559.—Fåte, får, fåll, fåt ;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pln;

To PRECEDE, prẻ-sède'. v. a. To go before in
order of time; to go before according to the
adjustment of rank.
PRECEDENCE, pré-sè'dense.
PRECEDENCY, prè-sè'dên-se.

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s. The act or state of going before, priority; something going before, something past; adjustment of place; the foremost place in ceremony; superiority. PRECEDENT, prè-sè'dênt. a. before.

PRECEDENT, prês'sè-dênt. s.

Former, going

Any thing that

is a rule or example to future times, any thing done before of the same kind. PRECEDENTLY, pre-sèdẻnt-lẻ. ad. hand.

PRECENTOR, prẻ-sen'tur. s. 166.

Before-
He that

A rule authorita

leads the choir. PRECEPT, prè'sêpt. s. 532. tively given, a mandate. Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Scott, Buchanan, W. Johnston, Perry, and Entick, make thee in the first syllable of this word long; Dr. Kenrick alone makes it short. PRECEPTIAL, prè-sêp'shâl. a. Consisting of

precepts.

PRECEPTIVE, prẻ-sèp'tiv. a. 157. Containing
precepts, giving precepts.
PRECEPTOR, pre-sêp'túr. s. 166

a tutor.

8. Outward limit,

A teacher, PRECEPTORY, prês'êp-to-rè.-See RECEPTORY. A seminary of instruction.-Mason. PRECESSION, prè-sêsh'ân. s. The act of going before. PRECINCT, prẻ-singkt'. boundary. PRECIOSITY, prè-shè-ôs'è-tè. s. 534. Value, preciousness; any thing of high price. PRECIOUS, presh'us. a. 357. Valuable, being|| of great worth; costly, of great price, as, a precious stone. PRECIOUSLY, prêsh'as-lè. ad. Valuably, to a great price. PRECIOUSNESS, prẻsh'us-nês. s. ness, worth, price. PRECIPICE, près'sè-pis. s. 142. steep, a fall perpendicular. PRECIPITANCE, pre-sip'pe-tânse. PRECIPITANCY, prè-sip'pè-tân-sẻ. Rash haste, headlong haste. PRECIPITANT, prè-sip'pè-tânt. a. Falling or rushing headlong; hasty, urged with violent haste; rashly hurried.

Valuable

A headlong

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pronounced as if written precize, we very frequently hear the adverb precisely pronounced as if written presizely: but it ought to be remembered as an invariable rule, that adverbs preserve exactly the same accent and sound as the adjective from which they are formed; and therefore, as the adjective is pronounced with the hissing or pure s, the adverb ought to have the same. PRECISENESS, pré-sise nês. rigid nicety.

5. Exactness, PRECISIAN, prẻ-sîzh'è-ân. s. 88. One who limits or restrains; one who is superstitiously rigorous. PRECISION, pré-sizh'an. s. Exact limitation. PRECISIVE, pré-si'siv. a. 428. Exactly limiting. To PRECLUDE, pré-klude'. v. a. To shut out or hinder by some anticipation. PRECOCIOUS, pré-ko'shus. a. 357. Ripe be

the time.

To

To PRECOGITATE, prẻ-kôd'jè-táte. v. a. consider or scheme beforehand. PRECOGNITION, prè-kog-nish'ån. s. Previous knowledge, antecedent examination. PRECONCEIT, pré-kôn-sète'. s. 530. An opinion previously formed.

To PRECONCEIVE, prẻ-kôn-sève'. v. a. To
form an opinion beforehand; to imagine be-
forehand.

PRECONCEPTION, prè-kon-sèp'shản. s. 531.
Opinion previously formed.

PRECONTRACT, prè-kôn'trâkt. s. A contract
previous to another.

To PRECONTRACT, prè-kon-tråkt'. v. a. To
contract or bargain beforehand.
PRECURSE, pré-kårse'. s. Forerunning.
PRECURSOR, pré-kår'sőr. s. 166. Forerunner,
harbinger.

