCTOR, prôk'tår. s. 166. A manager of an-
other man's affair; an attorney in the spiritual
court; the magistrate of the university.
PROCTORSHIP, prôk'târ-ship. s. Office or dig
nity of a proctor.
PROCUMBENT, prò-kům bênt. a.

prone.

Lying down,

To be procur

The manage

PROCURABLE, prò-ků râ-bl. a.
ed, obtainable, acquirable.
PROCURACY, prôk'à-rå-sè. s.
ment of any thing.
PROCURATION, prôk-kù-rå'shûn. s. The act
of procuring.

PROCURATOR, prôk-ků-rå'tår. s. 166, 521. Mas
nager, one who transacts affairs for another.
PROCURATORIAL, prôk-ku-rå-tò rè-ål. a. Made
hy a proctor.

astonishingly, portentously, enormously. PRODIGIOUSNESS, prò-did'jûs-nés. s. Enormousness, portentousness, amazing qualities. PRODIGY, prôď'dè-jè. s. Any thing out of the ordinary process of nature rom which omens are drawn, portent; monster; any thing astonishing for good or bad.

PRODITJON, prò-dish'n. s. Treason, treachery.
PRODITOR, prôd'è-tår. s. 166. A traitor. Not

in use.

PRODITORIOUS, prôd-è-tò'rè-ås. a. Treache rous, perfidious; apt to make discoveries. Not used.

To PRODUCE, prò-dåse'. v. a. 492. To offer to the view or notice; to exhibit to the publick; to bring as an evidence; to bear, to bring forth as a vegetable; to cause, to effect, to generate, to beget.

PRODUCE, prod'dåse. s. 532. Product, that which any thing yields or brings; amount, gain

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Flphinstone, Mr. Scott, Dr. Kenrick, W. Jourston, Perry and Entick, make the o in the first syllable of this word short; and Buchanan and Dr. Ash, long.

PRODUCENT, prò-dù'sent. s. One that exhr bits, one that offers.

PRODUCER, prò-dù'sår. s. One that generates
or produces.

PRODUCIBLE, prò-du'sè-bl. a. Such as may
be exhibited; such as may be generated or made.
PRODUCIBLENESS, prò-dů'sè-bl-nês. s. The
state of being producible.
PRODUCT, prod'åkt. s. 532. Something pro-
duced, as, fruits, grain, metals; work, compo-
sition; thing consequential, effect.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, Dr Kenrick, W. Johnston, Perry, and Entick, make the o in the first syllable of this word short and Dr. Ash, as far as we can gather by his posi tion of the accent, makes it long. PRODUCTILE, prò-dâk'tîl. a. 140. Which may be produced.

PRODUCTION, prò-důk'shản. s. The act of
producing; the thing produced, fruit, product ;
composition.

PRODUCTIVE, prò-důk'tiv. a. Having the
power to produce, fertile, generative, efficient
PROEM, prò'ém. s. Preface, introduction.
PROFANATION, prof-â-nà'shân. s. 533. The
act of violating any thing sacred; irreverence
to holy things or persons.
PROFANE, pro-fane'. a. 533.
Irreverent to sa-
cred names or things; not sacred, secular, pol
luted, not pure; not purified by holy rite
To PRÓFANE, pro-fane'. v. a. To violate, to
pollute; to put to wrong use.

PROFANELY, prò-fane'Ï¿. ad. With irrex-
rence to sacred names or things

gally; with exuberance.

—-nů, môve, når, nôt ;-tåbe, tâb, båll ;-ôîl ;-pound;-thin, THIS PROFANER, prò-fåne år. s. Polluter, violator.|| PROFUSELY, prò-fùse'lè. ad Lavishly, prodi PROFANENESS, prò-fane'nês. s. Irreverence of what is sacred. PROFECTION, prò-fêk'shûn. s. Advance, progression.

PROFUSENESS, prò-fùse'nês. 8. Lavishness prodigality.

PROFUSION, prò-fù’zhûn. s. Lavishness, prodigality, extravagance, abundance, exuberant plenty.

To PROFESS, prò-fes'. 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-fês'. v. n. To declare openly;
to declare friendship.

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

PRÓC, prog. v. n. To rob, to steal; to shift
meanly for provisions. A low word.
PROG, prog. s. Victuals, provision of any kind
A low word.

