Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 134
Propulsory (a.) Propulsive.
Propyl (n.) (Chem.) The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.
Propyl (n.) The monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane [syn: propyl, propyl group, propyl radical].
Propylaea (n. pl. ) of Propylaeum.
Propylaeum (n.) Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.
Propylene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon ({C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
Propylene (n.) A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis [syn: propylene, propene].
Propylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as, propylic alcohol.
Propylidene (n.) (Chem.) See Propidene.
Propidene (n.) (Chem.) The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.
Propyla (n. pl. ) of Propylon
Propylon (n.) (Anc. Arch.) The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
Pro rata () In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each.
Pro rata (adv.) In proportion [syn: proportionately, pro rata].
Proratable (a.) Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately. [U. S.]
Prorated (imp. & p. p.) of Prorate
Prorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prorate
Prorate (v. t.) To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata. [U.S.]
Prorate (v.) Make a proportional settlement or distribution.
Prorate (v.) Divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month".
Prore (n.) The prow or fore part of a ship. [Poetic] "Galleys with vermilion prores." -- Pope.
Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university. -- Heyse.
Prorectorate (n.) The office of prorector.
Prorenal (a.) (Anat.) Pronephric.
Proreption (n.) A creeping on.
Prorhinal (a.) (Anat.) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
Prorogate (v. t.) To prorogue. [R.]
Prorogation (n.) The act of counting in duration; prolongation. [Obs.] -- South.
Prorogation (n.) The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign. [Eng.]
Note: After an adjournment all things continue as they were at the adjournment; whereas, after a prorogation, bill introduced and nut passed are as if they had never been begun at all. -- Mozley & W.
Prorogation (n.) Discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it.
Prorogation. () To put off to another time. It is generally applied to the English parliament, and means the continuance of it from one day to another; it differs from adjournment, which is a continuance of it from one day to another in the same session. 1 Bl. Com. 186.
Prorogation. () In the civil law, prorogation signifies the time given to do a thing beyond the term prefixed. Dig. 2, 14, 27, 1. See Prolongation.
Prorogued (imp. & p. p.) of Prorogue
Proroguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prorogue
Prorogue (v. t.) 使休會 To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.]
He prorogued his government. -- Dryden.
Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. -- Shak.
Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.
Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster. -- Bp. Hall.
The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. -- Macaulay.
Syn: To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn.
Prorogue (v.) (v. i.)（英國會的）休會 Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off].
Prorogue (v.) Adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body.
Proruption (n.) The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne. Prosaic
Prosaic (a.) Alt. of Prosaical
Prosaical (a.) 散文的，散文體的；普通的，乏味的，平凡的 Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. -- Cudworth.
Prosaical (a.) Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. -- Ed. Rev. -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
Prosaic (a.) Not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay" [syn: matter-of-fact, prosaic].
Prosaic (a.) Lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound].
Prosaic (a.) Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous].
Prosaicism (n.) The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style. [R.] -- Poe.
Prosaism (n.) That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner. -- Coleridge.
Prosaist (n.) A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer. "An estimable prosaist." -- I. Taylor.
Prosal (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Proscenia (n. pl. ) of Proscenium
Proscenium (n.) (Anc. Theater)
The part where the actors performed; the stage.
Proscenium (n.) (Modern Theater) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.
Proscenium (n.) The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) [syn: proscenium, apron, forestage].
Proscenium (n.) The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater [syn: proscenium, proscenium wall].
Proscolices (n. pl. ) of Proscolex
Proscolex (n.) (Zool.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.
Compare: Redia
Redia (n.; pl. Redias) (Zool.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Proscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Proscribe
Proscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proscribe
Proscribe (v. t.) 剝奪……的公權；放逐；禁止；排斥 To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and proscribed. -- Spenser.
Proscribe (v. t.) To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.
The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice. -- Waterland.
Proscribe (v.) Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit].
Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
Proscript (n.) A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict. [R.]
Proscript (n.) One who is proscribed. [R.]