PREDACEOUS, prè-da'shus. a. 357. Living by

PRECIPITANTLY, pré-sip'pè-tânt-le. ad. In
headlong haste, in a tumultuous hurry.
To PRECIPITATE, pré-sip'pè-tåte. v. a. To
throw headlong; to hasten unexpectedly; to
hurry blindly or rashly; to throw to the bottom:
a term of Chymistry opposed to Sublime.
To PRECIPITATE, pré-sip'pè-tåte. v. n. To
fall headlong; to fall to the bottom as a sedi-
ment; to hasten without just preparation.
PRECIPITATE, pré-sip'pè-tât. a. 91. Steeply
falling; headlong, hasty; violent.
PRECIPITATE, pre-sip'pè-tât. s. 91. A corro- PREDETERMINATION, prè-dè-tër-mẻ-nå’shůn.
sive medicine made by precipitating mercury. 8. Determination made beforehand.
PRECIPITATELY, pre-sip'pè-tât-lè. ad. Head-To PREDETERMINE, pré-de-tèr'mîn. v. a. 140.
long, steeply down; hastily, in blind hurry.
PRECIPITATION, prè-sip-pè-tà'shan. s. The
act of throwing headlong; violent motion
downward; tumultuous hurry, blind haste:
in Chymistry, subsidency, contrary of Subli-
mation.

PREDESTINATOR, pré-dès-tè-ná'tůr. s. 166,
521. One that holds predestination or the pre-
valence of pre-established necessity.
To PREDESTINE, prẻ-dės'tin. v. a. 140. To
decree beforehand.

PRECIPITOUS, pré-sip'pè-tůs. a. Headlong,
steep; hasty, sudden; rash, heady.
PRECISE, pré-sise'. a. 427. Exact, strict, nice,
having strict and determinate limitation; for-
mal, finical.

PRECISELY, pré-sise'lè. ad. Exactly, nicely,
accurately, with superstitious formality, with
too much scrupulosity.

Though we seldom hear the adjective precise

To doom or confine by previous decree. PREDIAL, prè'dè-ål, or prè jè-ât. a. 293. Consisting of farms.

PREDICABILITY, prêd-ik-â-bil'è-tè. s. Capaci
ty of being attributed to a subject-Mason.
PREDICABLE, prêd'dè-ká-bl. a.
Such as may
be affirmed of something.
PREDICABLE, pred'dè-ka-bl. s. A logical term,
denoting one of the five things which can be
affirmed of any thing.

PREDICAMENT, pre-dik'kâ-ment. s. A class
or arrangement of beings or substances ranked
according to their natures, called also category;
class or kind described by any definitive marks.
-See MEDICAMENT,

-ad, move, når, nôt ;-tåbe, tåb, båll ;-ỗil ;-pôånd ;-thin, THIS. PREDICAMENTAL, pré-dik-â-mên'tål. a. Re- || PREFACER, prẻf'fâs-år. s. 98. The writer of a lating to predicaments.

PREDICANT, prẻd'dè-kânt. s. One that affirms
any thing.

To PREDICATE, prêd'dè-kåte. v. a. To affirm
any thing of another thing.
PREDICATE, prêd'dè-kât. s. 91. That which
is affirmed of the subject. Thus in the sen-
tence, "Man is a rational animal," Man is the
subject, and a rational animal is the predicate.
In this sentence also, "The Wages of sin is
Death." Death is the subject, and the Wages of
sin is the predicate, where it may likewise be
observed, that it is the subject of a proposition
which governs the verb, and formis what is
called the Nominative case.

PREDICATION, prêd-è-ka'shân. S. Affirma-
tion concerning any thing.

To PREDICT, pré-dikt'. v. a. To foretell, to foreshow.

preface.

PREFATORY, prêf'fâ-tår-è. a. 512. Introduc-
tory.

PREFECT, prè'fêkt. s. A governour.
PREFECTURE, prêf'fêk-ture. s.
office of government.

