Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 125
Procinct (n.) A state of complete readiness for action. [Obs.] "War in procinct." -- Milton.
Proclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Proclaim.
Proclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proclaim.
Proclaim (v. t.) 宣佈,，公告,，宣言,，表明，讚揚 To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
To proclaim liberty to the captives. -- Isa. lxi. 1.
For the apparel oft proclaims the man. -- Shak.
Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held. -- Milton.
Proclaim (v. t.) To outlaw by public proclamation.
I heard myself proclaimed. -- Shak.
Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See Announce.
Proclaim (v.) Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King".
Proclaim (v.) State or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: {proclaim}, {exclaim}, {promulgate}].
Proclaim (v.) Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: {predicate}, {proclaim}].
Proclaim (v.) Praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud}, {extol}, {exalt}, {glorify}, {proclaim}].
Proclaimer (n.) One who proclaims.
Proclamation (n.) 宣佈，公佈 [U]；公告，布告；宣言書；聲明書 [C] The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. -- 1 Kings xv. 22.
Proclamation (n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
Proclamation (n.) A formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {proclamation}, {annunciation}, {declaration}].
Proclamation (n.) The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature" [syn: {proclamation}, {promulgation}].
Proclamation, () practice. The declaration made by the cryer, by authority of the court, that something is about to be done.
Proclamation, () It usually commences with the French word Oyez, do you hear, in order to attract attention; it is particularly used on the meeting or opening of the court, and at its adjournment; it is also frequently employed to discharge persons who have been accused of crimes or misdemeanors.
Proclamation, () evidence. The act of causing some state matters to be published or made generally known. A written or printed document in which are contained such matters, issued by proper authority; as the president's proclamation, the governor's, the mayor's proclamation. The word proclamation is also used to express the public nomination made of any one to a high office; as, such a prince was proclaimed emperor.
Proclamation, () The president's proclamation has not the force of law, unless when authorized by congress; as if congress were to pass an act, which should take effect upon the happening of a contingent event, which was to be declared by the president by proclamation to hive happened; in this case the proclamation would give the act the force of law, which, till then, it wanted. How far a proclamation is evidence of facts, see Bac. Ab. Ev. F; Dougl. 594, n; B. N. P. 226; 12 Mod. 216; 8 State Tr. 212; 4 M. & S. 546; 2 Camp. Rep. 44; Dane's Ab. eh. 96, a. 2, 3 and 4; 1 Scam. R. 577; Bro. h.t.
Proclitic (a.) (Gr. Gram.) 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. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning.
Proclivity (n.) Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal." -- Abp. Bramhall.
Proclivity (n.) Readiness; facility; aptitude.
He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Proclivity (n.) A natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning].
Proclivous (a.) Inclined; tending by nature. [R.]
Proclivous (a.) (Zool.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.
Procoele (n.) (Anat.) A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. -- B. G. Wilder.
Procoeliae (n. pl. ) of Procoelia.
Procoelia (n.) (Anat.) Same as Procoele.
Procoelia (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front.
Procoelian (a.) (Anat & Zool.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.
Procoelian (n.) (Zool.) A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia.
Procoelous (a.) Same as Procoelian.
Proconsul (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) 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
Proconsul (n.) An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power.
Proconsul (n.) A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
Proconsul (n.) An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.
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.
Proconsular (a.) Of or relating to or typical of a proconsul; "proconsular offices".
Proconsulate (n.) The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.
Proconsulate (n.) The position of proconsul [syn: proconsulship, proconsulate].
Proconsulship (n.) Proconsulate.
Proconsulship (n.) The position of proconsul [syn: proconsulship, proconsulate].
Procrastinated (imp. & p. p.) of Procrastinate.
Procrastinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procrastinate.
Procrastinate (v. t.) 延遲；耽擱 To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. -- Dr. H. More.
Hopeless and helpless Aegeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. -- Shak.
Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.
Procrastinate (v. i.) 延遲；耽擱 To delay; to be dilatory.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. -- Swift.
Procrastinate (v.) Postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally].
Procrastinate (v.) Postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late".
Procrastinate (v.) To be slow or late about doing something that should be done : to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.
Procrastinate (v. t.) to put off intentionally and habitually.
Procrastinate (v. i.) to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.
Procrastination (n.) of Procrastinate.
Procrastinator (n.) of Procrastinate.
Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.
Procrastination is the thief of time. -- Young.
Procrastination (n.) The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time [syn: procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally].
Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.
Procrastinator (n.) Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) [syn: procrastinator, postponer, cunctator].
Procrastinatory (a.) Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.
Procrastine (v. t.) To procrastinate. [Obs.]
Procreant (a.) Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation. [R.] "His pendent bed and procreant cradle." -- Shak.
Procreant (n.) One who, or that which, procreates.
Procreated (imp. & p. p.) of Procreate.
Procreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procreate.
Procreate (v. i. & v. t.) 生育（子女）；產生；製造 To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.
Procreate (v.) Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply].
Procreation (n.) The act of begetting; generation and production of young. -- South.
Procreation (n.) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life].
Procreation. () The generation of children; it is an act authorized by the law of nature: one of the principal ends of marriage is the procreation of children. Inst. tit. 2, in pr.
Procreative (a.) Having the power to beget; generative. -- Sir M. Hale.
Procreative (a.) Producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: generative, procreative, reproductive].
Procreativeness (n.) The power of generating.
Procreator (n.) [L.] One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
Procris (n.) (Zool.) 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.) 強求一致的；迫使就範的（源出希臘神話 Procrustes 之床） 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.
