Pro"cre*ant (?), a. [L. procreans, p. pr. of procreare. See Procreate.]
Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation.
[R.] "His pendent bed and procreant cradle." Shak.
Pro"cre*ant, n. One who, or that which, procreates.
Pro"cre*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procreated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Procreating.] [L. procreatus, p. p. of procreare; pro forward, forth +
create to create.] To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.
Pro`cre*a"tion (?), n. [F. procrÈation, L, procreatio.] The act of
begetting; generation and production of young. South.
Pro"cre*a`tive (?), a. Having the power to beget; generative. Sir M.
Hale.
Pro"cre*a`tive*ness, n. The power of generating.
Pro"cre*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who begets; a father or sire; a
generator.
||Pro"cris (?), n. [L., the wife of Cephalus, Gr. &?;.] (Zoˆl.) Any
||species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvÊ of some
||species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
Pro*crus"te*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of
torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as,
the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.
Pro*crus"te*an*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrusteanized (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Procrusteanizing (?).] To stretch or contract according to
some rule or standard.
Pro*crus"tes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to beat out, to stretch;
&?; forward + &?; to strike.] (Gr. Antiq.) A celebrated legendary
highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as
the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them
to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of
Procrustes.
Pro`crus*te"si*an (?), a. See Procrustean.
||Proc*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; anus + -itis.] (Med.)
||Inflammation of the rectum.
Proc"to*cele (?), n. [Gr. &?; anus + &?; tumor.] (Med.) Inversion and
prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the
sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani. Dunglison.
||Proc`to*dÊ"um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the anus + &?; to divide.]
||(Anat.) See Mesenteron.
Proc"tor (?), n. [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See
Procurator.] One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
Specifically: (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who
could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.;
hence a beggar. [Obs.] Nares. (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in
admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at
common law, or to a solicitor in equity. Wharton. (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A
representative of the clergy in convocation. (d) An officer in a
university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws
of the institution.
Proc"tor, v. t. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or
agent. Bp. Warburton.
Proc"tor*age (?), n. Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor;
hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt. "The fogging
proctorage of money." Milton.
Proc*to"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic
proctor; magisterial.