PrÊ- (?). A prefix. See Pre-.
||PrÊ"ca`va (?), n. [NL. See Pre-, and 1st Cave.] (Anat.) The superior
||vena cava. -- PrÊ"ca`val (#), a. B. G. Wilder.
PrÊc"i*pe (?), n. [L., imperative of praecipere to give rules or
precepts. See Precept.] (Law) (a) A writ commanding something to be
done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it. (b) A paper containing
the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ
is to be issued. Wharton.
||PrÊ"co*ces (?), n. pl. [NL. See Precocious.] (Zoˆl.) A division of
||birds including those whose young are able to run about when first
||hatched.
PrÊ*co"cial (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the PrÊcoces.
||PrÊ*cog"ni*ta (?), n. pl. [L. praecognitus, p. p. of praecognoscere
||to foreknow. See Pre-, and Cognition.] This previously known, or
||which should be known in order to understand something else.
PrÊ*com"mis*sure (?), n. [Pref. prÊ + commissure.] (Anat.) A transverse
commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain;
the anterior cerebral commissure.
PrÊ*cor"a*coid (?), n. (Anat.) See Precoracoid.
||PrÊ*cor"di*a (?), n. [L., fr. prae before + cor, cordis, the heart.]
||(Anat.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.
PrÊ*cor"di*al (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Precordial.
||PrÊ*cor"nu (?), n.; pl. PrÊcornua (#). [NL. See Pre-, and Cornu.]
||(Anat.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B.
||G. Wilder.
PrÊ"di*al (?), a. See Predial.
PrÊ`flo*ra"tion (?), n. Same as Prefloration. Gray.
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PrÊ*fo`li*a"tion (?), n. Same as Prefoliation. Gray.
PrÊ`max*il"la (?), n. See Premaxilla.
PrÊ*mo"lar (?), a. See Premolar.
PrÊ*morse" (?), a. Same as Premorse.
||PrÊm`u*ni"re (?), n. [Corrupted from L. praemonere to forewarn, cite.
||See Admonish.] (Eng. Law) (a) The offense of introducing foreign
||authority into England, the penalties for which were originally
||intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom. (b)
||The writ grounded on that offense. Wharton. (c) The penalty ascribed
||for the offense of prÊmunire.
Wolsey incurred a prÊmunire, and forfeited his honor, estate, and
life.
South.
The penalties of prÊmunire were subsequently applied to many other
offenses; but prosecutions upon a prÊmunire are at this day unheard of
in the English courts. Blackstone.
PrÊm`u*ni"re, v. t. 1. To subject to the penalties of prÊmunire. [Obs.]
T. Ward.
PrÊ*mu"ni*to*ry (?), a. See Premunitory.
||PrÊ*na"res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pre-, Nares.] (Anat.) The anterior
||nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder.
PrÊ*na"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Prenasal.
PrÊ*no"men (?), n.; pl. PrÊnomina (#). [L., fr. prae before + nomen
name.] (Rom. Antiq.) The first name of a person, by which individuals
of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name,
as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
PrÊ`no*min"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a prÊnomen. [Obs.] M. A.
Lower.
PrÊ`o*per"cu*lum, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Preoperculum. --
PrÊ`o*per"cu*lar, a.
PrÊ*o"ral, n., PrÊ*pu"bis, n., PrÊ*scap"u*la, n., PrÊ*scu"tum, n.,
PrÊ*ster"num, n. Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.
PrÊ"ter- (?). A prefix. See Preter- .
PrÊt"er*ist (?), n. (Theol.) See Preterist.
PrÊ`ter*mit" (?), v. t. See Pretermit.
PrÊ*tex"ta (?), n.; pl. PrÊtextÊ (#), E. PrÊtextas (#). [L. (sc. toga),
fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border;
prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a
purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the
toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and
by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and
priests.
PrÊ"tor (?), n. See Pretor.
||PrÊ*to"res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pretor.] (Zoˆl.) A division of
||butterflies including the satyrs.
PrÊ*to"ri*an (?), a. See Pretorian.
PrÊ*to"ri*um (?), n. See Pretorium.
||PrÊ*zyg`a*poph"y*sis (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Prezygapophysis.
{ Prag*mat"ic (?), Prag*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [L. pragmaticus busy,
active, skilled in business, especially in law and state affairs,
systematic, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a thing done, business, fr. &?; to do: cf.
F. pragmatique. See Practical.] 1. Of or pertaining to business or to
affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike
in habit or manner.
The next day . . . I began to be very pragmatical.
Evelyn.
We can not always be contemplative, diligent, or pragmatical,
abroad; but have need of some delightful intermissions.
Milton.
Low, pragmatical, earthly views of the gospel.
Hare.
2. Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy
and positive; meddlesome. "Pragmatical officers of justice." Sir W.
Scott.
The fellow grew so pragmatical that he took upon him the government
of my whole family.
Arbuthnot.
3. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather
than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature. "Pragmatic
history." Sir W. Hamilton. "Pragmatic poetry." M. Arnold.
Pragmatic sanction, a solemn ordinance or decree issued by the head or
legislature of a state upon weighty matters; -- a term derived from the
Byzantine empire. In European history, two decrees under this name are
particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of
France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican
church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724,
settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the
Archduchess Maria Theresa.
Prag*mat"ic, n. 1. One skilled in affairs.
My attorney and solicitor too; a fine pragmatic.
B. Jonson.