Command,

Though I have agreed with all our orthoepists in making the first syllable of prefect long, I cannot follow them so implicitly in the accent and quantity of this word. All but Mr. Sheridan, W. Johnston, and Mr. Perry, place the accent on the second syllable; and the two first of these writers make the first syllable long, as in prefect. Mr. Perry alone has, in my opinion, given this word its true pronunciation, by placing the accent on the first syllable, and making that syllable short. This is agreeable to that general tendency of our language to an antepenultimate accentuation, and a short quantity on every vowel but u. See Principles, No. 533, To PREFER, prè-fêr'. v. a. To regard more than another; to advance, to exalt, to raise ; to offer solemnly, to propose publickly, to exhibit. PREFERABLE, pref'fêr-å-bl. a. Eligible before something else. PREFERABLENESS, prêf'fèr-å-bl-nës. s. The state of being preferable. In prefer

535.

PREDICTION, pre-dik'shan. s. Prophecy, de-
claration of something future.
PREDICTOR, prè-dik'tår. s. Foreteller.
PREDIGESTION, pré-de-jês'tshån. s. Diges-
tion too soon performed.
PREDILECTION, prè-dè-lêk'shån.s. Preference,
partiality, prepossession in favour of any thing.
It is probable that this word was not in use
when Dr. Johnson wrote his Dictionary, or he
would have inserted it; perhaps it was first
used by the author of the letters signed Junius;|| PREFERABLY,' prêf'fêr-â-blè. ad.
but the readiness with which it has since been
adopted by the most respectable writers, is a
sufficient proof of its propriety and utility.
Scott, Entick, and Mason, are the only orthoe-
pists who have inserted this word.

To PREDISPOSE, prè-dis-pòze'. v. a. To adapt
previously to any certain purpose.
PREDISPOSITION, pré-dis-po-zish'ån. s. Pre-
vious adaptation to any certain purpose.
PREDOMINANCE, pre-dom'ne-nânse.
PREDOMINANCY, pré-dôm'mê-nân-sè.
Prevalence, superiority.
PREDOMINANT, pré-dôm'mè-nânt. a. Preva-
lent, supreme in influence, ascendant.

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To PREDOMINATE, prè-dôm'mè-nåte. v. n. 91. To prevail, to be ascendant, to be supreme in influence.

ence, in such a manner as to prefer one thing to another.

PREFERENCE, prêt'fèr-ênse. s. The act of preferring, estimation of one thing above another, election of one rather than another. PREFERMENT, pré-fêr'm3nt. s. Advancement to a higher station; a place of honour or profit; preference, act of preferring. PREFERRER, prè-fer'rår. s. 93. One who prefers. To PREFIGURATE, prè-fig'yu-rate. v. n. Το show by an antecedent representation. PERFIGURATION, pré-fig-yù-rà'shân. s. Antecedent representation.

To PREFIGURE, pré-fig våre. v. a. To exhibit by antecedent representation.

To PREFIX, pré-fiks'. v. a. To appoint beforehand; to settle, to establish. PREFIX, prè'fiks. s. 492. Some particle put before a word to vary its signification. PRE-EMINENCE, prè-êm'me-nênse. s. Supe-PREFIXION, pre-fik'shan, s. The act of prefixing To PREFORM, pré-form'. v. n. To form be

To PRE-ELECT, prè-è-lèkt'. v. a. To cnoose by previous decree.

riority of excellence; precedence, priority of place; superiority of power or influence. PRE-EMINENT, prè-êm'mè-nent. a. Excellent above others.

PRE-EMPTION, prè-êm'shân. s. 412. The right
of purchasing before another.

To PRE-ENGAGE, prè-ên-gådje'. v. a. To en-
gage by precedent ties or contracts.
PRE-ENGAGEMENT, pré-en-gådje'ment.
Precedent obligation.

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To PRE-ESTABLISH, pré-è-stâb'lish. v. a. To settle beforehand.

PRE-ESTABLISHMENT, pré-è-stâb'lish-ment. s. Settlement beforehand.

To PRE-EXIST, pré-ègz-ist'. v. n. To exist beforehand.

forehand.

PREGNANCY, prèg'nån-sè. s. The state of be
ing with young; fruitfulness, inventive power.
PREGNANT, pregnant. a. Teeming, breeding;
fruitful, fertile, impregnating.
PREGNANTLY, pregnant-le, ad. Fruitfully, fully.
PREGUSTATION, pre-gas-tá'shan. s. The act
of tasting before another.

