Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 112
Preliminarily (adv.) In a preliminary manner.
Preliminary (a.) 預備的；初步的；序言（性）的；開端的 [B] Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
Syn: Introductory; preparatory; prefatory; proemial; previous; prior; precedent; antecedent.
Preliminaries (n. pl. ) of Preliminary.
Preliminary (n.) [C] 初步；開端；預備 [P1]；預考，初試 That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
Syn: Introduction; preface; prelude.
Preliminary (a.) Denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation".
Preliminary (n.) A minor match preceding the main event [syn: {preliminary}, {prelim}].
Preliminary (n.) Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: {preliminary}, {overture}, {prelude}].
Preliminary (n.) Something which precedes, as preliminaries of peace, which are the first sketch of a treaty, and contain the principal articles on which both parties are desirous of concluding, and which are to serve as the basis of the treaty.
Prelimit (v. t.) To limit previously. [R.]
Prelook (v. i.) To look forward. [Obs.] -- Surrey.
Prelude (v. t.) 成為……的序幕；演奏……作為前奏曲 To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air.
Prelude (v. t.) To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.
[Music] preluding some great tragedy. -- Longfellow
Prelude (n.) [C] 前奏；序幕 [S1] [（+to）]； 【音】前奏曲 An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture.
The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Aenis -- Addison.
The cause is more than the prelude, the effect is more than the sequel, of the fact. -- Whewell.
Syn: Preface; introduction; preliminary; preamble; forerunner; harbinger; precursor.
Preluded (imp. & p. p.) of Prelude.
Preluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prelude.
Prelude (v. i.) 作為序曲；奏序曲 To play an
introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve as prelude.
The musicians preluded on their instruments. -- Sir. W. Scott.
We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to the point. -- Jeffrey.
Prelude (n.) Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary, overture, prelude].
Prelude (n.) Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera.
Prelude (v.) Serve as a prelude or opening to.
Prelude (v.) Play as a prelude.
Preluder (n.) One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. -- Mason.
Preludial (a.) Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude; introductory. [R.]
Preludious (a.) Preludial. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Prelumbar (a.) (Anat.) Situated immediately in front of the loins; -- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.
Prelusive (a.) Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating that something of a like kind is to follow. "Prelusive drops." -- Thomson. -- {Pre*lu"sive*ly, adv.}
Prelusorily (adv.) In a prelusory way.
Prelusory (a.) Introductory; prelusive. -- Bacon.
Premature (a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.
Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay.
Premature (a.) Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report. -- Pre`ma*ture"ly, adv. -- Pre`ma*ture"ness, n.
Premature (a.) Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" [ant: full-term].
Premature (a.) Too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: previous(p), premature].
Premature (a.) Uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [syn: premature, untimely].
Premature (a.) 過早的；不成熟的；倉促的 Happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or suitable time.
// Premature birth/ death.
// A premature baby.
Their criticisms seem premature considering that the results aren't yet known.
Prematurity (n.) The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
Prematurity (n.) The state of being premature [syn: prematureness, prematurity].
Premaxillae (n. pl. ) of Premaxilla.
Premaxilla (n.) (Anat.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.
Premaxillary (a.) (Anat.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillae; intermaxillary.
Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.
Premediate (v. t.) To advocate. [R.]
Premeditated (imp. & p. p.) of Premeditate.
Premeditating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Premeditate.
Premeditate (v. t.) To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.
With words premeditated thus he said. -- Dryden.
Premeditated (a.) Characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; "a premeditated crime" [ant: unpremeditated].
Premeditate (v. i.) To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand.
Premeditate (a.) Premeditated; deliberate. [Archaic] -- Bp. Burnet.
Premeditate (v.) Consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand; "premeditated murder".
Premeditate (v.) Think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake".
Premeditately (adv.) With premeditation. -- Burke.
Premeditation (n.) The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
Premeditation (n.) Planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn: premeditation, forethought].
Premeditation (n.) (Law) Thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent.
