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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-fōrm′, v. t. p. 1027To form beforehand. [Obs.] Shak.Pre-fŏrm'a-tive, n. p. 1027A formative letter at the beginning of a word. M. Stuart.Pre-fŭl'gen-cy, n. p. 1027Superior brightness or effulgency. [Rare.] Barrow.Pre-gā'ge, v. t. p. 1027To engage beforehand. [Obs.] “By oath pregaged to the pope.” Fuller.Prē-glā'cial, a. p. 1027(Geol.) Prior to the glacial or drift period. Dana.Prĕg'na-ble, a. p. 1027Capable of being taken or won by force; expugnable. [R.] Cotgrave.Prĕg'nance, n. p. 1027Pregnancy. [Obs.]Prĕg'nan-cy, n. p. 1027The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young. 2. The quality of being heavy with important contents, significance, or the like; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility.…Prĕg'nant, a. p. 1027Being with young, as a female; great with child; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Hence, heavy with important contents; full of consequence; of unusual significance. “Pregnant…Prĕg'nant, n. p. 1027One who is pregnant or with child. [Rare.] Dunglison.Prĕg'nant, a. p. 1027Taking; receiving, admitting; giving access. [Obs.] “Your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear.” Shak. “A most poor man . . . pregnant to good pity.” Shak.Prĕg'nant-ly, adv. p. 1027In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.Prĕ'gra-vāte, v. t. p. 1027To bear down, to depress. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Pre-grāv'i-tāte, v. i. p. 1027To descend by gravity. [Obs.] Boyle.Pre-gŭs'tant, a. p. 1027Tasting beforehand. [Rare.] Ed. Rev.Prĕ/gus-tā'/tion, n. p. 1027The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste.Pre-hĕnd', v. t. p. 1027To lay hold of; to seize; to take. [Obs.]Pre-hĕn'si-ble, a. p. 1027Admitting of being seized.Pre-hĕn'sile, a. p. 1027Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as the prehensile tail of a monkey.Pre-hĕn'sion, n. p. 1027A taking hold; a seizing, as with the hand or other member.Pre-hĕn'so-ry, a. p. 1027Adapted to seize or grasp; pre-hensile.Pré-his-tōr'ie, a. p. 1027Relating to a time before that described in written history; as, the prehistoric age.Prĕhn'ite, n. p. 1027(Min.) A pale-green mineral, of a vitreous luster, occurring in botryoidal and mammillary concretions, and in small prismatic crystals. It consists of silica, alumina, and lime, with some water. Dana.Pré'-in-dis-pōse', v. t. p. 1027To render indisposed beforehand.Pré/-in-strūct’, v. t. p. 1027To instruct previously. Sir T. More.Pré'-in-ti-mā'tion, n. p. 1027Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott.Pre-jūd'ge', v. t. p. 1027To judge before hearing, or antecedently to full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case by…Pre-jŭd'gment, n. p. 1027Act of prejudging; decision before suitable examination.Pre-jū'di-ca-cy, n. p. 1027Prejudice; prepossession. [Obs.] Blount.Pre-jū'di-cal, a. p. 1027Pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudicial inquiry or action at law.Pre-jū'di-cāte, v. t. p. 1027To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge. Our dearest friend Prejudicates the business. Shak.Pre-jū'di-cāte, v. i. p. 1027To form a judgment beforehand or without due examination. Sidney.Pre-jū'di-cate, a. p. 1027Formed before due examination. “Ignorance and prejudicate opinions.” Bp. Taylor. 2. Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced. “Prejudicate readers.” Browne.Pre-jū'di-cate-ly, adv. p. 1027After a prejudiced manner.Pre-jū'di-cā'tion, n. p. 1027The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence. 2. (Rom. Law.) (a.) A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in…Pre-jū'di-ca-tĭve, a. p. 1027Forming an opinion or judgment without examination; prejudging. Henry More.Prĕj'ū-dĭçe, n. p. 1027Anticipative judgment; foresight. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser. 2. An opinion or decision of mind formed without due examination; prejudgment; a bias or leaning toward one side or the other of a question…Prĕj'ū-dĭçe, v. t. p. 1027To prepossess with unexamined opinions, or opinions formed without due knowledge of the facts and circumstances attending the question; to bias the mind of by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an…Prēj'ū-dĭ'cial, a. p. 1027Biased or blinded by prejudices; as, a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] Hooker. 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. His going away the next morning, with all…Prĕj'ū-di'cial-ly, adv. p. 1028In a prejudicial manner; injuriously; disadvantageously.Prĕj'ū-dĭ'cial-ness, n. p. 1028The state of being prejudicial; injuriousness.Prē-knŏwl'edge, n. p. 1028Prior knowledge.Prĕl'a-cy, n. p. 1028The office or dignity of a prelate; government by prelates; church administration by high functionaries. Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices. Ayliffe. How many are there that call…Prē'lal, a. p. 1028Of, or pertaining to printing; typographical. [Obs. and rare.] “Prēlal faults.” Fuller.Prēl'ate, n. p. 1028A clergyman of a superior order, having authority over the lower clergy, as an archbishop, bishop, &c.; a dignitary of the church;—often, with the words derived from it, used invidiously, in English…Prēl'āte, v. i. p. 1028To act as a prelate; to fill a high ecclesiastical office. [Obs.] Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. Latimer.Prēl'a-tē'i-ty, n. p. 1028The same as PRELACY. [Obs.]Prēl'ate-shĭp, n. p. 1028The office of a prelate. Harmar.Prĕl'a-tess, n. p. 1028A female prelate. Milton.Pre-lāt'ie or Pre-lāt'ie-al, a. p. 1028Pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatic authority.Pre-lăt′ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1028With reference to prelates.Pre-lā'tion, n. p. 1028The setting of one above another; preference. [Obs.] “A direct preference, or prelation; a preferring sin before grace.” Bp. Taylor.Prēl'a-tism, n. p. 1028Prelacy; episcopacy. [Obs.]Prēl'a-tist, n. p. 1028An advocate for prelacy, or the government of the church by bishops; a high churchman. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott.Prēl'a-tīze, v. t. p. 1028To bring under the power or influence of prelacy. Land was busy with his more important plan of prelatizing the church of Scotland. Palfrey.Prēl'a-tīze, v. i. p. 1028To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. He indeed [Cyprian] succeeded into an episcopacy that began then to prelatize. Milton.Prēl'a-try, n. p. 1028Prelaty; prelacy. [Obs.]Prēl'at-ūre or Prēl'at-ūre-ship, n. p. 1028The state or dignity of a prelate. Bailey.Prĕl'a-ty, n. p. 1028Prelacy;—usually in an invidious sense. Milton.Pre-lēct’, v. t. p. 1028To read publicly, as a lecture or public discourse. Horsley.