Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 139
Province (n.) A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.
Province (n.) The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. -- Tattler.
Province (n.) Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.
Province (n.) The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" [syn: state, province].
Province (n.) The proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" [syn: province, responsibility].
Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
Provincial (a.) Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces." -- Macaulay.
Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. -- Ayliffe
Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to
With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. -- Shak.
Provincial (n.) A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
Provincial (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
Provincial (a.) Of or associated with a province; "provincial government".
Provincial (a.) Characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" [ant: cosmopolitan].
Provincial (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials".
Provincial (n.) A country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic].
Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. -- M. Arnold.
Provincialism (n.) A lack of sophistication.
Provincialism (n.) A partiality for some particular place [syn: sectionalism, provincialism, localism].
Provincialist (n.) One who lives in a province; a provincial.
Provinciality (n.) The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. -- T. Warton.
Provincialized (imp. & p. p.) of Provincialize.
Provincializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provincialize.
Provincialize (v. t.) To render provincial. -- M. Arnold.
Provincially (adv.) In a provincial manner.
Provincially (adv.) By the province; through the province; "provincially controlled".
Provinciate (v. t.) To convert into a province or provinces. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Provine (v. i.) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Provision (n.) 供應 [U] [（+of）]；預備；防備 [U] [（+for/ against）] The act of providing, or making previous preparation. -- Shak.
Provision (n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Making provision for the relief of strangers. -- Bacon.
Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
And of provisions laid in large, For man and beast. -- Milton.
Provision (n.) That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
Provision (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
Provision (n.) (Eng. Hist.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation. -- Blackstone.
Provisioned (imp. & p. p.) of Provision.
Provisioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provision.
Provision (v. t.) 向……供應糧食（或必需品等）[（+for）] To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
They were provisioned for a journey. -- Palfrey.
Provision (n.) A stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision, proviso].
Provision (n.) The activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision, supply, supplying].
Provision (n.) The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: planning, preparation, provision].
Provision (n.) A store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms).
Provision (v.) Supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey].
Provision, () com. law. The property which a drawer of a bill of exchange places in the hands of a drawee; as, for example, by remittances, or when the drawee is indebted to the drawer when the bill becomes due, provision is said to have been made. Acceptance always presumes a provision. See Code de Comm. art. 115, 116, 117.
Provision, () French law. An allowance granted by a judge to a party for his support; which is to be paid before there is a definitive judgment. In a civil case, for example, it is an allowance made to a wife who is separated from her husband. Dict. de Jurisp. h.t.
Provisional (a.) 臨時的，暫時性的，暫定的 Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
Provisional (a.) Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative].
Provisionally (adv.) By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. -- Locke.
Provisionally (adv.) Temporarily and conditionally; "they have agreed provisionally"; "was appointed provisionally".
Provisionary (a.) Provisional. -- Burke.
Provisionary (a.) Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative].
Provisos (n. pl. ) of Proviso
Proviso (n.) 但書；附帶條件 An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.
He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. -- Shak.
Proviso (n.) A stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision, proviso].
Proviso, () The name of a clause inserted in an act of the legislature, a deed, a written agreement, or other instrument, which generally contains a condition that a certain thing shall or shall not be done, in order that an agreement contained in another clause shall take effect.
Proviso, () It always implies a condition, unless subsequent words change it to a covenant; but when a proviso contains the mutual words of the parties to a deed, it amounts to a covenant. 2 Co. 72; Cro. Eliz. 242; Moore, 707 Com. on Cov. 105; Lilly's Reg. h.t.; 1 Lev. 155.
Proviso, () A proviso differs from an exception. 1 Barn. k Ald. 99. An exception exempts, absolutely, from the operation of an engagement or an enactment; a proviso defeats their operation, conditionally. An exception takes out of an engagement or enactment, something which would otherwise be part of the subject-matter of it; a proviso avoids them by way of defeasance or excuse. 8 Amer. Jurist, 242; Plowd. 361; Carter 99; 1 Saund. 234 a, note; Lilly's Reg. h.t.; and the cases there cited. Vide, generally Amer. Jurist, No. 16, art. 1; Bac. Ab. Conditions, A; Com. Dig. Condition, A 1, A 2; Darw. on Stat. 660.
Provisor (n.) 伙食採辦者；【宗教】（尤其指未出缺的）聖職的被委任者；【天主教】副主教，代理主教；【宗】聖職候補人 One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] "The chief provisor of our horse." -- Ford.
Provisor (n.) (R. C. Ch.) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.
Provisor (n.) (R. C. Ch.) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. -- P. Plowman.
Provisor (n.) (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
Provisorily (adv.) In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Provisorship (n.) The office or position of a provisor. [R.] -- J. Webster.
Provisory (a.) 有但書的；有附帶條件的；暫時的；臨時的 Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.
Provisory (a.) Making temporary provision; provisional.
Provisory (a.) Subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause".
