3. An officer appointed to procession lands. [Local, U. S. (North
Carolina and Tennessee).] Burrill.
Pro*ces"sion*ing, n. A proceeding prescribed by statute for
ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. [
Local, U. S.] Bouvier.
Pro*ces"sive (?), a. Proceeding; advancing.
Because it is language, -- ergo, processive.
Coleridge.
||Pro`cËs" ver`bal" (?). [ F.] (French Law) An authentic minute of an
||official act, or statement of facts.
Pro"chein (?), a. [F. prochain, fr. L. (assumed) proximanus, fr.
proximus.] Next; nearest.
Prochein ami or amy (&?;) (Law), the next friend. See under Next.
Pro*chor"dal (?), a. [Pref. pro + chordal.] (Anat.) Situated in front
of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous
rudiments in the base of the skull.
Pro"chro*nism (?), n. [Gr. &?; preceding in time; &?; before + &?;
time: cf. F. prochronisme.] The dating of an event before the time it
happened; an antedating; -- opposed to metachronism.
Pro"chro*nize (?), v. t. To antedate. Fitzed. Hall.
{ Proc"i*dence, ||Proc*i*den"ti*a (?), }, n. [L. procidentia, fr.
procidens, p. pr. of procidere to fall down forward.] (Med.) A falling
down; a prolapsus. [R.] Parr.
Pro*cid"u*ous (&?;), a. [ L. prociduus.] Falling from its proper place.
Pro*cinct" (?), n. [L. procinctus, fr. procingere, procinctum, to gird
up.] A state of complete readiness for action. [Obs.] "War in
procinct." Milton.
Pro*claim" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Proclaiming.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward +
clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See Claim.]
1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to
publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or
peace.
To proclaim liberty to the captives.
Isa. lxi. 1.
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Shak.
Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held.
Milton.