To PREJUDGE, prè-jûdje'. v. a. To determine
any question beforchand, generally to condemn
beforehand.

Formed

To PREJUDICATE, pré-jú'dè-kåte. v. a. To de-
termine beforehand to disadvantage.
PREJUDICATE, prè-jú ́dè-kât. a. 91.
by prejudice, formed before examination ; pre-
judiced, prepossessed.
PREJUDICATION, pré-jù-dè-ká'shẩn. s. The
act of judging beforehand.
PREJUDICE, prẻd'jà-dls. s. 142. Preposses-
sion, judgment formed beforehand without ex-
amination; mischief, detriment, hurt, injury.

PRE-EXISTENCE, pré-ègz-is'tense. s. Existence beforehand, existence of the soul before its union with the body. PRE-EXISTENT, pré-ègz-is'tent. a. Existent beforehand, preceding in existence. PREFACE, pref'fâs. s. 91,532. Something spoken introductory to the main design, introduc-To PREJUDICE, pred'ju-dis. v. a. To prepostion, something proemial.

sess with unexamined opinions, to fill with prejudices; to obstruct or injure by prejudices previously raised; to injure, to hurt, to diminish, to impair.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, Buchanan, Perry, and Entick, pronounce the first e in this word short. To PREFACE, prêf'fàs. v. n. 91. To say some-|PREJUDICIAL, prẻd-ju-dîsh'âl. a. Obstructive thing introductory.

To PREFACE, pref'fâs. v. a. To introduce by something proemial; to face, to cover.

by means of opposite prepossessions; contrary, opposite; mischievous, hurtful, injurious, detrimental.

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;—mê, mêt ;—pine, pîn ;—

PREJUDICIALNESS, prêd-ju-dîsh'âl-nès. s. The as infringing some statute; the penalty so instate of being prejudicial. PRELACY, prêllå-sè. s. The dignity or post a prelate or ecclesiastick of the highest order; episcopacy, the order of bishops; bishops. PRELATE, prêl'lât. s. 91, 532. An ecclesiastick of the highest order and dignity.

curred; a difficulty, a distress. of||PREMUNITION, přè-mú-nish'ân. 's. An antici pation of objection.

To PREPARE, pré-påre'. v. a. To fit for any thing, to adjust to any use, to make ready for any purpose; to qualify for any purpose; to make ready beforehand; to form, to make; to make by regular process, as, he Prepared a medicine.

antecedently supposed or proved: in law lan-To PREPARE, prè-påre'. v. n. To take preguage, houses or lands.

—no, môve, nor, nốt ;—tube, tập, bull ;—3 ;—pound ;—thin, THIS. PREPONDERANT, pré-pôn'dêr-ânt. a. Outweighing.-Mason.

To PREPONDERATE, pré-pón'dêr-åte. v. a. To
outweigh, to overpower by weight; to overpow-
er by stronger influence.

To PREPONDERATE, pré-pón'der-åte. v. n.
To exceed in weight; to exceed in influence or
power analogous to weight.
PREPONDERATION, pré-pon-dẻr-à ́shån. s.
The state of outweighing.

To PREPOSE, pré-poze'. v. a. To put before.
PREPOSITION, prep-po-zish'an. s. In Gram-
mar, a particle governing a case.
PREPOSITOR, pré-pôz'zit-år. s. A scholar ap-
pointed by the master to overlook the rest.
See CONSTRUE.

To PREPOSSESS, pré-pôz-zês'. v. a. 531. To fill with an opinion unexamined, to prejudice. PREPOSSESSION, pré-pôz-zêsh'ůn. s. Preoccupation, first possession; prejudice, preconceived opinion.

PREPOSTEROUS, prè-pôs'tår-ds. a. Having
that first which ought to be the last, wrong, ab-
surd, perverted: applied to persons, foolish, ab-
surd.