PROGENERATION, prò-jên-êr-à'shûn. s. The
act of begetting, propagation.
PROGENITOR, prò-jenit-år. s. A forefather,
an ancestor in a direct line.
PROGENY, pród'jè-nè. s. Offspring, race, ge-

neration.

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

To PROGNOSTICATE, prog-nos'tè-kåte. v. a.
To foretell, to foreshow.
pub-PROGNOSTICATION, prog-nôs-tè-kà'shûn. s.
A foretoken.

PROFESSIONAL, prò-fêsh'ân-âl. a. Relating
to a particular calling or profession.
PROFESSOR, prò-fês'sûr. ^s. One who declares
himself of any opinion or party, one who
lickly practises or teaches an art.
PROFESSORSHIP, pro-fês'sûr-ship. s. The
station or office of a publick teacher.
To PROFFER, prôf'får. v. a. To propose, to

offer.

PROFFER, prof'får. s. Offer made, something||
proposed to acceptance.

PROFFERER, prof'får-år. s. He that offers.
PROFICIENCE, pro-fish'ense.
PROFICIENCY, prò-fîsh'ên-sẻ.

s. Profit,
advancement in any thing, improvement
gained.
PROFICIENT, prò-fish'ênt. s. One who has
made advancement in any study or business.
PROFILE, pró-fèèl'. s. 112. The side face, half
face.

PROFIT, prôf'fit. s. Gain, pecuniary advantage; advantage, accession of good; improvement, advancement, proficiency.

PROGNOSTICATOR, prúg-nôs'tè-kà-tår. s. 521.
One who foretells.

PROGNOSTICK, prog-nôs'tik. a. Foretoken-
ing disease or recovery.
PROGNOSTICK, prog-nos'tik. s. The skill of
foretelling diseases, or the event of diseases; a
prediction; a token forerunning.

PROGRESS, prog'gres. s. 532. Course, pro-
cession; advancement, motion forward; intel-
lectual improvement; removal from one place
to another; a journey of state, a circuit.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Nares, Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, and Perry, pronounce the o in the first syllable of this word short; but Buchanan and Entick make it long. PROGRESSION, pro-grêsh'ûn. s. Process, regular and gradual advance; motion forward intellectual advance.

as are in a state of increase or advance.

To PROFIT, prof'fit. v. a. To benefit, to ad-|PROGRESSIONAL, prò-grêsh'ůn-ål. a. Such vantage; to improve, to advance. To PROFIT, profit. v. n. To gain advantage,|| to make improvement; to be of use or advantage.

PROFITABLE, próf'fît-å-bl. a. Gainful, lucra-
tive; useful, advantageous.
PROFITABLENESS, prôf'fit-â-bl-nês. s. Gain-
fulness; usefulness, advantageousness.
PROFITABLY, prôf'fît-â-blè. ad Gainfully;
advantageously, usefully.
PROFITLESS, prôf'fit-lês. a. Void of gain or

advantage.

PROFLIGATE, próf'flè-gât. a. 91. Abandoned, lost to virtue and decency, shameless. PROFLIGATE, prof'flè-gât. s. 91. An abandoned shameless wretch.

PROFLIGATELY, prôf'flè-gât-lè. ad. Shamelessly.

PROFLIGATENESS, prôf'flè-gât-nês. s. The quality of being pronigate.

PROFLUENCE, prof'flù-ênse. S. Progress,

PROFOUND, prò-föånd'. a. Deep, descending far||
below the surface, low with respect to the neigh-
bouring places; intellectually deep, not obvious
to the mind; lowly, submissive; learned be-
yond the common reach.
PROFOUND, pró-föånd'. s. The deep, the main,
the sea; the abyss.

PROGRESSIVE, prò-grẻs'siv. a. Going for ward, advancing.

PROGRESSIVELY, prò-grês'siv-lè. ad. By gradual steps or regular course. PROGRESSIVENESS, prò-grês'siv-nês. s. The state of advancing.

To PROHIBIT, pro-hibit. v. a. To forbid, to interdict by authority, to debar, to hinder. PROHIBITER, pro-hibit-tår. s. Forbidder, in terdicter.

PROHIBITION, prò-hẻ-bish'ân. s. Forbiddance interdict, act of forbidding.