Proscription (n.) The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.
Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary proscription. -- Macaulay.
Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition. -- Macaulay.
Proscription (n.) A decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription].
Proscription (n.) Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone [syn: banishment, proscription].
Proscriptional (a.) Proscriptive.
Proscriptionist (n.) One who proscribes.
Proscriptive (a.) Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. -- Burke. -- Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
Prose (n.) 散文 The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. -- Chaucer.
Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. -- Milton.
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose -- words in their best order; poetry -- the best order. -- Coleridge.
Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
Prose (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
Prose (a.) 散文的，平凡的 Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
Prose (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
Prosed (imp. & p. p.) of Prose
Prosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prose
Prose (v. t.) 寫散文 To write in prose.
Prose (v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
Prose (v. i.) To write prose.
Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. -- Milton.
Prose (n.) Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse.
Proscription (n.) Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression.
PROSE, () PROblem Solution Engineering. Numerical problems including differentiation and integration. "Computing in Calculus", J. Thames, Research/ Development 26(5) (May 1975).
PROSE, () A constraints-and-sequencing system similar to Kaleidoscope. "Reflexive Constraints for Dynamic Knowledge Bases", P. Berlandier et al in Proc First Intl CS Conf '88: AI: Theory and Appls, Dec 1988.
Prosector (n.) 屍體解剖示範者 One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.
Compare: Dissection
Dissection (n.) [Mass noun] 切開；解剖 [U] [C]；解剖體 [C]；仔細分析；詳細查究 [U] [C] The action of dissecting a body or plant to study its internal parts.
‘The dissection of animals for scientific research.’
Dissection (n.) [Mass noun] Very detailed analysis of a text or idea.
‘This dissection of modern relationships.’
Compare: Anatomical
Anatomical (a.) 解剖學上的；解剖的；結構上的 Relating to bodily structure.
‘Anatomical abnormalities.’
Anatomical (a.) Relating to the study of anatomy.
‘Anatomical lectures.’
Compare: Abnormality
Abnormality (n.) (pl. - ies) 反常，異常；變態；畸形；反常的事物 An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence.
‘Babies with congenital abnormalities.’
Abnormality (n.) [Mass noun] The quality or state of being abnormal.
‘Miscarriage can be caused by fetal abnormality.’
Compare: Miscarriage
Miscarriage (n.) 失敗；誤送；流產 The spontaneous or unplanned expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently.
‘His wife had a miscarriage.’
[Mass noun] ‘Some pregnancies result in miscarriage.’
Miscarriage (n.) An unsuccessful outcome of something planned.
‘The miscarriage of the project.’
Prosecutable (a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
Prosecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Prosecute
Prosecuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prosecute
Prosecute (v. t.) 進行，實行，從事，告發，起訴 To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ? -- Shak.
Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
Prosecute (v. t.) (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. -- Milton.
Prosecute (v. i.) 告發，起訴，作檢察官 To follow after. [Obs.] -- Latimer.
Prosecute (v. i.) (Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. -- Blackstone.
Prosecute (v.) Conduct a prosecution in a court of law.
Prosecute (v.) Bring a criminal action against (in a trial); "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson" [ant: {defend}, {represent}].
Prosecute (v.) Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" [syn: {prosecute}, {engage}, {pursue}].
Prosecution (n.) 起訴，告發；檢舉 [U] [C]；原告及其律師 [the S] [G] The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.
Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties. -- Sir W. Scott.
Prosecution (n.) (Law) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
Prosecution (n.) (Law) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
Prosecution (n.) (Law) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted. -- Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W.
Prosecution (n.) The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior [syn: {prosecution}, {criminal prosecution}] [ant: {defence}, {defense}, {demurrer}, {denial}].
Prosecution (n.) The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant [ant: {defence}, {defense}, {defense lawyers}, {defense team}].
Prosecution (n.) The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion [syn: {pursuance}, {prosecution}].
Prosecution, () crim. law. The means adopted to bring a supposed offender justice and punishment by due course of law.
