Prick it on a prong of iron.
Sandys.
2. The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or
three prongs.
3. (Zoˆl.) (a) A sharp projection, as of an antler. (b) The fang of a
tooth.
Prong"buck` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) The springbuck. (b) The pronghorn.
Pronged (?), a. Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork;
as, a three-pronged fork.
Prong"-hoe` (?), n. A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
Prong"horn` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An American antelope (Antilocapra
Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper
parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the
head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the
horns is shed annually. Called also cabrÈe, cabut, prongbuck, and
pronghorned antelope.
Pro"ni*ty (?), n. [L. pronitas.] Proneness; propensity. [R.] Dr. H.
More.
Pro*nom"i*nal (?), a. [L. pronominalis: cf. F. pronominal. See
Pronoun.] Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.
Pro*nom"i*nal*ize (?), v. t. To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to
pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc. Early.
Pro*nom"i*nal*ly, adv. In a pronominal manner&?; with the nature or
office of a pronoun; as a pronoun.
||Pro`non`cÈ" (?), a. [F. See Pronounce.] Strongly marked; decided, as
||in manners, etc.
Pro*no"ta*ry (?), n. See Prothonotary.
||Pro*no"tum (?), n.; pl. Pronota (#). [NL. See Pro-, and Notum.]
||(Zoˆl.) The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of
||Coleoptera.
Pro"noun (?), n. [Pref. pro- + noun: cf. F. pronom, L. pronomen. See
Noun.] (Gram.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the
repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you,
he, she, it, we, ye, and they.
Pro*nounce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pronounging (?).] [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth +
nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.]
1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as
words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as,
adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or
sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction.
Milton.
3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to
pronounce an oration.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you.
Shak.
4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he
pronounced the act to be a fraud.
The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing thee all good.
Keble.
Syn. -- To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
Pro*nounce", v. i.
1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce
faultlessly. Earle.
2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
[R.] Dr. H. More.
Pro*nounce", n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.]
Milton.
Pro*nounce"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. L. pronunciabilis declarative.] Capable
of being pronounced.
Pro*nounced" (?), a. [F. prononcÈ.] Strongly marked; unequivocal;
decided. [A Gallicism]
[His] views became every day more pronounced.
Thackeray.
Pro*nounce"ment (?), n. The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal
announcement.
Pro*noun"cer (?), n. One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a
pronouncing book.
Pro*noun"cing (?), a. Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as,
a pronouncing dictionary.
Pro*nu"bi*al (?), a. [L. pronuba bridesmaid; pro before + nubere to
marry.] Presiding over marriage. [R.]
Pro*nu"cle*us (?), n.; pl. Pronuclei (-). [NL. See Pro-, and Nucleus.]
(Biol.) One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female
pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an
impregnated ovum.
In the maturing of the ovum preparatory to impregnation, a part of the
germinal vesicle (see Polar body, under Polar) becomes converted into a
number of small vesicles, which aggregate themselves into a single
clear nucleus. which travels towards the center of the egg and is
called the female pronucleus. In impregnation, the spermatozoˆn which
enters the egg soon loses its tail, while the head forms a nucleus,
called the male pronucleus, which gradually travels towards the female
pronucleus and eventually fuses with it, forming the first segmentation
nucleus.
Pro*nun"cial (?), a. Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative.
Pro*nun`ci*a*men"to (?), n. A proclamation or manifesto; a formal
announcement or declaration.
||Pro*nun`ci*a`mi"en"to (?), n. [Sp. See Pronounce.] See
||Pronunciamento.
Pro*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [F. pronunciation, L. pronunciatio. See
Pronounce.]
1. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper
sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of
words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.