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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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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.Pre-dīct', v. t. p. 1026To foretell; to tell beforehand; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune. Syn.—To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.Pre-dict', n. p. 1026A prediction. [Obs.] Shak.Pre-dic'tion, n. p. 1026The act of foretelling; that which is foretold; a previous declaration of a future event; prophesy. “The predictions of cold and long winters.” Bacon. These predictions Are to the world in general as…Pre-dict'ive, a. p. 1026Foretelling; prophetic. More.Pre-dĭct'ĭve-ly, adv. p. 1026In the manner of prediction.Pre-dict’or, n. p. 1026A foreteller; one who prophesies.Prē'di-gēs'tion, n. p. 1026Hasty digestion. Predigestion, or hasty digestion, fills the body full of crudities and seeds of disease. Bacon.Prē/dī-lēct’, v. t. p. 1026To elect or choose beforehand.Prē/dĭ-lĕc'tion, n. p. 1026A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.Pré-dis-côv'er, v. t. p. 1026To discover beforehand.Pré·dis·côv'er-y, n. p. 1026A discovery previously made. Dana.Prē/dis-pō'nen-cy, n. p. 1026The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [Obs.]Pré/dis-pō'nent, a. p. 1026Disposing beforehand; predisposing. Predisponent causes (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease. Dunglison.Pré·dis·pō'nent, n. p. 1026That which predisposes.Prē’dis-pō’se’, v. t. p. 1026To incline beforehand; to give a previous disposition to; as, to predispose the mind or temper to friendship. South. 2. To fit or adapt previously; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.…Pré/dis-po-si'tion, n. p. 1026The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination or propensity;—applied to the mind. 2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose;—applied…Pre-dŏm'i-nance or Pre-dŏm'i-nan-cy, n. p. 1026The condition or quality of being predominant; prevalence; superiority; ascendency. “The predominance of conscience over interest.” South. 2. (Astrol.) The superior influence of a planet.Pre-dŏm′i-nant, a. p. 1026Prevalent over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; predominating; as, a predominant color; predominant beauty or excellence; a predominant passion. Those helps . . . were…Pre-dŏm'i-nant-ly, adv. p. 1026With superior strength or influence. Browne.Pre-dŏm'i-nāte, v. i. p. 1026To surpass in strength, influence, or authority; to be superior; to have controlling influence; to prevail; to rule. So much did love to her executed lord Predominate in this fair lady’s heart.…Pre-dŏm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 1026To rule over.Pre-dŏm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 1026The act of predominating; predominance. Browne.Pre-dōom', v. t. p. 1026To doom in anticipation, or antecedently. Coleridge.Pre-dôr'sal, a. p. 1026(Anat.) Anterior to, or in front of, the back. Dunglison.Prē'dy, a. p. 1026Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship. Smart.Preed'y, adv. p. 1026With ease; easily. [Prov. Eng.]Prē'-e-lĕct', v. t. p. 1026To choose or elect beforehand.Prē'-e-lĕc'tion, n. p. 1026Choice or election by previous determination.Pre-ēm'i-nence, n. p. 1026The state or quality of being pre-eminent; superiority in excellence; distinction above others in quality, position, or the like; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as…Pre-ē'mi-nent, a. p. 1026Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; distinguished for something commendable or honorable. “In goodness and in power pre-eminent.” Milton. 2.…Pre-ēm'i-nent-ly, adv. p. 1026In a pre-eminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others.Pré'-em-ploy', v. t. p. 1026To employ beforehand. “Pre-employed by him.” Shak.Pre-ëmpt', v. t. or i. p. 1026To take up land, or as land, with a right of preëmption under the laws of the United States. [U. S.]Pre-ēmpt'ion, n. p. 1026The act or right of purchasing before others; as, (a.) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others, abolished by statute…Pre-ēmpt'tive, a. p. 1026Having power, or tendency, to preëmpt; preëmpting.Pre-ēmpt'or, n. p. 1026One who preempts; especially, one who takes up land, with the privilege of pre-emption.Preen, n. p. 1026A forked instrument used by clothiers in dressing cloth.Preen, v. t. p. 1026To dress with, or as with, a preen; to keep in order, as the feathers; — said of birds. Derham. 2. To dress up, as trees; to prune. Halliwell.Pré'-en-gāge', v. t. p. 1026To engage by previous contract or influence; to bind, attach, attract, or occupy, previously. To Cipseus by his friends his suit he moved, But he was pre-engaged by former ties. Dryden.Prē'-en-gāge'ment, n. p. 1026Prior engagement; as by stipulation or promise; a previous attachment binding the will or affections. My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write. Boyle.Pré'-e-rĕct', v. t. p. 1026To erect or set up beforehand.Prē'-es-tāb'lish, v. t. p. 1026To establish or settle beforehand. Coventry.Pré-'es-tāb'lish-ment, n. p. 1026Settlement beforehand.Prē'-e-tĕr'ni-ty, n. p. 1026Time without end; infinite previous duration. [Obs.] He seemeth, with Ocellus, to maintain the world's pre-eternity. Cudworth.Pré-/ex-ăm/i-nā'tion, n. p. 1026Previous examination.Pré-ex-ăm'ine, v. t. p. 1026To examine beforehand.Prē'-ex-ist', v. i. p. 1026To exist beforehand, or before something else.Prē/-ex-ist'ence, n. p. 1026Existence previous to something else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and pre-existence to all the works of this earth. Burnet. 2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body, or before the…Pré'-ex-ist'en-cy, n. p. 1026The same as PRE-EXISTENCE, q. v. [Obs.]Pré-ex-ist'ent, a. p. 1026Existing beforehand; preceding in existence. What mortal knows his pre-existent state? Pope.Pré-/ex-is'ti-mā'tion, n. p. 1026Previous esteem or estimation. [Obs.] Browne.