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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Prē'con-sŏl'i-dā'ted, a. p. 1025Consolidated beforehand.Prē-cōn'sti-tūte, v. t. p. 1025To constitute or establish beforehand.Prē-cōn'tract, n. p. 1025A contract previous to another. Shak.Prē'con-trāct', v. t. p. 1025To contract or stipulate previously.Prē'con-trāct', v. i. p. 1025To make a previous contract or agreement. Ayliffe.Prē'con-trīve', v. t. p. 1025To contrive previously.Pre-côr'di-al or Pre-côr'di'al, a. p. 1025Pertaining to the præcordia, or parts before the heart.Pre-cŭrse', n. p. 1025A forerunning. [Obs.] Shak.Pre-cŭr'sive, a. p. 1025Preceding and leading to, or introductory; forerunning; precursory. J. Taylor.Pre-cûr'sor, n. p. 1025A forerunner; a harbinger; one who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach. Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul.…Pre-cŭr'so-ry, a. p. 1025Preceding as the harbinger; forerunning; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.Pre-cŭr'so-ry, n. p. 1025An introduction. [Obs.]Pre-dā'cean, n. p. 1025A carnivorous animal. Kirby.Pre-dā'ceōus, a. p. 1025Living by prey; predatory. Derham.Prē'dal, a. p. 1025Pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory. Boyle.Prē-dāte′, v. t. p. 1025To date by anticipation; to affix an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated letter.Pre-dā'tion, n. p. 1025A pillaging or plundering. [Obs.] J. Hall.Prēd'a-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 1025In a predatory manner.Prēd'a-to-ry, a. p. 1025Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. A predatory war commenced. Macaulay. 2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits or…Prēde, v. i. p. 1025To take prey; to prey. [Obs.] Holland.Prē'de-cāy, n. p. 1025Premature or previous decay.Prē'de-cēase', v. t. p. 1025To die sooner than. “If children predecease progenitors.” Sheat.Prē'de-çēase', n. p. 1025Death previous to something else. Brougham.Prĕd'e-çēs'sive, a. p. 1025Going before; preceding. “Our predecessor students.” Massinger.Prē'de-çēs'sor, n. p. 1025One who precedes; a person who has preceded another in any state, position, office, or the like; one whom another follows or comes after. “A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been…Prē-dēd'i-cā'tion, n. p. 1025A dedication made beforehand or previously.Prē'de-clāre', v. t. p. 1025To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. “Their indefeasible power of predeclaring the eternal destiny of every living layman.” Milman.Prē'-de-fīne', v. t. p. 1025To define beforehand.Prē'de-lib'er-ā'tion, n. p. 1025Previous deliberation.Prē'de-līn'e-ā'tion, n. p. 1025Previous delineation.Prē'de-sign', v. t. p. 1025To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford.Pre-dĕs'ti-nā'ri-an, n. p. 1025One who believes in the doctrine of predestination.Pre-dĕs'ti-nā'ri-an, a. p. 1025Pertaining to predestination.Pre-dĕs'ti-nate, a. p. 1025Predestinated; foreordained; fated. Some gentleman or other shall escape a predestinate scratched face. Shak.Pre-dēs'ti-nāte, v. t. p. 1025To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29.…Pre-dĕs'tĭ-nā'tĭon, n. p. 1025The act of predestinating, or of foreordaining events. Predestination had overruled their will. Milton. 2. (Theol.) The purpose of God from eternity respecting all events; often, the pre-assignment…Pre-dĕs'ti-nā'tive, a. p. 1025Determining beforehand; predestinating. Coleridge.Pre-dēs'ti-nā'tor, n. p. 1025One who predestinates, or foreordains. 2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley.Pre-dĕs'tĭne, v. t. p. 1025To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Here the soul sits in council, ponders fast, Predestines future actions. Young.Pre-dĕs'ti-ny, n. p. 1025Predestination. [Obs.] Chaucer.Prē'de-tẽr'mi-na-ble, a. p. 1025Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.Prē'de-tẽr'mi-nate, a. p. 1025Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.Prē'/de-tĕr'/mi-nā'/tion, n. p. 1025The act of previous determination; purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.Prē'de-tĕr'mine, v. t. p. 1025To determine beforehand; to settle in purpose or plan. If God foresees events, he must have predetermined them. Hale. 2. To doom by previous decree.Prē'de-tēr'mīne, v. i. p. 1025To make a previous determination.Prē'di-al, a. p. 1025Consisting of land or farms; as, prædial estate, that is, real estate. Ayliffe. 2. Attached to land or farms; as, prædial slaves. 3. Growing or issuing from land; as, prædial tithes.Prĕd'i-ca-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1025The quality of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something. Reid.Prĕd'i-ca-ble, a. p. 1026Capable of being affirmed of something; attributable.Prĕd'i-ca-ble, n. p. 1026Any thing affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals; a general abstract notion; a universal. 2. (Logic.) One of the five…Pre-dĭc'a-ment, n. p. 1026Class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. “O woful sympathy, piteous predicament.”…Pre·dĭc'a-mĕnt'al, a. p. 1026Pertaining to a predicament. Hale.Prēd'i-cant, n. p. 1026One who predicates.Prĕd'i-cant, a. p. 1026Uttering as an affirmation; preaching. “Missions conducted by the Romish predicant orders.” N. Br. Rev.Prēd'i-cāte, v. t. p. 1026To assert to belong to something; to affirm; as, to predicate whiteness of snow. 2. To rest upon for proof, or as an assertion or opinion; to found; to base. [U. S.] Syn.—To affirm; declare…Prēd'i-cāte, v. i. p. 1026To make an affirmation. Hale.Prēd'i-cate, n. p. 1026(Logic.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, “paper is white,” “ink is not white,” whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink. 2. (Gram.) The…Prēd'i-cate, a. p. 1026Predicated.Prĕd'i-cā'tion, n. p. 1026The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; assertion. Locke. 2. The art of delivering sermons; preaching. “His powers of predication.” W. Scott.Prĕd'i-cā'tive, a. p. 1026Expressing affirmation or predication; predicating; as, a predicative term.Prēd'i-ca-to-ry, a. p. 1026Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall.