Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 45

Perpendicular (n.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.

Perpendicularity (n.) The quality or state of being perpendicular.

Perpendicularly (adv.) In a perpendicular manner; vertically.

Perpend stone () See Perpender.

Perpension (n.) Careful consideration; pondering.

Perpensity (n.) Perpension.

Perpent stone () See Perpender.

Perpession (n.) Suffering; endurance.

Perpetrable (a.) Capable of being perpetrated.

Perpetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Perpetrate

Perpetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perpetrate

Perpetrate (v. t.) To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.

Perpetration (n.) The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.

Perpetration (n.) The thing perpetrated; an evil action.

Perpetrator (n.) One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.

Perpetuable (a.) Capable of being perpetuated or continued.

Perpetual (a.) Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.

Perpetually (adv.) In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.

Perpetualty (n.) The state or condition of being perpetual.

Perpetuance (n.) Perpetuity.

Perpetuated (imp. & p. p.) of Perpetuate

Perpetuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perpetuate

Perpetuate (v. t.) To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.

Perpetuate (a.) Made perpetual; perpetuated.

Perpetuation (n.) The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.

Perpetuity (n.) The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.

Perpetuity (n.) Something that is perpetual.

Perpetuity (n.) Endless time.

Perpetuity (n.) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal.

Perpetuity (n.) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.

Perpetuity (n.) A perpetual annuity.

Perpetuity (n.) Duration without limitations as to time.

Perpetuity (n.) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated.

Perplexed (imp. & p. p.) of Perplex

Perplexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perplex

Perplex (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.

Perplex (a.) To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.

Perplex (a.) To plague; to vex; to tormen.

Perplex (a.) Intricate; difficult.

Perplexed (a.) Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious.

Perplexing (a.) Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome.

Perplexities (pl. ) of Perplexity

Perplexity (n.) The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.

Perplexiveness (n.) The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex.

Perplexly (adv.) Perplexedly.

Perpotation (n.) The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout.

Perquisite (n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.

Perquisite (n.) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.

Perquisited (a.) Supplied with perquisites.

Perquisition (n.) A thorough inquiry of search.

Perradial (a.) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

Perrie (n.) Precious stones; jewels.

Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.

Perroquet (n.) See Paroquet, Parakeet.

Perruque (n.) See Peruke.

Perruquier (n.) A marker of perukes or wigs.

Perry (n.) A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.

Perry (n.) A suddent squall. See Pirry.

Pers (a.) Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.

Pers (n.) A cloth of sky-blue color.

Persalt (n.) A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides.

Persant (a.) Piercing.

Perscrutation (n.) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.

Persecot (n.) See Persicot.

Persecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Persecute

Persecuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persecute

Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.

Persecute (v. t.) To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

Persecution (n.) The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.

Persecution (n.) The state or condition of being persecuted.

Persecution (n.) A carrying on; prosecution.

Persecutor (n.) One who persecutes, or harasses.

Persecutrix (n.) A woman who persecutes.

Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

Perseus (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.

Perseus (n.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.

Persever (v. i.) To persevere.

Perseverance (n.) The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.

Perseverance (n.) Discrimination.

Perseverance (n.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.

Perseverant (a.) Persevering.

Persevered (imp. & p. p.) of Persevere

Persevering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persevere

Persevere (v. i.) To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.

Persevering (a.) Characterized by perseverance; persistent.

Persian (a.) Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.

Persian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Persia.

Persian (n.) The language spoken in Persia.

Persian (n.) A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings.

Persian (n.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a.

Persic (a.) Of or relating to Persia.

Persic (n.) The Persian language.

Persicaria (n.) See Lady's thumb.

Persicot (n.) A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit.

Persiflage (n.) Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.

Persifleur (n.) One who indulges in persiflage; a banterer; a quiz.

Persimmon (n.) An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious.

Persis (n.) A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens.

Persism (n.) A Persian idiom.

Persisted (imp. & p. p.) of Persist

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