Prosecution, () Prosecutions are carried on in the name of the government, and have for their principal object the security and happiness of the people in general. Hawk. B. 2, c. 25, s. 3; Bac. Ab. Indictment, A 3.
Prosecution, () The modes most usually employed to carry them on, are by indictment; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 132; presentment of a grand jury; Ibid. 133; coroner's inquest; Ibid. 134; and by an information. Vide Merl. Repert. mot Accusation.
Prosecutor (n.) [C] 檢察官，公訴人；原告，起訴人 One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
Prosecutor (n.) (Law) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government. -- Blackstone.
Prosecutor (n.) A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state [syn: {prosecutor}, {public prosecutor}, {prosecuting officer}, {prosecuting attorney}].
Prosecutor, () practice. He who prosecutes another for a crime in the name of the government.
Prosecutor, () Prosecutors are public or private. The public prosecutor is an officer appointed by the government, to prosecute all offences; he is the attorney general or his deputy.
Prosecutor, () A private prosecutor is one who prefers an accusation against a party whom be suspects to be guilty. Every man may become a prosecutor, but no man is bound except in some few of the more enormous offences, as treason, to be one but if the prosecutor should compound a felony, he will be guilty of a crime. The prosecutor has an inducement to prosecute, because he cannot, in many cases, have any civil remedy until he has done his duty to society by an endeavor to bring the offender to justice. If a prosecutor act from proper motives, me will not be responsible to the party in damages, though he was mistaken in his suspicions; but if, from a motive of revenge, he institute a criminal prosecution without any reasonable foundation, he may be punished by being mulcted in damages in an action for a malicious prosecution.
Prosecutor, () In Pennsylvania a defendant is not bound to plead to an indictment where there is a private prosecutor, until his name shall have been indorsed on the indictment as such, and on acquittal of the defendant, in all cases except where the charge is for a felony, the jury may direct that he shall pay the costs. Vide 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 1 to 10; 1 Phil. Ev. Index, h.t.; 2 Virg. Cas. 3, 20; 1 Dall. 5; 2 Bibb. 210; 6 Call. 245; 5 Rand. 669; and the article Informer.
Prosecutrix (n.) [NL.] A female prosecutor.
Proselyte (n.) 改信仰者 A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.
Ye [Scribes and Pharisees] compass sea and land to make one proselyte. -- Matt. xxiii. 15.
Fresh confidence the speculatist takes From every harebrained proselyte he makes. -- Cowper.
Syn: See {Convert}.
Proselyted (imp. & p. p.) of Proselyte
Proselyting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselyte
Proselyte (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.)（使）改變信仰；（使）變節 To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over. -- Dr. H. More.
Proselyte (n.) A new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
Proselytism (n.) 改變信仰 The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.
They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree. -- Burke.
Proselytism (n.) Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
Proselytism (n.) The practice of proselytizing.
Proselytism (n.) The state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel.
Proselytized (imp. & p. p.) of Proselytize
Proselytizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselytize
Proselytize (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.)（使）改變信仰；（使）變節 To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.
One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize. -- Burke.
Proselytize (v. i.) To make converts or proselytes.
Proselytize (v.) Convert to another faith or religion [syn: {proselytize}, {proselytise}].
Proselytizer (n.) 改變宗教信仰者；勸導者，說客； 勸人改教的人 One who proselytes.
Proseman (n.) A writer of prose. [R.]
Proseminary (n.) A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. -- T. Warton.
Prosemination (n.) Propagation by seed. [Obs.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Prosencephalic (a.) (Anat.) 前腦的 Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
Prosencephalon (n.) (Anat.) 前腦 The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.
Prosencephalon (n.) (Anat.) The cerebrum. -- Huxley.
Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube [syn: forebrain, prosencephalon].
Prosenchyma (n.) (Bot.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
Proser (n.) A writer of prose. [Obs.]
Proser (n.) One who talks or writes tediously. -- Sir W. Scott.
Prosiliency (n.) The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. "Such prosiliency of relief." -- Coleridge.