~Proof-sheet~, _n._ Proof.
~Prop~, _v. a._ Support, sustain, uphold, hold up, shore up.
~Prop~, _n._ Support, stay, brace, FULCRUM.
~Propagate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Multiply, increase, continue.
~2.~ Spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad.
~3.~ Generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into
being.
~Propagation~, _n._ ~1.~ Multiplication, increase, continuance.
~2.~ Dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement.
~3.~ Generation, procreation, breeding.
~Propel~, _v. a._ Impel, drive forward, push forward, urge on.
~Propensity~, _n._ Inclination, PRONENESS.
~Proper~, _a._ ~1.~ Particular, peculiar, individual, special,
specific, not common.
~2.~ Fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly,
convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate.
~Property~, _n._ ~1.~ Quality, attribute, peculiarity, characteristic,
nature.
~2.~ Wealth, estate, goods, possessions, one's own.
~3.~ Ownership, exclusive right.
~Prophasis~, _n._ (_Med._) Prognosis.
~Prophecy~, _n._ Prediction, prognostication, vaticination,
foretelling, divination.
~Prophesy~, _v. a._ Predict, foretell, prognosticate, VATICINATE,
divine.
~Prophet~, _n._ Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.
~Prophetic~, _a._ Predictive, foretelling, predicting.
~Prophylactic~, _a._ (_Med._) Preventive, preservative.
~Prophylactic~, _n._ (_Med._) Preventive, preservative.
~Propinquity~, _n._ ~1.~ Nearness, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood.
~2.~ Kindred, affinity.
~Propitiate~, _v. a._ Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the
favor of, make propitious, make favorable.
~Propitiation~, _n._ ~1.~ Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.
~2.~ Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
~Propitious~, _a._ ~1.~ Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.
~2.~ Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune,
prosperous, promising, in a fair way.
~Proportion~, _n._ ~1.~ Symmetry, symmetrical relation.
~2.~ Share, lot, part, portion.
~Proportion~, _v. a._ Adjust (_in proper relations_), regulate,
graduate, put in proportion.
~Proportionable~, _a._ PROPORTIONAL.
~Proportionably~, _ad._ PROPORTIONALLY.
~Proportional~, _a._ Proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical,
correspondent.
~Proportionally~, _ad._ Proportionably, proportionately, in
proportion, PRO RATA.
~Proportionate~, _a._ PROPORTIONAL.
~Proportionately~, _ad._ PROPORTIONALLY.
~Proposal~, _n._ Offer (_of something to be done_), proffer, tender,
overture, PROPOSITION.
~Propose~, _v. a._ Offer (_for consideration_), proffer, tender,
propound, enounce, present, suggest, recommend, move, hold out.
~Propose~, _v. n._ [_Recent._] Intend, design, mean, purpose, have the
intention, propose to one's self.
~Proposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Offer (_of something to be considered_),
proffer, tender, overture, suggestion, PROPOSAL.
~2.~ Position, thesis, statement, declaration, dictum, doctrine.
~3.~ (_Logic._) Period, complete sentence.
~Propound~, _v. a._ PROPOSE.
~Proprietary~, _n._ PROPRIETOR.
~Proprietor~, _n._ Possessor, owner, proprietary.
~Propriety~, _n._ ~1.~ Fitness (_to a proper standard or rule_),
appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness,
accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness.
~2.~ Decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality.
~Propulsive~, _a._ Propelling.
~Pro-rata~, [L.] Proportionally, proportionably, proportionately, in
proportion.
~Prorogation~, _n._ Adjournment.
~Prorogue~, _v. a._ Adjourn (_as Parliament_).
~Prosaic~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosy, unpoetical.
~2.~ Dull, flat, bald, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining,
tiresome, tedious, prosing, vapid, tame, humdrum.
~Proscribe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Banish, exile, outlaw, doom to destruction.
~2.~ Exclude, interdict, prohibit, reject, forbid, shut out.
~3.~ Denounce, censure, condemn.
~Proscription~, _n._ ~1.~ Banishment, exile, outlawry.
~2.~ Exclusion, interdiction, prohibition.
~3.~ Denunciation, censure, condemnation.
~Prosecute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out,
carry on, persevere in.
~2.~ Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.
~Prosecution~, _n._ ~1.~ Pursuit.
~2.~ Arraignment, bringing to trial.
~Prosecutor~, _n._ Plaintiff, accuser.
~Proselyte~, _n._ Convert, catechumen.
