||Pro*phrag"ma (?), n.; pl. Prophragmata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; before
||+ &?;, &?;, fence, screen. ] (Zoˆl.) An internal dorsal chitinous
||process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
Proph`y*lac"tic (?), n. [Cf. F. prophylactique.] (Med.) A medicine
which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
{ Proph`y*lac"tic (?), Proph`y*lac"tic*al (?) }, a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
to guard against; &?; before + &?; to guard: cf. F. prophylactique.]
(Med.) Defending or preserving from disease; preventive. Coxe.
||Proph`y*lax"is (?), n. [NL. See Prophylactic.] (Med.) The art of
||preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the
||rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or
||preventive treatment.
Pro*pice" (?), a. [OE., fr. F. propice, See Propitious.] Fit;
propitious. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Pro"pi*dene (?), n. [Propyl + ethylidene.] (Chem.) The unsymmetrical
hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene,
and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called
also propylidene.
Prop`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. propinatio. See Propine.] The act of
pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.
[Obs.] Abp. Potter.
Pro*pine" (?), v. t. [L. propinare, Gr. &?;; &?; before + &?; to
drink.]
1. To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of
drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup. [Obs.]
The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and
joy propined.