PREPOSTEROUSLY, pré-pôs'tôr-ås-lè. ad. In
a wrong situation, absurdly.
PREPOSTEROUSNESS, pré-pôs'tèr-as-nês. s.
Absurdity, wrong order.
PREPOTENCY, pré-po'tên-sè. s. Superiour
power, predominance

PREPUCE, prè'påse. s. That which covers the
glans, foreskin.

To PREREQUIRE, prè-rè-kwire'. v. a. To demand previously.

359.

PREREQUISITE, prè-rèk'kwiz-it. a. Something
previously necessary.
PREROGATIVE, prè-rôg'gå-tiv. s. An exclu-
sive or peculiar privilege.
PREROGATIVED, pre-rôg'gå-tiv'd. a.
Having an exclusive privilege, having preroga-
tive.
PRESAGE, pres'sadje. s. 492, 532. Prognos-
tick, presension of futurity.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, Mr.
Perry, and Entick, pronounce the e in the first
syllable of this word short; and Dr. Kenrick
and W. Johnston make it long.
To PRESAGE, pré-sådje'. v. a.

To forebode, to foreknow, to foretell, to prophesy; to foretoken, to foreshow.

PRESAGEMENT, prè-sådje'ment. s. Forebodement, presension; foretoken.

PRESCRIPTION, prè-skrip'shan. s. Rules produced and authorized by custom, custom continued till it has the force of law; medical receipt.

PRESEANCE, prè-sè'ânse. s. Priority of place in sitting.

PRESENCE, prêz zense. s. State of being present; state of being in the view of a superiour; a number assembled before a great person; port, air, mien, demeanour; readiness at need, quickness at expedients; the person of a superiour.

PRESENCE-CHAMBER, prẻz'zễns-tshẩm

bår.

PRESENCE-ROOM, prêz'zēns-rỏôm.

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5.

The room in which a great person receives

company.

PRESENSATION, prè-sẻn-sà ́shôn. s. Precon-
ception.-Mason.

PRESENSION, prè-sên'shåu. s. Perception be-
forehand.
Not absent, being

PRESENT, prêz'zẻnt. a.

face to face, being at hand; not past, not future; ready at hand, quick in emergencies; favourably attentive, propitious; unforgotten, not abstracted, not absent of mind, attentive. The present; an elliptical expression for the present time, the time now existing. At present; at the present time, now. PRESENT, prêz'zẻnt. s. A gift, a donative. something ceremoniously given; a letter or mandate exhibited.

To PRESENT, prè-zènt'. v. a. 492. To place in the presence of a superiour; to exhibit to view or notice; to offer, to exhibit; to give formally and ceremoniously; to put into the hands of another; to favour with gifts; to prefer to ecclesiastical benefices; to offer openly; to lay before a court of judicature, as an object of inquiry.

PRESENTABLE, prè-zênt'â-bl. a. What may be presented.

PRESENTANEOUS, prêz-zên-tà'nè-ås. a. Ready, quick, immediate.

PRESENTATION, prẻz-zên-tå'shân. s. The act of presenting; the act of offering any one to an ecclesiastical benefice; exhibition. PRESENTATIVE, prẻ-zen'tâ-tiv. a. Such as that presentations may be made of it. PRESENTEE, prèz-zên-tèè'. s. One presented

to a benefice.

PRESENTER, prè-zên'tûr. s. 98. One that presents.

tual presence.

PRESENTIALITY, prè-zên-shè-âl'è-tè. s. State of being present.

PRESBYTER, prẻz'bè-tèr. s. A priest; a pres-PRESENTIAL, prè-zen'shâl. a. Supposing acbyterian. PRESBYTERIAN, prêz-bè-tè'rè-ân. a. Consisting of elders, a term for a modern form of ecclesiastical government. PRESBYTERIAN, prẻz-bè-tè'rè-ân. abettor of presbytery or calvinistical discipline. PRESBYTERY, prêz bè-ter-è. s. Body of elders, whether priests or laymen.

S. An

PRESCIENCE, prè'shè-ense. s. 532. Foreknowledge, knowledge of future things. PRESCIENT, prè'shè-ênt. a. 357. Foreknowing, prophetick.

PRESCIOUS, prè'shè-ås. a. Having foreknowledge.