Premerit (v. t.) To merit or deserve beforehand. [Obs.] -- Eikon Basi??ke. Premial
Premial (a.) Alt. of Premiant.
Premiant (a.) Serving to reward; rewarding. [R.] -- Baxter.
Premices (n. pl.) First fruits. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Premier (a.) First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister. -- Camden. Swift.
Premier (a.) Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.
Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
Premier (a.) First in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister" [syn: premier(a), prime(a)].
Premier (a.) Preceding all others in time; "the premiere showing" [syn: premier, premiere].
Premier (n.) The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom [syn: Prime Minister, PM, premier].
Premier (n.) The person who is head of state (in several countries) [syn: chancellor, premier, prime minister].
Premier (v.) Be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success" [syn: premier, premiere].
Premier (v.) Perform a work for the first time [syn: premier, premiere].
Premiership (n.) The office of the premier.
Premillennial (a.) Previous to the millennium.
Premious (a.) Rich in gifts. [R.] -- Clarke.
Premises (n. pl. ) of Premise.
Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. -- Shak.
Premise (n.) (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner."
These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment.
While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. -- Dr. H. More.
Premise (n.) pl. (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
Premise (n.) pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
Premises (n.) Land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises".
Premises, () Conveyancing. That part in the beginning of a deed, in which are set forth the names of the parties, with their titles and additions, and in which are recited such deeds, agreements, or matters of fact, as are necessary to explain the reasons upon which the contract then entered into is founded; and it is here also the consideration on which it is made, is set down, and the certainty of the thing granted. 2 Bl. Com. 298. The technical meaning of the premises in a deed, is every thing which precedes the habendum. 8 Mass. R. 174; 6 Conn. R. 289. Vide Deed.
Premises, () Equity pleading. That part of a bill usually denominated the stating part of the bill. It contains a narrative of the facts and circumstances of the plaintiff's case, and the wrongs of which he complains, and the names of the persons by whom done, and against whom he seeks redress. Coop. Eq. Pl..9; Bart. Suit in equity, 27; Mitf. Eq. Pl. by Jeremy, 43; Story, Eq. Pl. Sec. 27; 4 Bouv, Inst. n. 4158.
Premises. () That which is put before. The word has several significations; sometimes it means the statements which have been before made; as, I act upon these premises; in this sense, this word may comprise a variety of subjects, having no connexion among themselves; 1 East, R. 456; it signifies a formal part of a deed; and it is made to designate an estate.
Premises, () Estates. Lands and tenements are usually, called premises, when particularly spoken of; as, the premises will be sold without reserve. 1 East, R. 453.
Premised (imp. & p. p.) of Premise.
Premising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Premise.
Premise (v. t.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [Obs.]
The premised flames of the last day. -- Shak.
If venesection and a cathartic be premised. -- E. Darwin.
Premise (v. t.) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. -- Addison.
Premise (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. -- Swift.
Premise (n.) A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn: premise, premiss, assumption].
Premise (v.) Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand".
Premise (v.) Furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" [syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce].
Premise (v.) Take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise, premiss].
Premiss (n.) Premise. -- Whately. I. Watts
Premiss (n.) A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn: premise, premiss, assumption].
Premiss (v.) Take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise, premiss].
Premit (v. t.) To premise. [Obs.] -- Donne.
Premiums (n. pl. ) of Premium.
Premium (n.) A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc.
To think it not the necessity, but the premium and privilege of life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory. -- Burke.
The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium for the encouragement of idleness. -- Franklin.
Premium (n.) Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital.
People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest. -- Swift.
Premium (n.) A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.
Premium (n.) A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.
Premium (n.) (Extra) [ C ] 獎金，津貼；加價；附加費 An amount that is more than usual.
// We're willing to pay a premium for the best location.
// Because of their location, these offices attract a premium.
// The modified cars are available at a premium of five percent over the original price.
// The busy shopper puts a premium on (= appreciates and will pay more for) finding everything in one big store.