~Proselyte~, _v. a._ Convert, bring over.
~Proser~, _n._ Bore, buttonholder, tedious narrator.
~Prosing~, _a._ Dull, flat, stupid, PROSAIC.
~Prosopopœia~, _n._ (_Rhet._) Personification.
~Prospect~, _n._ ~1.~ View, survey, display, sight, scene, show,
spectacle, vista, perspective.
~2.~ Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.
~3.~ Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation,
expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.
~Prospective~, _a._ Future, coming.
~Prospective~, _n._ ~1.~ Distant view.
~2.~ View, prospect, contemplation.
~Prospectively~, _ad._ In the future, hereafter.
~Prospectus~, _n._ Plan (_of a literary work_), outline, scheme.
~Prosper~, _v. a._ Favor, befriend, aid, forward, help, make successful.
~Prosper~, _v. n._ SUCCEED, flourish, thrive, go on well, be successful.
~Prosperity~, _n._ Success, thrift, welfare, happiness, well-being,
luck, good fortune, good luck, run of luck, palmy days, halcyon days,
smiles of fortune.
~Prosperous~, _a._ ~1.~ Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate,
lucky, happy, well off, well to do.
~2.~ Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.
~Prostitute~, _v. a._ Misuse, abuse, misapply, pervert, make a bad use
of.
~Prostitute~, _n._ Courtesan, STRUMPET.
~Prostitution~, _n._ ~1.~ Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation.
~2.~ Unlawful sexual intercourse (_on the part of a woman, for hire_),
harlotry.
~Prostrate~, _a._ ~1.~ Prostrated, prone, stretched out.
~2.~ Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.
~Prostrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish,
destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat, bring to the ground.
~2.~ Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.
~Prostration~, _n._ ~1.~ Overthrow, destruction, demolition.
~2.~ Exhaustion, depression.
~Prosy~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosaic, unpoetical.
~2.~ Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome,
tedious.
~Protect~, _v. a._ Defend (_by a covering_), guard, shield, screen,
shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.
~Protection~, _n._ ~1.~ Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge,
guard, preservation.
~2.~ Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.
~Protective~, _a._ Defensive.
~Protector~, _n._ Guardian, champion, defender.
~Pro tempore~, [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present
occasion.
~Protest~, _v. n._ Declare (_solemnly_), aver, affirm, assert,
asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.
~Protest~, _v. a._ Declare (_solemnly_), assert, affirm.
~Protest~, _n._ Declaration (_made in a formal manner against
something_).
~Protestation~, _n._ Declaration, asseveration, affirmation, averment,
avowal.
~Protoplast~, _n._ PROTOTYPE.
~Prototype~, _n._ Original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example,
archetype, protoplast.
~Protract~, _v. a._ Prolong, continue, draw out, lengthen, spin out.
~Protrude~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.
~2.~ Beetle, jut out, hang over.
~Protrude~, _v. n._ Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be
prominent.
~Protuberance~, _n._ Prominence, projection, swelling, bulge, process,
excrescence.
~Protuberant~, _a._ Projecting, prominent, salient, bulging.
~Proud~, _a._ ~1.~ Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.
~2.~ Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty,
vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.
~3.~ Grand, stately, noble.
~Prove~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish,
evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.
~2.~ Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment
upon, submit to the test or proof.
~Prove~, _v. n._ Turn out, be found to be.
~Provender~, _n._ Food (_as hay, corn, &c., for brutes_), fodder,
forage.
~Proverb~, _n._ Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm,
by-word.
~Provide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.
~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock.
~Provide~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cater, furnish supplies.
~2.~ Take measures, make provision.
~3.~ Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.
~Provided~, _conj._ If, on condition, with the understanding.
~Providence~, _n._ ~1.~ Forethought, forecast, timely care.
~2.~ Divine government, divine superintendence.
~Provident~, _a._ Careful (_for the future_), prudent, discreet,
cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.
~Province~, _n._ ~1.~ Territory, region, tract, domain, district.
~2.~ Dependency, colony.
~3.~ Business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office,
part, post, capacity.
~Provincial~, _a._ ~1.~ Of a province, of provinces.
~2.~ Rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified.
~Provision~, _n._ ~1.~ Providing, provident care.
~2.~ Preparation, provident measures or steps.
~3.~ Stock, store, hoard, fund.
~4.~ Proviso, stipulation, clause.
~Provisions~, _n. pl._ FOOD, victuals, provender, fare, eatables,
viands, subsistence, BREAD.
