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4. 2. 61.
=Practice=, _n. _ 1. A plot. ? _Arch. _ 5. 8. 57.
2. Treachery. ? _Arch. _ 4. 7. 80.
=Practice=, _v. _ ? 1. To tamper with; corrupt. 1. 1. 38.
2. _intr. _ To plot; conspire. 5. 3. 10; 5. 51.
=Pragmaticke=, _a. _ Pragmatical. 1. 6. 56.
=Pregnant=, _a. _ ? Convincing; clear. 5. 8. 77.
=Present=, _a. _ Immediate (fr. L. _praesens_). 3. 6. 40.
=Present=, _n. _ ? 1. The money or other property one has on hand.
1. 5. 20.
2. The existing emergency; the temporary condition. 2. 6. 70.
=President=, _n. _ ? A ruling spirit. 3. 5. 38.
=Presume=, _v. _ To rely (upon). 2. 2. 30.
=Pretend=, _v. _ 1. To lay claim (to). 2. 4. 16; 3. 3. 102.
? 2. To aspire to. 1. 6. 36.
=Price=, _n. _ Estimated or reputed worth; valuation. 2. 8. 105.
=Priuate=, _n. _ ? Priuate account. 5. 4. 23.
=Processe=, _n. _ _Law. _ Summons; mandate. 3. 3. 72; 3. 3. 139.
=Prodigious=, _a. _ ? Portentous; disastrous. 2. 7. 19.
=Profer=, _n. _ ? An essay, attempt. 5. 6. 43.
=Proiect=, _v. _ 1. _tr. _ To devise. 1. 8. 10.
? 2. _intr. _ To form projects or schemes. 3. 3. 42.
=Proiector=, _n. _ One who forms schemes or projects for enriching men.
1. 7. 9. See the passage.
=Pronenesse=, _n. _ Inclination, _spec. _ to sexual intercourse.
4. 4. 233.
=Proper=, _a. _ Well-formed. Now only prov. Eng. 1. 6. 218.
=Proportion=, _n. _ 1. Allotment; share. 2. 3. 36.
2. Calculation; estimate. 2. 1. 90; 3. 3. 127.
=Prostitute=, _a. _ Debased; worthless. 3. 2. 19.
||=Pro'uedor=, _n. _ [Sp. _proveedor_=Pg. _provedor_. ] A purveyor.
3. 4. 35.
=Prouinciall=, _n. _ "In some religious orders, a monastic
superior who has the general superintendence of his fraternity
in a given district called a province. " _CD. _ 5. 6. 64.
||=Prouocado=, _n. _ [<Sp. _provocar_, to challenge. ]
Challengee; one challenged. 3. 3. 143.
||=Prouocador=, _n. _ [<Sp. _provocador_, _provoker_. ]
Challenger. 3. 3. 142.
=Pr'y thee=.
[A weakened form of _I pray thee_. ] Jonson
uses the following forms: Pray thee. 1. 2. 30. Pr'y thee.
2. 1. 78. 'Pr'y the. 1. 3. 22.
=Publication=, _n. _ Notification; announcement: _spec. _
the notification of a 'depending' quarrel by a preliminary
settlement of one's estate. 3. 3. 137.
=Pug=, _n. _ ? 1. An elf; a spirit; a harmless devil.
The Persons of the Play.
2. A term of familiarity or endearment. ? _Obs. _ 2. 2. 128.
=Pui'nee=, _a. _ [For _puisne_, _arch. _ form of _puny_, retained
in legal use. ]
1. _Law. _ Inferior in rank.
2. Small and weak; insignificant; pr. with a quibble on 1.
1. 1. 5.
? =Punto=, _n. _ ? _Obs. _ Eng. fr. Sp. or It. _punto_. A delicate point
of form, ceremony, or etiquette; the 'pink' of style. 4. 4. 69.
=Purchase=, _n. _ ? Plunder; ill-gotten gain. 3. 4. 32.
=Purt'nance=, _n. _ The inwards or intestines. ? _Arch. _ 5. 8. 107.