PROHIBITORY, prò-hîb'bě-târ-è. a. Implying
prohibition, forbidding.

To PROJECT, prò-jėkť'. v. a. 492. To throw
out, to cast forward; to exhibit a form, as of
the image thrown on a mirror; to scheme, to
form in the mind, to contrive.
To PROJECT, prò-jêkt. v. n.
To jut out,
to shoot forward, to shoot beyond something
next it.

PROJECT, prôd'jekt. s. 492, 532. Scheme,
contrivance.

PROJECTILE, prò-jêk'tîl. s. 140. A body put

in motion.

PROJECTION, pro-jêk'shån. s. The act of shooting forward; plan, delineation; scheme, plan of action: in Chymistry, crisis of an operation.

PROFOUNDLY, prò-föånd'lè. ad. Deeply, with deep concern; with great degrees of know-PROJECTOR, prò-jêk'tår. s. One who forms ledge, with deep insight.

PROFOUNDNESS, prò-föånd'nês. s. Depth of
place; depth of knowledge.
PROFUNDITY, prò-fûr.d'ể-tè. s. Depth of place
or knowledge.

PROFUSE, prò-fùse'. a427. Lavish, prodigal
overabounding.

schemes or designs; one who forms wild im'practicable schemes.

PROJECTURE, prò-jêk'tshåre. s. 463. A jutting

Con

taining profession of some benefit to be confer

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât:-mè, mêt;-plue, pîn ;PROLATION, prò-la'shun. s. Pronunciation, ||PROMISSORY, prôm'mis-sur-è. a. 512 utterance; delay, act of deferring. PROLEGOMENÁ, prôl-lé-gôm'mè-nå. s. 530. Previous discourse, introductory observations. PROLEPSIS, prô-lêp'sis. s. A figure of rhetorick, in which objections are anticipated. PROLEPTICAL, prò-lêp'tè-kål. a. Previous, antecedent.

PROLEPTICALLY, prò-lẻp'té-kâl-lè. ad. By way of anticipation.

PROLIFICATION, prò-lf-fè-kå'shân. s. Genieration of children.

PROLIFICK, prò lif'fik. a. 508. Fruitful, generative, pregnant, productive.

PROMISSORILY, prôm'mis-sûr-è-lè. ad. By
way of promise.
PROMONTORY, prôm'mân-tår-ẻ s. 557. A
headland, a cape, high land jutting into the sea.
To PROMOTE, prò-mote'. v. a. To forward, to
advance; to elevate, to exalt, to prefer.
PROMOTER, prò-mote'år. s.
warder, encourager.

Advancer, for PROMOTION, pro-mò'shản. s. Advancement, encouragement, exaltation to some new honour or rank, preferment.

PROLIFICALLY, prò-lif'fè-kål-ė. ad. Fruit-To PROMOVE, prò-môöv'. v. a. To forward, to

fully, pregnantly.

PROLIX, pro-liks'. a. Long, tedious, not con

cise of long duration.

PROLIXIOUS, prò-lik'shus. a. Dilatory, tedious. Not used.

PROLIXITY, prò-liks'è-tè. s. Tediousness, tiresome length, want of brevity.

PROLIXLY, prò-liks'le. ad. At great length, tediously.

PROLIXNESS, pro-liks'nés. s. "Tediousness. PROLOCUTOR, prôl-ló-ků'tår. s. 503. The foreman, the speaker of a convocation.

promote. Not used. PROMPT, promt. a. 412.

Quick, ready; pe:

ulant; ready without hesitation, wanting no new motive; ready, told down, as, Prompt payment.

To PROMPT, promt. v. a.

To assist by pri

vate instruction, to help at a loss; to incite, to instigate; to remind, to act as a prompter. PROMPTER, prôm'tår. s. 98. One who helps a

publick speaker by suggesting the word to hum when he falters; an admonisher, a reminder. PROMPTITUDE, prôm'tè-tùde. s. Readiness, quickness.

PROMPTLY, prómt'lè. ad. Readily, quickly, expeditiously.

PROMPTNEŠS, prômt'nês. S. Readiness,
quickness, alacrity

PROMPTUKE, prompt'tshåre. s. 468. Sugges-
tion, motion given by another. Not used.
To PROMULGATE, prò-mål'gåte. v. a. To pub-
lish, to make known by open declaration.
PROMULGATION, prômål-gå'shûn. s. 530.
Publication, open exhibition.

