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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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Prŏp'er-ā'tion, n. p. 1048The act of hastening or urging forward; haste. [Obs.]Pro-pĕr'-i-spōme, n. p. 1048(Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.Prŏp'er-ly, adv. p. 1048In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. 2. In a strict sense; strictly. The miseries of life are not properly owing to the unequal distribution of…Prŏp'er-ness, n. p. 1048The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness. [Obs.] 3. Perfect form; handsomeness. [Obs.]Prŏp'er-ty, n. p. 1048That which is proper to any thing; a peculiar quality of any thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it. Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is…Prŏp'er-ty, v. t. p. 1048To invest with properties or qualities. 2. To take as one's own; to appropriate. Shak.Prŏp'er-ty-mān, n. p. 1048One who has charge of the properties of a theater. Simmonds.Pro-phāne', v. t. & a. p. 1048Same as PROFANE. [Obs.]Prŏph'ă-sis, n. p. 1048(Med.) Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.Prŏph'e-cy, n. p. 1048A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; especially, an inspired foretelling. Let my prophecy come home to you. Shak. 2. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the…Prŏph'e-sī'er, n. p. 1048One who prophesies or predicts events.Prŏph'e-sy, v. t. p. 1048To foretell, as future; to predict. I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. 1 Kings xxii. 8. 2. To foreshow; to prefigure; to signify; to symbolize.Prophĕ-sy, v. i. p. 1049To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. 2. (Script.) To instruct in religious doctrines; to interpret; to explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to expound. 1 Cor.…Prophet, n. p. 1049One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predictor; a foreteller. 2. (Script.) A person illuminated, inspired, or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as Moses…School of the prophets p. 1049a school or college in which young men were educated and qualified for public teachers. These students were called sons of the prophets.Prŏph'et-ess, n. p. 1049A female prophet; a woman who foretells events, as Miriam, Huldah, Anna, &c.Pro-phĕt'ic or Pro-phĕt'ic-al, a. p. 1049Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams;—used with of before the thing foretold. And fears are oft prophetic of the event. Dryden.Pro-phĕt'ic-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 1049The quality of being prophetical; propheticalness. [Rare.]Prophetically, adv. p. 1049In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction; in the manner of prophecy.Prophet'ical-ness, n. p. 1049The quality of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.Prŏph'et-īze, v. i. p. 1049To give predictions. [Rare.] “Prophetizing dreams.” Daniel.Pro-phŏr'ic, a. p. 1049Enunciative. [Rare.]Prŏph'y-lăc'tic, n. p. 1049(Med.) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive. Coxe.Proph-y-lac'tic or Proph-y-lac'tic-al, a. p. 1049(Med.) Defending from disease; preventive.Propinā'tion, n. p. 1049The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Ade.]Pro-pīne', v. t. p. 1049To pledge; to drink first, and then offer the cup to. The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. Smart. 2. To expose.Pro-pīne', n. p. 1049A pledge in drinking. [R.] W. Scott.Pro-pĭn'qui-ty, n. p. 1049Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity. 2. Nearness in time. Browne. 3. Nearness of blood; kindred.Prŏp'i-thē'cus, n. p. 1049(Zoöl.) A genus of animals allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar. Baird.Pro-pĭ'ti-a-ble, a. p. 1049Capable of being propitiated.Pro-pĭ'ti-āte, v. t. p. 1049To appease and render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.Pro-pĭ'ti-āte, v. i. p. 1049To make propitiation; to atone.Pro-pĭ'ti-ā'tion, n. p. 1049The act of appeasing wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious. 2. (Theol.) (a.) The influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine…Propitiator, n. p. 1049One who propitiates.Pro-pi-ti-a-to-ry, a. p. 1049Having the power to make propitiation; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as a propitiatory sacrifice.Pro-pi'ti-a-to-ry, a. p. 1049Having power to propitiate; tending to conciliate or appease. -- n. The mercy-seat; the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant; the symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.Pro-pi'tious p. 1049Favorable; kind;—said of men. 2. Disposed to be gracious or merciful; ready to forgive sins and bestow blessings;—said of God. 3. Favorable; as, a propitious season. Syn.—Auspicious; favorable…Pro-pi'tious-ly, adv. p. 1049In a propitious manner; favorably; kindly.Pro-pi'ti-ous-ness, n. p. 1049Disposition to treat another kindly; disposition to forgive; kindness. 2. Favorableness; as, the propitiousness of the season or climate. Sir W. Temple.Pro'tyle, n. p. 1049A mold; a matter. [Rare.] Woodward.Pro-plas'tic, a. p. 1049Forming a mold or cast.Pro-pilav'ice, a. p. 1049The art of making molds for castings.Pro'pō-lis, n. p. 1049A resinous substance of a reddish color, gathered by bees from the buds of plants, and used by them to stop the holes and crevices in their hives to prevent the entrance of cold air, &c.Pro-pōne', v. t. p. 1049To propose. [Obs.]Pro-pō'nent, n. p. 1049One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition. Dryden.Pro-pō'nent, a. p. 1049Making proposals; proposing.Pro-pōr'tion, n. p. 1049The arrangement of parts; the relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, with relation to magnitude or quantity; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.…Pro-por'tion, v. t. p. 1049To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing, or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. In the loss of an…Pro-por'tion-a-ble, a. p. 1049Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional;—very often used as equivalent to proportional. Such disproportions may exist without a proportionable degree of relation.Pro-por'tion-a-ble-ness, n. p. 1049The state of being proportionable.Pro-por'tion-a-bly, adv. p. 1049According to proportion or comparative relation; as, a large body, with limbs proportionably large.Pro-por'tion-al, a. p. 1049Having a due proportion or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. 2. Being in proportion; having a proper relation. 3. Relating…Pro-por'tion-al, a. p. 1049(Math.) Any number or quantity in a proportion. 2. (Chem.) The same as Proportionals. See Proportionals. Continued proportionals, quantities the ratio of the first to the second of which, of the…Pro-por'tion-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1049The quality of being in proportion. If the latter be present, the proportionality, adhesion, and symmetry of the whole scheme are gone. Cavendish.Pro-por'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 1049In proportion; in due degree; with suitable comparative relation; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.Proportionate, a. p. 1049Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.Pro-por'tion-ate, v. t. p. 1049To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate or to the due comparative relation; in proportion; as, to proportionate punishments to crimes.Pro-por'tion-a-bly, adv. p. 1049In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; according to a settled or suitable rate or degree.Pro-por'tion-ate-ness, n. p. 1049The state of being adjusted by due or settled proportion or comparative relation; suitableness of proportions.Pro-por'tion-less, a. p. 1049Without proportion; without symmetry of parts.