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3321 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRASE.1 (Noah Webster)
PRASE, n. s as z. A silicious mineral; a subspecies of quartz of a leek green color.
3322 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECISIAN.1 (Noah Webster)
PRECISIAN, n. s as z. One that limits or restrains.
3323 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECISION.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. [L. proecisio.] Exact limitation; exactness; accuracy. Precision in the use of words is a prime excellence in discourse; it is indispensable in controversy …
3324 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECLUSION.1 (Noah Webster)
PRECLUSION, n. s as z. The act of shutting out or preventing from access or possession; the state of being prevented from entering, possession or enjoyment.
3325 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREDISPOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
PREDISPOSE, v.t. s as z. [pre and dispose.]
3326 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREMISE.1 (Noah Webster)
PREMISE, v.t. s as z. [L. proemissus, proemitto, to send before.]
3327 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREPOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
PREPOSE, v.t. s as z. To put before. [Not much used.]
3328 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREPOSITION.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. [L. proepositio, proepono, proepositus; proe and pono, to put.] In grammar, a word usually put before another to express some relation or quality, action or …
3329 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREREQUISITE.1 (Noah Webster)
PREREQUISITE, a. s as z. [pre and requisite.] Previously required or necessary to something subsequent; as, certain attainments are prerequisite to an admission or orders.
3330 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRERESOLVE.1 (Noah Webster)
PRERESOLVE, v.t. s as z. [pre and resolve.]
3331 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESENCE.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. [L. proesentia; proe, before, and esse, to be.] The existence of a person or thing in a certain place; opposed to absence. This event happened during the king’s …
3332 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESENT.1 (Noah Webster)
PRESENT, a. s as z. [L. proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]
3333 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESENTLY.1 (Noah Webster)
PRESENTLY, adv. s as z. At present; at this time.
3334 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESENTMENT.1 (Noah Webster)
PRESENTMENT, n. s as z. The act of presenting.
3335 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESENTNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
PRESENTNESS, n. s as z. Presence; as presentness of mind. [Not used.]
3336 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESIDE.1 (Noah Webster)
PRESIDE, v.i. s as z. [L. proesideo; proe, before, and sedeo, to sit.]
3337 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESUMABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
PRESUMABLE, a. s as z. [from presume.] That may be presumed; that may be supposed to be true or entitled to belief, without examination or direct evidence, or on probable evidence.
3338 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESUME.1 (Noah Webster)
… , v.t. s as z. [L. proesumo; proe, before, and sumo, to take.] To take or suppose to be true or entitled to belief, without examination or positive proof, or on the strength …
3339 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREVISION.1 (Noah Webster)
PREVISION, n. s as z. [L. proevisus, proevideo; proe, before, and video, to see.] Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.
3340 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRIMROSE.1 (Noah Webster)
PRIMROSE, n. s as z. [L. primula veris; primus, first, and rose; literally, the first or an early rose in spring.]