Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 125

Procinct (n.) A state of complete readiness for action.

Proclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Proclaim

Proclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proclaim

Proclaim (v. t.) To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

Proclaim (v. t.) To outlaw by public proclamation.

Proclaimer (n.) One who proclaims.

Proclamation (n.) The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

Proclamation (n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.

Proclitic (a.) Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Proclive (a.) Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.

Proclivity (n.) Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.

Proclivity (n.) Readiness; facility; aptitude.

Proclivous (a.) Inclined; tending by nature.

Proclivous (a.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

Procoele (n.) A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain.

Procoeliae (pl. ) of Procoelia

Procoelia (n.) Same as Procoele.

Procoelia (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front.

Procoelian (a.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.

Procoelian (n.) A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia.

Procoelous (a.) Same as Procoelian.

Proconsul (n.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

Proconsular (a.) Alt. of Proconsulary

Proconsulary (a.) Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.

Proconsulary (a.) Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.

Proconsulate (n.) The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.

Proconsulship (n.) Proconsulate.

Procrastinated (imp. & p. p.) of Procrastinate

Procrastinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procrastinate

Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.

Procrastinate (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.

Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

Procrastinatory (a.) Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.

Procrastine (v. t.) To procrastinate.

Procreant (a.) Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation.

Procreant (n.) One who, or that which, procreates.

Procreated (imp. & p. p.) of Procreate

Procreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procreate

Procreate (v. t.) To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.

Procreation (n.) The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

Procreative (a.) Having the power to beget; generative.

Procreativeness (n.) The power of generating.

Procreator (n.) One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.

Procris (n.) Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.

Procrustean (a.) Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.

Procrusteanized (imp. & p. p.) of Procrusteanize

Procrusteanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procrusteanize

Procrusteanize (v. t.) To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

Procrustesian (a.) See Procrustean.

Proctitis (n.) Inflammation of the rectum.

Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani.

Proctodaeum (n.) See Mesenteron.

Proctor (n.) One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

Proctor (n.) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.

Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.

Proctor (n.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.

Proctor (n.) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

Proctor (v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.

Proctorage (n.) Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt.

Proctorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic proctor; magisterial.

Proctorical (a.) Proctorial.

Proctorship (n.) The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.

Proctotomy (n.) An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.

Proctucha (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.

Proctucha (n. pl.) The Nemertina.

Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone.

Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.

Procurable (a.) Capable of being procured; obtainable.

Procuracies (pl. ) of Procuracy

Procuracy (n.) The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another.

Procuracy (n.) Authority to act for another; a proxy.

Procuration (n.) The act of procuring; procurement.

Procuration (n.) The management of another's affairs.

Procuration (n.) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.

Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy.

Procurator (n.) One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.

Procurator (n.) A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea.

Procuratorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor.

Procuratorship (n.) The office or term of a procurator.

Procuratory (a.) Tending to, or authorizing, procuration.

Procured (imp. & p. p.) of Procure

Procuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procure

Procure (v. t.) To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.

Procure (v. t.) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

Procure (v. t.) To solicit; to entreat.

Procure (v. t.) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

Procure (v. t.) To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

Procure (v. i.) To pimp.

Procure (v. i.) To manage business for another in court.

Procurement (n.) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

Procurement (n.) Efficient contrivance; management; agency.

Procurer (n.) One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.

Procurer (n.) One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a pimp; a pander.

Procuress (n.) A female procurer, or pander.

Procyon (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.

Procyon (n.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.

Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

Prod (n.) A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

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