=Put=, _v. _ 1. _intr. _ To move; to venture. 1. 1. 24.
Phrases. 1. _Put downe_: To put to rout, vanquish
(in a contest). 1. 1. 93.
2. _Put off_: To dismiss (care, hope, etc. ). 2. 2. 48;
3. 4. 25. To turn aside, turn back; divert (one from a
course of action). 1. 4. 68.
3. _Put out_: To invest; place at interest. 3. 4. 23.
4. _Put vpon_: To instigate; incite. 5. 8. 141.
To foist upon; palm off on. 3. 3. 174.
=Quality=, _n_. 1. Character, nature. Now _rare_. 3. 4. 37.
2. High birth or rank. Now _arch. _ 1. 1. 111.
=Quarrell=, _v. _ To find fault with (a person); to reprove angrily.
_Obs. _ exc. Sc. (Freq. in 17th c. ). 4. 7. 12.
=Quit=, _v. _ ? To free, rid (of). 3. 6. 61.
=Read=, _v. _ ? To discourse. 4. 4. 248.
=Repaire=, _v. _ To right; to win reparation or amends for (a person).
? _Obs. _ 2. 2. 59.
||=Rerum natura=, _phr. _ L. The nature of things; the physical
universe. 3. 1. 35.
=Resolu'd=, _ppl. a. _ 1. Determined. 2. 7. 13.
With quibble on 2.
2. Convinced.
=Retchlesse=, _a. _ [Form of _reckless_. ] ? Careless; negligent.
3. 6. 34.
=Reuersion=, _n. _ A right or hope of future possession or enjoyment;
hence, phr. in _reuersion_: In prospect; in expectation. 5. 4. 44.
=Rhetorique=, _n. _ Rhetorician. ? _Obs. _ 1. 4. 102.
? =Ribibe=, _n. _ A shrill-voiced old woman. 1. 1. 16.
=Right=, _a. _ True; real; genuine. _Obs. _ or _arch. _ 2. 2. 103.
=Roaring=, _a.
4. 2. 61.
=Practice=, _n. _ 1. A plot. ? _Arch. _ 5. 8. 57.
2. Treachery. ? _Arch. _ 4. 7. 80.
=Practice=, _v. _ ? 1. To tamper with; corrupt. 1. 1. 38.
2. _intr. _ To plot; conspire. 5. 3. 10; 5. 51.
=Pragmaticke=, _a. _ Pragmatical. 1. 6. 56.
=Pregnant=, _a. _ ? Convincing; clear. 5. 8. 77.
=Present=, _a. _ Immediate (fr. L. _praesens_). 3. 6. 40.
=Present=, _n. _ ? 1. The money or other property one has on hand.
1. 5. 20.
2. The existing emergency; the temporary condition. 2. 6. 70.
=President=, _n. _ ? A ruling spirit. 3. 5. 38.
=Presume=, _v. _ To rely (upon). 2. 2. 30.
=Pretend=, _v. _ 1. To lay claim (to). 2. 4. 16; 3. 3. 102.
? 2. To aspire to. 1. 6. 36.
=Price=, _n. _ Estimated or reputed worth; valuation. 2. 8. 105.
=Priuate=, _n. _ ? Priuate account. 5. 4. 23.
=Processe=, _n. _ _Law. _ Summons; mandate. 3. 3. 72; 3. 3. 139.
=Prodigious=, _a. _ ? Portentous; disastrous. 2. 7. 19.
=Profer=, _n. _ ? An essay, attempt. 5. 6. 43.
=Proiect=, _v. _ 1. _tr. _ To devise. 1. 8. 10.
? 2. _intr. _ To form projects or schemes. 3. 3. 42.
=Proiector=, _n. _ One who forms schemes or projects for enriching men.
1. 7. 9. See the passage.
=Pronenesse=, _n. _ Inclination, _spec. _ to sexual intercourse.
4. 4. 233.
=Proper=, _a. _ Well-formed. Now only prov. Eng. 1. 6. 218.