~Provisional~, _a._ Temporary, provisory.
~Provisionally~, _ad._ Temporarily, for the present occasion.
~Proviso~, _n._ Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.
~Provisory~, _a._ PROVISIONAL.
~Provocation~, _n._ ~1.~ Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, incentive,
provocative.
~2.~ Affront, offence, indignity, insult.
~Provocative~, _a._ Stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes.
~Provocative~, _n._ Stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation.
~Provoke~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Excite, stimulate, arouse, awaken, incite,
move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up.
~2.~ Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, anger, irritate, exacerbate,
nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put
out, put out of humor, work into a passion, lash into fury, raise
one's ire, raise one's dander, make one's blood boil, drive one mad.
~Provoking~, _a._ Irritating, vexing, vexatious, annoying, tormenting,
aggravating, offensive.
~Prow~, _n._ Bow, stern, beak.
~Prowess~, _n._ Bravery, valor, intrepidity, courage, gallantry,
heroism, fearlessness, daring.
~Proximate~, _a._ Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.
~Proximity~, _n._ Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage,
neighborhood.
~Proximo~, _n._ [L.] Next month.
~Proxy~, _n._ Substitute, agent, deputy, representative, LOCUM TENENS.
~Prudence~, _n._ Discretion (_accompanied with forecast_), caution,
carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense,
judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (_applied to the ordinary affairs of
life_), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast.
~Prudent~, _a._ ~1.~ Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary,
considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.
~2.~ Frugal, economical.
~Prudential~, _a._ Politic, PRUDENT.
~Prudery~, _n._ Coyness, demureness, stiffness, affected reserve.
~Prudish~, _a._ Coy, demure, reserved, over-modest, affectedly modest.
~Prune~, _v. a._ Lop, trim, clip, dock, cut short.
~Prune~, _n._ Dried plum.
~Prurience~, _n._ Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.
~Pruriency~, _n._ Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.
~Prurient~, _a._ Itching, longing, hankering, craving, lustful.
~Prussian blue~, Ferrocyanide of iron, ferrocyanuret of iron.
~Prussic acid~, Hydrocyanic acid.
~Pry~, _v. n._ Peer, pry, search, look closely or narrowly.
~Prying~, _a._ Curious, inquisitive, peering, scrutinizing.
~Psalm~, _n._ Sacred song.
~Psalmody~, _n._ Psalm-singing.
~Psalm-singing~, _n._ Psalmody.
~Psalm-tune~, _n._ Choral.
~Psalter~, _n._ Book of Psalms.
~Pseudonyme~, _n._ False name.
~Pshaw~, _interj._ Poh, pugh, fiddle-stick, nonsense, fudge.
~Psora~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Scabies, the itch.
~Psychological~, _a._ Metaphysical.
~Psychology~, _n._ Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.
~Public~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the whole, not private.
~2.~ Open, notorious, generally known.
~3.~ Common, general.
~Public~, _n._ [Preceded by _The_.] Persons, men, society, the people,
the community, the world.
~Publican~, _n._ Tax-gatherer.
~Publication~, _n._ ~1.~ Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.
~2.~ Literary production (_book, pamphlet, magazine, &c._).
~Public-house~, _n._ Inn, tavern, house of entertainment.
~Publicity~, _n._ Notoriety, currency.
~Publish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Promulgate, proclaim, blaze, blazon, announce,
declare, disclose, divulge, reveal, advertise, impart, communicate,
broach, make known, spread abroad, blaze abroad.
~2.~ Issue (_as a book_), emit, send forth, bring out.
~Puceron~, _n._ Plant-louse, vine-fretter, aphis.
~Pucker~, _v. a._ Corrugate, cockle, wrinkle, gather into wrinkles or
folds.
~Pucker~, _n._ ~1.~ Fold, wrinkle.
~2.~ [_Vulgar._] Confusion, bother, perplexity, agitation, flurry,
bustle, flutter, excitement, discomposure, fever, fret, tremor,
perturbation, FUSS.
~Pudder~, _n._ Bustle, tumult, turmoil, confusion, pother.
~Pudding-stone~, _n._ Conglomerate.
~Puddle~, _n._ Pool (_of dirty water_).
~Puerile~, _a._ ~1.~ Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.
~2.~ Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.
~Puerility~, _n._ ~1.~ Boyishness, childishness, youthfulness,
juvenility.
~2.~ Folly, foolishness, nonsense.
~Puff~, _n._ Whiff, sudden gust.
~Puff~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Blow in puffs.
~2.~ Pant, breathe hard.