In compliance with so many authorities I placed the accent on the artepenultimate sylJable of Interlocutor, and nearly the same authorities oblige me to place the accent on the penultimate of this word; for so Dr. Johnson, Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, W. Johnston, Mr. Perry, Buchanan, Barclay, Fenning, and Bailey, accent it. But surely these two words ought not to be differently accented; and if my opinion had any weight, I would accent them both on || the penultimate, as they may be considered exactly like words ending in ator, and ought to be|PROMULGATOR, prôm-ûl-gå'tur. s. Publisher, accented in the same manner. Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Scott are very singular in placing the accent on the first syllable. See INTERLOCUTOB PROLOCUTORSHIP, prôl-lò-ků'tår-ship. s. The office of a proiocutor.

To PROMULGE, prò-můlje'. v. a.
gate, to publish, to teach openly.
PROMULGER, prò-mâl'jår. s. 93.
promulgator.

To promul

Publisher,

Bending downward; lying with the face downwards; precipitous, headlong; sloping; inclined, disposed.

PROLOGUE, prôl-lög, s. 338, 532. Preface, m-PRONE, pròne. a.
troduction to any discourse or performance ;
something spoken before the entrance of the
actors of a play.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Nares,
Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Perry,
and Entick, make the o in the first syllable of
this word short, and Buchanan only long.
To PROLOGUE, prôl'lôg. v. a.
with a formal preface. Not in use.
TO PROLONG, pro-lắng. v. a. To lengthen
out, to continue, to draw out; to put off to a
distant time.

To introduce

PROLONGATION, prôllông gàshân. s. 530.
The act of lengthening; delay to a longer time.
PROLUSION, prò-là'zhân. s. Entertainment,
performance of diversion; prelude.
PROMINENT, prôm'mè-nênt. a.

Standing out

PRONENESS, prone'nës. s. The state of bend-
ing downwards; the state of lying with the
face downwards; descent, declivity; inclina-
tion, disposition to ill.
PRONG, prống. 8. A fork.
PRONOMINAL, prò-nỏm'è-nâl. a. Having the
nature of a pronoun.-Mason.
PRONOUN, prò'nôån. s. 313. Words used in-
stead of nouns or names.

To

To PRONOUNCE, pró-ndånse'. v. a. 313. speak, to utter solemnly, to utter confidently to form or articulate by the organs of speech to utter rhetorically.

To PRONOUNCE, prò-nčânse'. v. n. To speak with confidence or authority. PRONOUNCER, prò-nôån'sår. s. 98. One who pronounces. s. Protuber

Mingled,

beyond the near parts, protuberant. PROMINENCE, prôm'me-nênse. PROMINENCY, prôm'mè-nen-sè.) ance, projecting parts. PROMISCUOUS, prò-mis'kú ds. a. confused, undistinguished. PROMISCUOUSLY, prò-mis'ků-as-lè. ad With confused mixture, indiscriminately. FROMISE, prôm'miz. s Declaration of some benefit to be conferred; hopes, expectation. To PROMISE, prôm'miz. v. a. To make declaration of some benefit to be conferred.To PROMISE, prôm'miz. v. n. To assure one by a promise. It is used of assurance even of ill. PROMISEBREACH, prôm'miz-brètsh. s. ᏙᎥ olation of promise.

PROMIŠEBREAKER, prôı'mîz-brå-kůr. s. Vielator of promises.

PROMISER, prôm'miz-år. s. 93. One who promises.

PRONUNCIATION, prò-nan-she-à'shûn. s. Act

or mode of utterance.

There are few words more frequently mispronounced than this. A mere English scholar, who considers the verb to pronounce as the root of it, cannot easily conceive why the ois thrown out of the second syllable; and, therefore, to correct the mistake, sounds the word as it written Pronounciation. Those who are sufficiently learned to escape this errour, by understanding that the word comes to us either from the La tin pronunciatio, or the French pronunciation, are very apt to fall into another, by sinking the first aspiration, and pronouncing the third syl lable like the noun sea. But these speakers ought to take notice, that, throughout the whole language, c, s, and t, preceded by the accent either primary or secondary, and followed L