| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| praise | verb | To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; — applied to a person or his acts., To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; — applied especially to the Divine Being., To value; to appraise., Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation., Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise., The object, ground, or reason of praise. |
| prance | verb i. | To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle., To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner., To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade. |
| prated | imp. & past participle | of Prate |
| prater | noun | One who prates. |
| pratic | noun | See Pratique. |
| praxis | noun | Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object., An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice. |
| prayed | imp. & past participle | of Pray |
| prayer | noun | One who prays; a supplicant., The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body., The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer., The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one’s prayers. |
| preace | verb & noun | Press. |
| preach | verb i. | To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon., To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher., To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue., To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching., To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon., To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching., To advise or recommend earnestly., A religious discourse. |
| preact | verb t. | To act beforehand; to perform previously. |
| prearm | verb t. | To forearm. |
| prease | verb t. & i. | To press; to crowd., A press; a crowd. |
| precel | verb t. & i. | To surpass; to excel; to exceed. |
| precis | noun | A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary. |
| predal | adjective | Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory. |
| preedy | adverb | With ease. |
| prefer | verb t. | To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; — said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc., To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass., To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general., To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; — often followed by to, before, or above. |
| prefix | verb t. | To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement., To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently., That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure. |
| prelal | adjective | Of or pertaining to printing; typographical. |
| premit | verb t. | To premise. |
| prepay | verb t. | To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage. |
| presto | adjective | Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly., Quickly; rapidly; — a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo. |
| pretex | verb t. | To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely. |
| pretor | noun | A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans., Hence, a mayor or magistrate. |
| pretty | superl. | Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem., Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune., Affectedly nice; foppish; — used in an ill sense., Mean; despicable; contemptible; — used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow., Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant., In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; — less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. |
| preyed | imp. & past participle | of Prey |
| preyer | noun | One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. |
| priced | imp. & past participle | of Price, Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-priced labor. |
| pricky | adjective | Stiff and sharp; prickly. |
| prided | imp. & past participle | of Pride |
| priest | noun | A presbyter elder; a minister, One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power., A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation., One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests., To ordain as priest. |
| prieve | verb t. | To prove. |
| primal | adjective | First; primary; original; chief. |
| primed | imp. & past participle | of Prime |
| primer | noun | One who, or that which, primes, an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder., First; original; primary., Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction., A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner., A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica. |
| primly | adverb | In a prim or precise manner. |
| primus | noun | One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. |
| prince | adjective | The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; — originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female., The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood., A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family., The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players., To play the prince. |
| priory | noun | A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; — sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2. |
| priser | noun | See 1st Prizer. |
| prismy | adjective | Pertaining to a prism. |
| prison | noun | A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody., Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority., To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty., To bind (together); to enchain. |
| pritch | noun | A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear., Pique; offense. |
| privet | noun | An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; — called also prim. |
| prized | imp. & past participle | of Prize |
| prizer | noun | One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser., One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger. |
| proach | verb i. | See Approach. |
| probal | adjective | Approved; probable. |
| probed | imp. & past participle | of Probe |
| profit | noun | Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods., Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,, To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men., To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance., To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. |
| progne | noun | A swallow., A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin., An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma. |
| progue | verb i. | To prog., A sharp point; a goad., To prick; to goad. |
| projet | noun | A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project. |
| proleg | noun | One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg. |
| prolix | adjective | Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; — rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon., Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; — applied to a speaker or writer. |
| prolog | noun & verb | Prologue. |
| prompt | noun | A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note., To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite., To suggest; to dictate., To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. |
| proped | noun | Same as Proleg. |
| propel | verb t. | To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder. |
| proper | adjective | Belonging to one; one’s own; individual., Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites., Befitting one’s nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress., Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome., Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; — opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city., Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper., Represented in its natural color; — said of any object used as a charge., Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. |
| propyl | noun | The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds. |
| prosal | adjective | Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. |
| prosed | imp. & past participle | of Prose |
| proser | noun | A writer of prose., One who talks or writes tediously. |
| proto- | A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan., Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc., Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed. Also used adjectively. | |
| proant | noun | Provender or food. |
| proved | imp. & past participle | of Prove |
| proven | past participle / adjective | Proved. |
| prover | noun | One who, or that which, proves. |
| pruned | imp. & past participle | of Prune |
| pruner | noun | One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous., Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa. |
| prunus | noun | A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening. |
| prying | present participle & vb. noun | of Pry, Inspecting closely or impertinently. |