~Puff~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blow.
~2.~ Praise (_extravagantly_).
~Puff up~, Inflate, swell, blow up.
~Puffed up~, Conceited, proud, haughty, overweening, vainglorious.
~Puffer~, _n._ (_Ich._) Globe-fish.
~Puffin~, _n._ Coulter-neb, Labrador auk (_Alca arctica_).
~Puffy~, _a._ ~1.~ Swelled, swollen, tumid.
~2.~ Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous.
~Pugh~, _interj._ Pshaw, poh.
~Pugilism~, _n._ Boxing, fisticuffs.
~Pugilist~, _n._ Boxer, bully, prize-fighter.
~Pugnacious~, _a._ Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.
~Pugnacity~, _n._ Quarrelsomeness.
~Pugnis et calcibus~, [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might,
TOOTH AND NAIL, HAMMER AND TONGS.
~Puissance~, _n._ Power, force, strength, might, potency.
~Puissant~, _a._ Powerful, strong, mighty, forcible, potent.
~Puke~, _v. n._ Vomit, spew.
~Puke~, _v. a._ Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.
~Pule~, _v. n._ Whine, whimper, cry.
~Pull~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, haul, tug, drag.
~2.~ Pluck, gather.
~3.~ Tear, rend, draw apart.
~Pull~, _v. n._ Tug, give a pull.
~Pull in one's horns~, [_Colloquial._] Repress one's ardor, restrain
one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.
~Pullulate~, _v. n._ Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push,
grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.
~Pullulation~, _n._ Germination, budding, sprouting.
~Pull up~, ~1.~ [_Active._] Draw up, haul up.
~2.~ [_Active._] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.
~3.~ [_Neuter._] Stop, halt.
~Pulmonary~, _a._ Pulmonic.
~Pulmonic~, _n._ Pulmonary.
~Pulp~, _n._ Soft part, soft mass.
~Pulpit~, _n._ Desk, sacred desk.
~Pulsate~, _v. n._ Beat, throb.
~Pulsation~, _n._ Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.
~Pulsatory~, _a._ Throbbing.
~Pulse~, _n._ ~1.~ Beating or throbbing of an artery.
~2.~ Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.
~Pulverable~, _a._ Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable,
easily crumbled.
~Pulverizable~, _a._ PULVERABLE, that may be pulverized.
~Pulverize~, _v. a._ Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray,
levigate, reduce to powder.
~Pulverulent~, _a._ Dusty, powdery.
~Pun~, _n._ Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.
~Pun~, _v. n._ Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.
~Punch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, bore, pierce.
~2.~ Push, poke.
~Punch~, _n._ ~1.~ Borer.
~2.~ Push, poke.
~3.~ Horse (_short and thick_).
~4.~ Buffoon (_of a puppet-show_), clown, harlequin, punchinello,
merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack-
pudding.
~Pummel~, _n._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Knob,
protuberant part.
~Pummel~, _v. a._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Beat,
bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.
~Punchinello~, _n._ Buffoon, PUNCH.
~Punctilio~, _n._ Nicety (_of behavior_), nice point.
~Punctilious~, _a._ Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over-
scrupulous, punctual.
~Punctual~, _a._ ~1.~ Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.
~2.~ Prompt, seasonable, timely.
~Punctuality~, _n._ ~1.~ Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.
~2.~ Promptness.
~Punctuate~, _v. a._ Point.
~Puncture~, _n._ Small hole.
~Puncture~, _v. a._ Prick, perforate.
~Pungency~, _n._ ~1.~ Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy,
piquancy, sharpness.
~2.~ Keenness, pointedness, smartness.
~Pungent~, _a._ ~1.~ Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting,
burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.
~2.~ Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.
~Punic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Carthaginians.
~2.~ Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.
~Punic faith~, Treachery, perfidiousness.
~Punish~, _v. a._ Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline,
correct, scourge, whip.
~Punishment~, _n._ Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.
~Punitive~, _a._ Penal.
~Punk~, _n._ ~1.~ Prostitute, STRUMPET.
~2.~ Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.
~Punner~, _n._ PUNSTER.
~Punster~, _n._ Punner, quibbler.
~Puny~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, inferior.
~2.~ Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy,
pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.
~Pup~, _n._ Puppy, whelp, young dog.
~Pupa~, _n._ Chrysalis, aurelia.
~Pupil~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Apple of the eye.
~2.~ Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN,
ELEVE.
~3.~ (_Law._) Ward.
~Pupilage~, _n._ Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.
~Puppy~, _n._ Pup, whelp, young dog.