Premium (n.) (Payment) (C2) [ C ] 保險費 An amount of money paid to get insurance.
// Car insurance premiums have increased this year.
// The premiums for healthcare plans are high.
Premium (n.) (Fuel) [ U ] (Also premium fuel,) (US also premium gas) 四星含鉛汽油 The highest quality fuel that can be used in cars.
Idiom: Be at a premium
Be at a premium (C2) 奇缺，非常稀罕 To be not common and therefore valuable.
// Free time is at a premium for working parents.
Premium (a.) (C2) （品質）高級的；優質的；頂級的 Used to refer to something that is of higher than usual quality.
// Premium ice cream.
// The building is on a premium site.
Premolar (a.) (Anat.) Situated in front of the molar teeth.
Premolar (n.) An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth.
Premolar (n.) A tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars [syn: premolar, bicuspid].
Premonished (imp. & p. p.) of Premonish.
Premonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Premonish.
Premonish (v. t.) To forewarn; to admonish beforehand. [R.] -- Herrick.
To teach, and to premonish. -- Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Premonishment (n.) Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Premonition (n.) Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.
Premonition (n.) A feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding].
Premonition (n.) An early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning, premonition].
Premonitor (n.) One who, or that which, gives premonition.
Premonitory (a.) Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly, adv.
Premonitory (a.) Warning of future misfortune [syn: precursory, premonitory].
Premonstrant (n.) A Premonstratensian.
Premonstrate (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foreshow. [R.] -- Herbert.
Premonstratensian (n.) (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Premontre, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.
Premonstration (n.) A showing beforehand; foreshowing.
Premonstrator (n.) One who, or that which, premonstrates. [R.]
Premorse (a.) Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.
Premorse root or Premorse leaves (Bot.), Such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.
Premosaic (a.) Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history.
Premotion (n.) Previous motion or excitement to action.
Premunire (n.) (Law) See Praemunire.
Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection. [Obs.] -- Fotherby.
Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections. [Obs.]
Premunitory (a.) Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process.
Prenasal (a.) (Anat.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.
Prenatal (a.) Being or happening before birth.
Prenatal (a.) Occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care" [syn: prenatal, antenatal, antepartum] [ant: perinatal, postnatal, postpartum].
Prender (n.) (Law) The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered. -- Burrill.
PRENDER or PRENDRE. To take. This word is used to signify the right of taking a thing before it is offered,; hence the phrase of law, it lies in render, but not in prender. Vide A prendre; and Gale and Whatley on Easements, 1.
Prenomen (n.) See Praenomen.
Prenominal (a.) 置於名詞之前的 Serving as a prefix in a compound name. -- Sir T. Browne.
Prenominal (a.) Of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" [syn: {attributive}, {prenominal}] [ant: {predicative}].
Prenominate (a.) Forenamed; named beforehand. [R.] "Prenominate crimes." -- Shak.
Prenominate (v. t.) To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand. -- Shak.
Prenomination (n.) The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. -- Sir T. Browne.
Prenostic (n.) A prognostic; an omen. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Prenote (v. t.) To note or designate beforehand. -- Foxe.
Prenotion (n.) A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge. -- Bacon.
Prensation (n.) The act of seizing with violence. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Prentice (n.) An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice." -- Shak.
Prentice (n.) Works for an expert to learn a trade [syn: apprentice, learner, prentice].
Prentice, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 626
Housing Units (2000): 316
Land area (2000): 2.001166 sq. miles (5.182996 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.024910 sq. miles (0.064517 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.026076 sq. miles (5.247513 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65325
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.545499 N, 90.289413 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54556
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Prentice, WI
Prentice
Prenticehood (n.) Apprenticehood. [Obs.]
This jolly prentice with his master bode Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood. -- Chaucer.
Prenticeship (n.) Apprenticeship. [Obs. or Colloq.]
He served a prenticeship who sets up shop. -- Pope.
Prenunciation (n.) The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand. [Obs.]
Prenuncious (a.) Announcing beforehand; presaging. [Obs.] -- Blount.