To PRESCIND, prè-sind'. v. a. To cut off, to abstract.

PRESCINDENT, prẻ-sînd'ênt. a. Abstracting.
To PRESCRIBE, pré-skribe'. v. a. To set down
authoritatively, to order, to direct; to direct
medically.

To PRESCRIBE, pré-skribe'. v. n. To influence
by long custom; to influence arbitrarily; to
form a custom which has the force of law; to
write medical directions and forms of medicine.
PRESCRIPT, prè'skript. a. Directed, accu-
rately laid down in a precept.
PRESCRIPT, prè'skript. s. Direction, precept,
model prescribed.

PRESENTIFICK, prèz-zèn-tif'fik. a. Making
present.

PRESENTIFICKLY, prêz-zên-tif’fîk-lè. ad. 509.
So as to make present.
PRESENTIMENT, prè-sên'tè-ment. S. Pre-
vious idea.-Mason.
PRESENTLY, prêz'zent-lè. ad. At present, at
this time, now; immediately, soon after.
PRESENTMENT, pré-zênt'mênt. s. The act
of presenting; any thing presented or exhibit-
ed, representation: in Law, the form of laying
any thing before a court of judicature for ex-
amination.

PRESENTNESS, prêz'zẻnt-nês. s. Presence of
mind, quickness at emergencies.
PRESERVATION, prêz-zer-và'shan, s. The
act of preserving, care to preserve.
PRESERVATIVE, prè-zêr vå-tiv. s. That which
has the power of preserving; something pre-
ventive.
To PRESERVE, prè-zērv'. v. a. To save, to
defend from destruction or any evil, to keep;
to season fruits, and other vegetables, with
sugar and other proper pickles.

559-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

PRESERVE, pré-zèrv'. s. Fruit preserved whole || PRESUMPTUOUS, prè-zâm'tshů-ås. a. Arro

To PRETEND, prè-tênd'. v. n. To put in a claim
truly or falsely; to presume on ability to do
any thing, to profess presumptuously.
PRETENDER,' pré-tênd'år. s. 98. One who
lays claim to any thing.
PRÉTENDINGLY, pre-tênd'îng-lè. ad. Arro-
gantly, presumptuously.
PRETENSION, prè-tën'shån. s. Claim true or
false; fictitious appearance.
PRETERIMPERFECT, prè-têr-im-pêr fêkt. a.
The tense not perfectly past.
PRETERIT, preter-it. a. Past.
PRETERITION, pré-têr-rish ́ân. s. The act of
going past, the state of being past.
PRETERITNESS, pré'têr-it-nês. s. State of
being past, not presence, not futurity.
PRETERLAPSED, pré-tér-làpst'. a. Past and

To PRETERMIT, prè-tèr-mit'. v. a. To pass by
PRETERNATURAL, prẻ-têr-nât'tshu-rål.
Different from what is natural, irregular.
PRETERNATURALLY, prè-tẻr-nất'tshů-rál-è.
ad. In a manner different from the common or-
der of nature.

PRETERNATURALNESS, prẻ-ter-nât ́tshå-rál-
Manner different from the order of

PRETERPERFECT, prẻ-ter-pêr'fêkt. a. A grammatical term applied to the tense which denotes time absolutely past.

PRETERPLUPERFECT, prẻ-têr-plu’për-fêkt.
a. The grammatical epithet for the tense de-
noting time relatively past, or past before some
other past time.

PRETEXT, pré-tekst'. s. Pretence, false ap-
pearance, false allegation.
PRETEXTA, prẻ-têks'tâ. s. The robe that was
worn by the youths of old Rome under seven-
teen years of age.-Mason.
PRETOR, prè'tor. s. 166. The Roman judge:
it is now sometimes taken for a mayor.

PRETORIAN, prẻ-to'rè-ân. a. Judicial, exer

cised by the pretor. PRETTILY, prit'tè-lè. ad Neatly, pleasingly. PRETTINESS, prit'tè-nês. s. Beauty without dignity.

PRETTY, prit'tè. a. 101. Neat, elegant; beautiful without grandeur or dignity: it is used in