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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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Pro-tēct'or-ship, n. p. 1052The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.Pro-tēct'ress or Pro-tēct'rix, n. p. 1052A woman who protects; a female protector.Protégé, n. p. 1052One under the care and protection of another.Protégée, n. p. 1052A female under the protection of another.Prō'te-ī-nā'ceous, a. p. 1052Pertaining to, resembling, or containing proteine.Prō'te-ine, n. p. 1052(Chem.) A substance claimed by Mulder to be obtained as a distinct substance from albumen, fibrine, or caseine, and considered by him to be the basis of animal tissue and of some substances of…Pro-tē'i-nōŭs, a. p. 1052The same as PROTEINACEOUS.Prō'te-lēz, n. p. 1052(Zoöl.) A genus of carnivorous mammals found in South Africa, and intermediate between the hyenas and the civets. They are natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Baird.Pro-tĕnd′, v. t. p. 1052To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.] With his protended lance he makes defense. Dryden. They, in a martial exercise employed, Heed not the monarch, or his gaudy train, But poise the spear…Pro-tēnse', n. p. 1052Extension. [Obs.] “By due degrees and long protense.” Spenser.Pro-tēn’sive, a. p. 1052Drawn out; extended. [Rare.] Time is a protensive quantity, and consequently, any part of it, however small, can not, without a contradiction, be imagined as not divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton.Prō′/ter-ān′/thōūs, a. p. 1052(Bot.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves;—said of certain plants. Gray.Pro-tĕr'vi-ty, n. p. 1052Peevishness; petulance. [Obs.]Pro-tĕst', v. i. p. 1052To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. Collecting an army on the borders of Normandy, he protests that his measures are pacific. Landor. 2. To make a…Pro-tĕst’, v. t. p. 1052To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; as, to protest one’s innocence. 2. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation. Fiercely they opposed My journey strange…Prō'test, n. p. 1052A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in…Prŏt'est-an-cy, n. p. 1052Protestantism. [Rare.]Prŏt'est-ant, a. p. 1052Making a protest. 2. Pertaining to the faith and practice of those who protest against the church of Rome; as, the Protestant religion.Prŏt'est-ant, n. p. 1052One who protests;—originally applied to those who adhered to Luther at the Reformation in 1529, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V.…Prŏt'est-ănt'ĭc-al, a. p. 1052Of, pertaining to, or in the character or manner of, Protestants. [Obs.] Bacon.Prŏt'est-ant-ĭsm, n. p. 1052The state of being protestant, especially against the church of Rome; the Protestant religion.Prŏt'est-ant-ly, adv. p. 1052In conformity with the Protestants. [Obs.] Milton.Prŏt'es-tā'tion, n. p. 1052The act of making a protest or public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. “The protestation of our faith.” Latimer. 2. (Law.) A declaration in pleading, by which the party interposes…Prŏt'es-tā'tor, n. p. 1052One who protests.Pro-tēst'er, n. p. 1052One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. 2. One who protests a bill of exchange.Pro-tēst'ing-ly, adv. p. 1052By way of protesting.Prō'te-ŭs or Prō'teĭs, n. p. 1052(Myth.) A marine deity, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, whose distinguishing characteristic was the faculty of assuming different shapes; hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles. 2.…Prō'tha-lā'mi-on, n. p. 1052An address in celebration of a marriage; an epithalamion. Drayton.Prŏth'e-sĭs, n. p. 1052(Eccl.) The place in a church on which the elements for the eucharist are put, previous to their being placed on the altar;—called also credence. 2. (Surg.) The process of adding to the human body…Pro-thōn'o-ta-ry, n. p. 1052A chief notary or clerk. “My private prothonotary.” Herrick. 2. Especially, one of the great officers of the church of Constantinople, ranking next to the patriarch. Hook. 3. A chief clerk in the…Pro-thŏn'o-ta-ry-ship, n. p. 1053The office of a prothonotary.Pro-thō'rax, n. p. 1053(Entom.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. Brande.Prō'to p. 1053A prefix from the Greek πρῶτος, first, used to express priority, as in protomartyr, prototype; used also, in chemical language, to denote that one equivalent of an element or substance unites with…Prō'to-cōl, n. p. 1053The original copy of any writing, as of a treaty, dispatch, or other instrument. Burrill. 2. The minutes or rough draught of an instrument or transaction.Prō'to-cōl, v. t. p. 1053To make a protocol of.Prō'to-cōl, v. i. p. 1053To make or write protocols, or first draughts.Prō'to-cōl'ist, n. p. 1053A register or clerk. [Russia.]Prō'to-gĭne, n. p. 1053(Min.) A kind of talcose granite. Dana.Prō'to-mār'tyr, n. p. 1053The first martyr;—a term applied to Stephen, the first Christian martyr. 2. The first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause. “The protomartyr of our cause.” Tennyson.Prō'to-phŷte, n. p. 1053(Bot.) The lowest order of plants, either unicellular or without any essential mutual dependence between the cells, as the silicious infusoria, or diatoms, the desmidians, &c. Carpenter.Prō'to-phȳ-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1053The science of protophytes: fossil botany.Prō'to-plāṣm, n. p. 1053(Physiol.) The viscid, nitrogenous material in vegetable cells, by which the process of nutrition, secretion, and growth, goes forward; the vital vegetable substance. See CELL. Mohl.Prō'to-plāṣ'mic, a. p. 1053Pertaining to the first formation of living bodies. 2. Pertaining to the material of formation of living bodies. 3. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to first growth or formation;—a term designating, loosely, any…Prō'to-plāst, n. p. 1053The thing first formed, as a copy to be imitated; that which is first modeled or formed; an original. Bryant. Harvey.Prō'to-plās'tic, a. p. 1053First formed. Howell.Prō'to-pōpe, n. p. 1053(Gr. Church.) One of the clergy of first rank in cathedrals and metropolitan churches; an arch-priest.Prō'to-sält, n. p. 1053(Chem.) A salt containing a metallic protoxide. Silliman.Prō'to-sŭl'phate, n. p. 1053(Chem.) A compound of sulphuric acid with a protoxide.Prō'to-tȳpe, n. p. 1053An original or model after which any thing is copied; the pattern of any thing to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; exemplar; archetype. Wotton. They will turn their backs on it…Pro-tŏx′ide, n. p. 1053(Chem.) A compound of one equivalent of oxygen with one equivalent of a base, and destitute of acid properties. Protoxide of nitrogen, laughing-gas. See LAUGHING-GAS.Pro-tŏx'i-dize, v. t. p. 1053To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in the proportion of one equivalent of oxygen and one of the latter.Prō'to-zō'an, n. p. 1053(Zool.) An animal of the lowest of the five grand divisions, distinguished by its simplicity of structure, neither of the four systems of structure characterizing severally the other grand divisions…Prō-to-zō'ic, a. p. 1053(Zoöl.) Of, or pertaining to, the protozoa. 2. (Geol.) Containing remains of the earliest life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates, and what are called protozoans. Dana.Pro-trāct', v. t. p. 1053To draw out or lengthen in time; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a discussion; to protract a war. 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to…Protracted meeting p. 1053a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.]Pro-trāct', n. p. 1053Tedious continuance. [Obs.] Spencer.Pro-trāct'ed-ly, adv. p. 1053In a prolonged or protracted manner; tediously.Pro-trāct'er, n. p. 1053One who protracts or lengthens in time.Pro-trāct'ion, n. p. 1053The act of drawing out or continuing in time; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; as, the protraction of a debate. 2. (Surv.) The act of plotting or laying down on paper the dimensions of…Pro-trāct'ive, a. p. 1053Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.