=Proportion=, _n. _ 1. Allotment; share. 2. 3. 36.
2. Calculation; estimate. 2. 1. 90; 3. 3. 127.
=Prostitute=, _a. _ Debased; worthless. 3. 2. 19.
||=Pro'uedor=, _n. _ [Sp. _proveedor_=Pg. _provedor_. ] A purveyor.
3. 4. 35.
=Prouinciall=, _n. _ "In some religious orders, a monastic
superior who has the general superintendence of his fraternity
in a given district called a province. " _CD. _ 5. 6. 64.
||=Prouocado=, _n. _ [<Sp. _provocar_, to challenge. ]
Challengee; one challenged. 3. 3. 143.
||=Prouocador=, _n. _ [<Sp. _provocador_, _provoker_. ]
Challenger. 3. 3. 142.
=Pr'y thee=.
[A weakened form of _I pray thee_. ] Jonson
uses the following forms: Pray thee. 1. 2. 30. Pr'y thee.
2. 1. 78. 'Pr'y the. 1. 3. 22.
=Publication=, _n. _ Notification; announcement: _spec. _
the notification of a 'depending' quarrel by a preliminary
settlement of one's estate. 3. 3. 137.
=Pug=, _n. _ ? 1. An elf; a spirit; a harmless devil.
The Persons of the Play.
2. A term of familiarity or endearment. ? _Obs. _ 2. 2. 128.
=Pui'nee=, _a. _ [For _puisne_, _arch. _ form of _puny_, retained
in legal use. ]
1. _Law. _ Inferior in rank.
2. Small and weak; insignificant; pr. with a quibble on 1.
1. 1. 5.
? =Punto=, _n. _ ? _Obs. _ Eng. fr. Sp. or It. _punto_. A delicate point
of form, ceremony, or etiquette; the 'pink' of style. 4. 4. 69.
=Purchase=, _n. _ ? Plunder; ill-gotten gain. 3. 4. 32.
=Purt'nance=, _n. _ The inwards or intestines. ? _Arch. _ 5. 8. 107.
=Put=, _v. _ 1. _intr. _ To move; to venture. 1. 1. 24.
Phrases. 1. _Put downe_: To put to rout, vanquish
(in a contest). 1. 1. 93.
2. _Put off_: To dismiss (care, hope, etc. ). 2. 2. 48;
3. 4. 25. To turn aside, turn back; divert (one from a
course of action). 1. 4. 68.
3. _Put out_: To invest; place at interest. 3. 4. 23.
4. _Put vpon_: To instigate; incite. 5. 8. 141.
To foist upon; palm off on. 3. 3. 174.
=Quality=, _n_. 1. Character, nature. Now _rare_. 3. 4. 37.
2. High birth or rank. Now _arch. _ 1. 1. 111.
=Quarrell=, _v. _ To find fault with (a person); to reprove angrily.
_Obs. _ exc. Sc. (Freq. in 17th c. ). 4. 7. 12.
=Quit=, _v. _ ? To free, rid (of). 3. 6. 61.
=Read=, _v. _ ? To discourse. 4. 4. 248.
=Repaire=, _v. _ To right; to win reparation or amends for (a person).
? _Obs. _ 2. 2. 59.
||=Rerum natura=, _phr. _ L. The nature of things; the physical
universe. 3. 1. 35.
=Resolu'd=, _ppl. a. _ 1. Determined. 2. 7. 13.
With quibble on 2.
2. Convinced.
=Retchlesse=, _a. _ [Form of _reckless_. ] ? Careless; negligent.
3. 6. 34.
=Reuersion=, _n. _ A right or hope of future possession or enjoyment;
hence, phr. in _reuersion_: In prospect; in expectation. 5. 4. 44.
=Rhetorique=, _n. _ Rhetorician. ? _Obs. _ 1. 4. 102.
? =Ribibe=, _n. _ A shrill-voiced old woman. 1. 1. 16.
=Right=, _a. _ True; real; genuine. _Obs. _ or _arch. _ 2. 2. 103.
=Roaring=, _a.