Provocation (n.) 挑釁；挑撥；激怒 [U]； 挑釁行為；激怒的原因 [C] The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger. -- Fabyan.
Provocation (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation. -- Paley.
Provocation (n.) Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.
Provocation (n.) (Law) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress.
Provocation (n.) An appeal to a court.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.
Provocation (n.) Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [syn: aggravation, irritation, provocation].
Provocation (n.) Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: incitement, incitation provocation].
Provocation (n.) Needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation" [syn: provocation, incitement].
Provocation, () The act of inciting another to do something.
Provocation, () Provocation simply, unaccompanied by a crime or misdemeanor, does not justify the person provoked to commit an assault and battery. In cases of homicide, it may reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter. But when the provocation is given for the purpose of justifying or excusing an intended murder, and the party provoked is killed, it is no justification. 2 Gilb. Ev. by Lofft, 753.
Provocation, () The unjust provocation by a wife of her husband, in consequence of which she suffers from his ill usage, will not entitle her to a divorce on the ground of cruelty; her remedy, in such cases, is by changing her manners. 2 Lee,, R. 172; 1 Hagg. Cons. Rep. 155. Vide Cruelty; To Persuade; 1 Russ. on Cr. B. 3, c. 1, s. 1, page 434, and B. 3, c. 3, s. 1, pa e 486; 1 East, P. C. 232 to 241.
Provocation (n.) [ C or U ] (C2) 激怒；挑釁；挑釁的話 An action or statement that is intended to make someone angry.
// He'd fly into a rage at the slightest provocation.
Provocative (a.) 氣人的；挑撥的；刺激的 Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
Provocative (n.) 刺激物；興奮劑 Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.
Provocative (a.) Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a ovocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope [ant: unprovocative, unprovoking].
Provocative (a.) Exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative".
Provocativeness (n.) Quality of being provocative.
Provocatory (a.) Provocative.
Provokable (a.) That may be provoked.
Provoked (imp. & p. p.) of Provoke
Provoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provoke
Provoke (v. t.) . 對……挑釁；煽動；激怒，激起 [（+to/ into）] [O2]；誘導，導致 [O2]；（女子）撩撥（男子） To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
Obey his voice, provoke him not. -- Ex. xxiii. 21.
Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. -- Eph. v. i. 4.
Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make death in us live. -- Milton.
Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? -- Gray.
To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul. -- J. Burroughs.
Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite; anger. See Irritate.
Provoke (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.
Provoke (v. i.) To appeal.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Provoke (v.) Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke].
Provoke (v.) Evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up].
Provoke (v.) Provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate].
Provoke (v.) Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke].
Provokement (n.) The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.
Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things. -- Shak.
Provoking (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. -- Pro*vok"ing*ly, adv.
Provoking (a.) Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport" [syn: agitative, agitating, provoking].
Provost (n.) 監管者；（美國某些大學的）教務長；（英國某些學院的）院長 A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Note: In France, formerly, a provost was an inferior judge who had cognizance of civil causes. The grand provost of France, or of the household, had jurisdiction in the king's house, and over its officers.
{Provost marshal} (Mil.) An officer appointed in every army, in the field, to secure the prisoners confined on charges of a general nature. He also performs such other duties pertaining to police and discipline as the regulations of the service or the commander's orders impose upon him.
{Provost marshal} (Nav.) An officer who has charge of prisoners on trial by court-martial, serves notices to witnesses, etc.
Provost (n.) A high-ranking university administrator.
Provost (n.) A title given to the chief of some corporations or societies. In France, this title was formerly given to some presiding judges. The word is derived from the Latin praepositus.
Provostship (n.) The office of a provost.
Prow (n.) [C] 船首，船頭；（飛機的）機頭 The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. -- Wordsworth.
The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. -- Milton.
Prow (n.) See Proa.
Prow (a.) Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] -- Tennyson.
The prowest knight that ever field did fight. -- Spenser.
Prow (n.) Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.]
That shall be for your hele and for your prow. -- Chaucer.
Prow (n.) Front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow, stem].
Prowess (n.) [U] 英勇；無畏；非凡的能力；高超的本領 Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. -- Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
He by his prowess conquered all France. -- Shak.
Prowess (n.) A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess].
Prowled (imp. & p. p.) of Prowl
Prowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prowl
Prowl (v. t.) 潛行於；（暗中）巡行於；在……搜尋 To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Prowl (v. t.) To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. [Obs.]
Prowl (v. i.) （野獸等）四處覓食；暗中來回尋覓；徘徊；潛行 To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
Prowl (n.) 四處覓食；徘徊；搜尋 [the S] The act of prowling. [Colloq.] -- Smart.
Prowl (n.) The act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner).
Prowl (v.) Move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town".
Prowl (v.) Loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl, lurch].
Prowler (n.) 徘徊者；小偷 One that prowls. -- Thomson.
Prowler (n.) Someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker].
Prowler (n.) [Unix] A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke lost+found directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system. See also reaper, skulker.
