Prebendal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall.
Prebendary (n.) A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3.
Prebendary (n.) A prebendaryship.
Prebendaryship (n.) The office of a prebendary.
Prebendate (v. t.) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.
Prebendship (n.) A prebendaryship.
Prebronchial (a.) Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.
Precalculate (v. t.) To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange.
Precant (n.) One who prays.
Precarious (a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.
Precarious (a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes.
Precation (n.) The act of praying; supplication; entreaty.
Preative (a.) Alt. of Preatory
Preatory (a.) Suppliant; beseeching.
Precaution (n.) Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
Precaution (n.) A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
Precaution (v. t.) To warn or caution beforehand.
Precaution (v. t.) To take precaution against.
Precautional (a.) Precautionary.
Precautionary (a.) Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals.
Precautious (a.) Taking or using precaution; precautionary.
Precedaneous (a.) Preceding; antecedent; previous.
Preceded (imp. & p. p.) of Precede
Preceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precede
Precede (v. t.) To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
Precede (v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance.
Precede (v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
Precedence (n.) Alt. of Precedency
Precedency (n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
Precedency (n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.
Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Precedent (n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
Precedential (a.) Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.
Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.
Preceding (a.) Going before; -- opposed to following.
Preceding (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Precel (v. t. & i.) To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
Precellence (n.) Alt. of Precellency
Precellency (n.) Excellence; superiority.
Precellent (a.) Excellent; surpassing.
Precentor (n.) A leader of a choir; a directing singer.
Precentor (n.) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.
Precentor (n.) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.
Precentorship (n.) The office of a precentor.
Precent (n.) Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.
Precent (n.) A command in writing; a species of writ or process.
Precept (v. t.) To teach by precepts.
Preceptial (a.) Preceptive.
Preception (n.) A precept.
Preceptive (a.) Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.
Preceptor (n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.
Preceptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a preceptor.
Preceptory (a.) Preceptive.
Preceptories (pl. ) of Preceptory
Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.
Preceptress (n.) A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward.
Precessional (a.) Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.
Precessor (n.) A predecessor.
Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state.
Precinct (n.) A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.
Precinct (n.) A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support.
Preciosity (n.) Preciousness; something precious.
Precious (a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.
Precious (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
Precious (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice.
Preciously (adv.) In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically.
Preciousness (n.) The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.
Precipe (n.) See Praecipe, and Precept.
Precipice (n.) A sudden or headlong fall.
Precipice (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
Precipient (a.) Commanding; directing.
Precipitability (n.) The quality or state of being precipitable.
Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)
Precipitance (n.) Alt. of Precipitancy
Precipitancy (n.) The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth.
Precipitant (a.) Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.
Precipitant (a.) Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless.
Precipitant (n.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
Precipitantly (adv.) With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner.
Precipitantness (n.) The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.
Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.
Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.
Precipitate (n.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.
Precipitated (imp. & p. p.) of Precipitate
Precipitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precipitate
Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
Precipitate (v. t.) To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
Precipitate (v. t.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
Precipitate (v. i.) To dash or fall headlong.
Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.
Precipitate (v. i.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.
Precipitately (adv.) In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.