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3341 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROFUSE.9 (Noah Webster)
PROFUSE, v.t. s as z. To pour out. [Little used.]
3342 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROFUSION.1 (Noah Webster)
PROFUSION, n. s as z. [L. profusio.]
3343 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROLUSION.1 (Noah Webster)
PROLUSION, n. s as z. [L. prolusio, proludo; pro and ludo, to play.] A prelude; entertainment; diverting performance. [Little used.]
3344 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROPAGATE.11 (Noah Webster)
PROPAGATE, v.i. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. Wild horses propagate in the forests of S. America.
3345 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROPOSAL.1 (Noah Webster)
PROPOSAL, n. s as z. [from propose.]
3346 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROPOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
PROPOSE, v.t. s as z. [L. propono, proposui;]
3347 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROPOSITION.1 (Noah Webster)
PROPOSITION, n. s as z. [L. propositio, from propositus, propono.]
3348 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROSAIC.1 (Noah Webster)
PROSAIC, a. s as z. [L. prosaicus, from prosa, prose.]
3349 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROSE.1 (Noah Webster)
PROSE, n. s as z. [L. prosa.]
3350 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROSER.1 (Noah Webster)
PROSER, n. s as z. [from prose.] A writer of prose.
3351 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROTRUSION.1 (Noah Webster)
PROTRUSION, n. s as z. The act of thrusting forward or beyond the usual limit; a thrusting or driving; a push.
3352 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROVISION.1 (Noah Webster)
PROVISION, n. s as z. [L. provisio, provideo. See Provide .]
3353 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROVISO.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. [L. provisus, ablative proviso, it being provided.] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant or other writing, by which a condition …
3354 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. Q.3 (Noah Webster)
Used as an abbreviation, Q stands for quantity, or quantum; as among physicians, q. pl. quantum placet, as much as you please; q s quantum sufficit, as much as is required, or as is sufficient.
3355 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUEASINESS.1 (Noah Webster)
QUEASINESS, n. s as z. [from queasy.] Nausea; qualmishness; inclination to vomit.
3356 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUEASY.1 (Noah Webster)
QUEASY, a. s as z.
3357 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUEST.1 (Noah Webster)
QUEST, n. [L. quaero, quaestus. As the letter r is rarely changed into s, perhaps the L. quaesivi, quaestus, may be from the root of quaeso.]
3358 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUINSY.1 (Noah Webster)
QUINSY, n. s as z.
3359 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RASE.1 (Noah Webster)
RASE, v.t. s as z. [L. rasus, rado.]
3360 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RASURE.1 (Noah Webster)
RASURE, n. s as z. [L. rasura, from rado, rasus. See Rase .]