Procrustean (a.) Of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him.
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.) (Gr. Antiq.) 【希神】普羅克拉斯塔斯 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.
Procrustes (n.) (Greek mythology) A mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus.
Procrustesian (a.) See Procrustean.
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.
Procrustean (a.) Of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him.
Proctitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the rectum.
Proctitis (n.) Inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
Proctocele (n.) (Med.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani. -- Dunglison.
Proctocele (n.) Protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth [syn: rectocele, proctocele].
Proctodaeum (n.) (Anat.) See Mesenteron.
Proctor (n.) 監考人；代理人；代訴人；（大學）訓導長 One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically:
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. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Proctor (n.) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. -- Wharton.
Proctor (n.) (Ch. of Eng.) 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.) 監督（試場） To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. -- Bp. Warburton.
Proctor (n.) 1: Someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor, monitor].
Proctor (v.) Watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) [syn: invigilate, proctor].
Proctor. () One appointed to represent in judgment the party who empowers him, by writing under his hand called a proxy. The term is used chiefly in the courts of civil and ecclesiastical law. The proctor is somewhat similar to the attorney. Avl. Parerg. 421.
Proctor, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 2852
Housing Units (2000): 1246
Land area (2000): 3.025155 sq. miles (7.835114 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.025155 sq. miles (7.835114 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52630
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.743213 N, 92.225553 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55810
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Proctorage (n.) Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt. "The fogging proctorage of money." -- Milton.
Proctorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic proctor; magisterial.
Proctorical (a.) Proctorial. [R.]
Proctorship (n.) The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office. -- Clarendon.
Proctorship (n.) The position of proctor.
Proctotomy (n.) (Surg.) An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.
Proctucha (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.
Proctucha (n. pl.) (Zool.) The Nemertina.
Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone. " Procumbent each obeyed." -- Cowper.
Procumbent (a.) (Bot.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.
Procumbent (a.) Having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots.
Procurable (a.) Capable of being procured; obtainable. -- Boyle.
Procurable (a.) Capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable" [syn: gettable, getable, obtainable, procurable].
Procuracies (n. 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. [Obs.]
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.) (Ch. of Eng.) 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.
Procuration money (Law), Money paid for procuring a loan. -- Blackstone.
Procuration, () civil law. The act by which one person gives power to another to act in his place, as he could do himself. A letter of attorney.
Procuration, () Procurations are either express or implied; an express procuration is one made by the express consent of the parties; the implied or tacit takes place when an individual sees another managing his affairs, and does not interfere to prevent it. Dig. 17, 1, 6, 2; Id. 50, 17, 60; Code 7, 32, 2.
Procuration, () Procurations are also divided into those which contain absolute power, or a general authority, and those which give only a limited power. Dig. 3, 3, 58; Id. 17, 1, 60, 4 4. The procurations are ended in three ways first, by the revocation of the authority; secondly, by the death of one of the parties; thirdly, by the renunciation of the mandatory, when it is made in proper time and place, and it can be done without injury to the person who gave it. Inst. 3, 27 Dig. 17, 1; Code 4, 35; and see Authority; Letter of Attorney; Mandate.
Procurator (n.) (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. --Chaucer. Shak.
Procurator (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
Procurator fiscal (Scots Law), Public prosecutor, or district attorney.
Procurator (n.) A person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy, placeholder, procurator].
Procurator (n.) (Ancient Rome) Someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxe.
Procurator, () civil law. A proctor; a person who acts for another by virtue of a procuration. Procurator est, qui aliena negotia mandata Domini administrat. Dig 3, 3, 1. Vide Attorney; Authority.
Procurator, () in rem suam. Scotch law. This imports that one is acting as attorney as to his own property. When an assignment of a thing is made, as a debt, and a procuration or power of attorney is given to the assignee to receive the same, he is in such case procurator in rein suam. 3 Stair's Inst. 1, Sec. 2, 3, &c.; 3 Ersk. 5, Sec. 2; 1 Bell's Com. B. 5, c. 2, s. 1, Sec. 2.
Procuratorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor. -- Ayliffe.
Procuratorship (n.) The office or term of a procurator. -- Bp. Pearson.
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.
If we procure not to ourselves more woe. -- Milton.
Procure (v. t.) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. -- Robynson (More's Utopia) .
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. -- Shak.
Procure (v. t.) To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.]
The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . Of the fair Alma greatly were procured To make there longer sojourn and abode. -- Spenser.
Procure (v. t.) To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.]
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? -- Shak.
Procure (v. t.) To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
Syn: See Attain.
Procure (v. i.) To pimp. -- Shak.
Procure (v. i.) To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
Procure (v.) Get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed" [syn: procure, secure].
Procure (v.) Arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander, pimp, procure].
Procurement (n.) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
Procurement (n.) Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
They think it done By her procurement. -- Dryden.
Procurement (n.) The act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies" [syn: procurement, procurance, procural].
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. -- South.
Procurer (n.) Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce].
Procurer (n.) Someone who obtains or acquires; "the procurer of opera tickets" [syn: procurer, securer].
Procuress (n.) A female procurer, or pander.
Procuress (n.) A woman pimp.
Procyon (n.) (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
Procyon (n.) (Zool.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
Procyon (n.) The brightest star in Canis Minor.
Procyon (n.) The type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons [syn: Procyon, genus Procyon].
Prod (n.) 刺，戳，桶；刺（或戳）的東西；刺針；尖棒；刺激；刺激活；提醒物 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.