Dryden.
Prize, n. [F. prix price. See 3d Prize. ] Estimation; valuation. [Obs.]
Shak.
Prize"man (?), n.; pl. Prizemen (&?;). The winner of a prize.
Priz"er (?), n. [See 3d Prize.] One who estimates or sets the value of
a thing; an appraiser. Shak.
Priz"er, n. [See 1st Prize.] One who contends for a prize; a prize
fighter; a challenger. [Obs.] Shak.
Appeareth no man yet to answer the prizer.
B. Jonson.
Priz"ing, n. [See 2d Prize.] The application of a lever to move any
weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.
Pro- (?). [L. pro, or Gr. &?;. See Pro.] A prefix signifying before, in
front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as,
propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to
throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel,
prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a
noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion,
arrangement according to parts.
||Pro, prep. [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. &?;, and E. for. See For,
||prep., and cf. Prior, a.] A Latin preposition signifying for, before,
||forth.
Pro confesso [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of
equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the
pleading on the other side does not deny. -- Pro rata. [L. See
Prorate.] In proportion; proportion. -- Pro re nata [L.] (Law), for the
existing occasion; as matters are.
Pro, adv. For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in
contrast with con.
Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative
side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- formerly used also
as a verb. -- Pros and cons, the arguments or reasons on either side.
Pro"a (?), n. [Malay pr&?;, prh&?;.] (Naut.) A sailing canoe of the
Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its
weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The
canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a
cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to
windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest
sailing craft known.