~Purblind~, _a._ Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.
~Purchase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Buy, bargain for.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.
~Purchase~, _n._ Bargain.
~Purchaser~, _n._ Buyer.
~Pure~, _a._ ~1.~ Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled,
spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished,
unpolluted, uncorrupted.
~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest,
incorrupt, holy.
~3.~ Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.
~4.~ Modest, chaste.
~5.~ Mere, absolute, sheer.
~6.~ Classic, classical, Attic.
~Pureness~, _n._ PURITY.
~Purgative~, _a._ Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.
~Purgative~, _n._ Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.
~Purgatory~, _n._ Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.
~Purge~, _v. a._ Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.
~Purge~, _n._ PURGATIVE.
~Purging~, _n._ (_Med._) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.
~Purification~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleansing, purifying.
~2.~ Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.
~Purify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free
from impurity, make pure.
~2.~ Defecate (_as liquors_).
~Purism~, _n._ Nicety (_in the use of words_), fastidiousness,
squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.
~Puritanic~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.
~Puritanical~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.
~Purity~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.
~2.~ Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness,
honesty, integrity.
~3.~ Genuineness, excellence.
~4.~ Modesty, chastity.
~Purl~, _v. n._ Murmur, ripple, gurgle.
~Purlieus~, _n. pl._ [_Used generally in a bad sense._] Environs,
suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.
~Purloin~, _v. a._ Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.
~Purport~, _n._ Design, meaning, signification, import, significance,
drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.
~Purport~, _v. a._ Intend, mean, signify, import.
~Purpose~, _n._ Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift,
view, final cause.
~Purpose~, _v. a._ Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in
mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.
~Purpose~, _v. n._ Intend, design, mean, have in mind.
~Purposely~, _ad._ Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.
~Pursuance~, _n._ Pursuit, prosecution, following out.
~Pursuant to~, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in
pursuance of.
~Pursue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after,
give chase to.
~2.~ Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in,
engage in, follow up.
~3.~ Seek, strive for, try to obtain.
~Pursuit~, _n._ ~1.~ Chase, race.
~2.~ Pursuance, prosecution, following out.
~Pursuit of~, ~1.~ Chase after.
~2.~ Prosecution of, search for, endeavor after.
~Pursy~, _a._ ~1.~ Fat, corpulent, fleshy, plump.
~2.~ Short-breathed, short-winded.
~Purulence~, _n._ ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.
~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.
~Purulency~, _n._ ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.
~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.
~Purvey~, _v. n._ Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.
~Purveyor~, _n._ Provider, caterer.
~Purview~, _n._ Limit, sphere, scope, extent.
~Pus~, _n._ Purulence, matter, purulent matter.
~Push~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Thrust, impel (_by pressure_), hustle, jostle,
elbow, crowd.
~2.~ Urge, press forward.
~3.~ Force, press, drive.
~4.~ Importune, tease.
~Push~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Thrust, make a thrust.
~2.~ Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.
~3.~ Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put
forth, shoot forth.
~Push~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrust.
~2.~ Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.
~Pusillanimity~, _n._ Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery,
recreancy, effeminacy, faint-heartedness.
~Pusillanimous~, _a._ Cowardly, timorous, recreant, effeminate,
spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, faint-hearted, DOUGH-FACED.
~Pustule~, _n._ Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch,
blain, sore.
~Put~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Place, set, lay, deposit, commit.
~2.~ Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.
~3.~ Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.
~4.~ Oblige, compel, force, constrain.
~5.~ Incite, urge, entice, induce.
~Put a Flea in one's ear~, Annoy by a cutting remark, sting by a sharp
reply.
~Put about~, (_Naut._) Tack.
~Putative~, _a._ Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed.
~Put away~, ~1.~ Lay away, set aside.
~2.~ Renounce, discard, reject, put off.
~3.~ Divorce.
~Put by~, ~1.~ Lay by, lay aside.
~2.~ Thrust aside, turn off.
~Put down~, ~1.~ Deposit, lay down.
~2.~ Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy.
~3.~ Degrade, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble.
~Put forth~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Exert, bring into play, bring into action.
~2.~ Extend, thrust out.
~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out.
~4.~ Publish, issue.
~Put forth~, [_Neuter._] ~1.~ Leave port, put to sea.
~2.~ Bud, shoot, germinate, pullulate, push, vegetate, grow.
~Put in~, [_Active._] Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.
~Put in~, [_Neuter._] Make a harbor, enter a port.
~Put in for~, Make a claim, offer one's self for, be a candidate for.