Prowler
Skulker
({Unix) A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke "lost+found" directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system.
See also GFR, reaper, skulker. (1995-02-14)
Prowling (a.) Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey. "A prowling wolf." -- Milton. -- Prowl"ing*ly, adv.
Prox (n.) "The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes." [Rhode Island] -- Bartlett.
Prox (a.) 【拉】下月的 In or of the next month after the present; "scheduled for the 6th prox" [syn: proximo, prox].
Proxene (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.
Proxenet (n.) A negotiator; a factor. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Proximad (adv.) (Anat.) Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.
Proximal (a.) 最接近的；【生】近側的 Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
Proximal (a.) (Biol.) Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.
Proximal (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.
Proximal (a.) Situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the proximal end of a bone" [ant: distal].
Proximally (adv.) (Anat.) 最近地，靠近地；【解】靠近身體中心部位地，近側地 On or toward a proximal part; proximad.
Proximate (a.) 最近的；即將發生的；近似的 Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. "Proximate ancestors." -- J. S. Harford.
The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. -- T. Burnet.
Proximate analysis (Chem.), An analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis.
Proximate cause, () A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. -- I. Watts.
Proximate cause, () That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening.
Proximate principle (Physiol. Chem.), One of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc.
Syn: Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct.
Compare: Analysis
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) 分析；分解；解析 [C] [U]；【美】精神分析 [U] [C] A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
Analysis (n.; pl. Analyses.) (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.
Proximate (a.) Closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals" [ant: ultimate].
Proximate (a.) Very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses".
Proximately (adv.) 最近地；緊鄰地 In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
Proxime (a.) Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.]
Proximious (a.) Proximate. [Obs.]
Proximity (n.) 接近，鄰近；親近 [U] [（+to/of）] The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. -- Dryden.
Proximity (n.) The property of being close together [syn: proximity, propinquity].
Proximity (n.) The region close around a person or thing.
Proximity (n.) A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit [syn: proximity, law of proximity].
Proximity, () Kindred between two persons. Dig. 38, 16, 8.
Proximo ()【拉】下月的 In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.
Proximo (a.) In or of the next month after the present; "scheduled for the 6th prox" [syn: proximo, prox].
Compare: Procuration
Procuration (n.) 取得或採購行為；【律】委任、委託書；代理權之授與 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.
Proxies (n. pl. ) of Proxy
Proxy (n.) 代理人；代理權；取代物；代理委託書 The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. -- Burke.
Proxy (n.) The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. -- Blackstone.
Proxy (n.) A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
Proxy (n.) (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. -- Burrill.
Proxy (n.) (Eccl.) See Procuration. [Obs.]
Proxy (v. i.) To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
Proxy (n.) A person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy, placeholder, procurator].
Proxy (n.) A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
Proxy, () A process that accepts requests for some service and passes them on to the real server. A proxy may run on dedicated hardware or may be purely software. It may transform the request in some way or provide some additional layer of functionality such as caching or remote access. A proxy may be intended to increase security, e.g. a web proxy that allows multiple clients inside an organisation to access the Internet through a single secure, shared connection. (2007-09-03)
Proxy, () A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
Proxy, () In the ecclesiastical law, a judicial proctor, or one who is appointed to manage another man's law concerns, is called a proxy. Ayl. Parerg.
Proxy, () The instrument by which a person is appointed so to act, is likewise called a proxy.
Proxy, () Proxies are also annual payments made by the parochial clergy to the bishop, &c., on visitations. Tom. Law Dictionary, h.t. Vide Rutherf. Inst. 253; Hall's Pr. 14.
Proxy, () The right of voting at an election of an incorporated company by proxy is not a general right, and the party claiming it must show a special authority for that purpose. Ang. on Corp. 67-69; 1 Paige's Ch. Rep. 590; 5 Day's Rep. 329; 5 Cowen, Rep. 426.
Proxyship (n.) The office or agency of a proxy.
Pruce (n.) Prussian leather. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Prude (n.) 假裝正經的人；老古板；正經過度的人；裝成規矩的女人；過分正經的女人 A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.
Less modest than the speech of prudes. -- Swift.
Prude (n.) A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum [syn: prude, puritan].
Prude (n.) A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.
Prudence (n.) [U] 審慎，慎重；精明，深謀遠慮 The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.
Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. -- Sir M. Hale.
Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. -- Whewell.
Syn: Wisdom; forecast; providence; considerateness; judiciousness; discretion; caution; circumspection; judgment. See {Wisdom}.
Prudence (n.) Discretion in practical affairs [ant: {imprudence}]
Prudence (n.) Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" [syn: {discretion}, {discreetness}, {circumspection}, {prudence}].
Prudency (n.) Prudence. [Obs.] -- Hakluyt.
Prudent (a.) 審慎的，小心的；精明的；節儉的；善於經營的 Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.
Moses established a grave and prudent law. -- Milton.