Part 57

~Pact~, _n._ Compact, contract, agreement, bargain, covenant, stipulation, convention, concordant.

~Pad~, _n._ ~1.~ Cushion.

~2.~ Horse (_for the saddle_), saddle-horse.

~Padisha~, _n._ ~1.~ Shah (_of Persia_).

~2.~ Sultan (_of Turkey_), grand-seignor, Turkish emperor.

~Pæan~, _n._ Triumphal song.

~Pagan~, _n._ Heathen, gentile, idolater.

~Pagan~, _a._ Heathenish, heathen.

~Paganism~, _n._ Heathenism.

~Page~, _n._ Boy-servant (_attending a royal or noble personage or a legislature_), serving-boy.

~Pageant~, _n._ Spectacle, show, display, parade.

~Pageantry~, _n._ Show, display, parade, pomp, state, splendor, magnificence, flourish, showing off.

~Pain~, _n._ ~1.~ Penalty, punishment.

~2.~ Suffering, distress, ache, pang, torment, torture, anguish, agony, throe, twinge.

~3.~ Uneasiness, disquietude, anxiety, solicitude, care, grief, sorrow, bitterness, affliction, woe, heartache.

~Pain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Torment, torture, rack, agonize, distress, hurt.

~2.~ Disquiet, trouble, afflict, grieve, aggrieve, displease, annoy, plague, bore, harass, vex, worry, tease, chafe, fret, incommode.

~Painful~, _a._ ~1.~ Tormenting, torturing, agonizing, racking, distressing, distressful, excruciating.

~2.~ Grievous, afflicting, afflictive, disquieting, troublesome, displeasing, provoking, annoying, vexatious, unpleasant, disagreeable.

~3.~ Toilsome, arduous, difficult, hard, severe.

~Pains~, _n._ [_Used in the singular number by the best writers._] Labor, care, trouble, toilsome effort.

~Painstaking~, _a._ Laborious, sedulous, diligent, industrious, careful, plodding, assiduous, strenuous, hard-working, persevering, sparing no pains.

~Painstaking~, _n._ Labor, industry, assiduity, diligence, perseverance, careful toil, conscientious exertion.

~Paint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Represent (_by colors_).

~2.~ Color (_with a pigment_), coat with paint.

~3.~ Depict, delineate, describe, sketch, portray, pencil, set forth.

~Paint~, _n._ Pigment, coloring matter.

~Painting~, _n._ Picture (_in colors_).

~Pair~, _n._ Two (_of the same kind or suited to each other_), couple, brace, SPAN.

~Pair~, _v. a. & n._ Couple.

~Pakfong~, _n._ [Written also PACKFONG.] German silver, white copper.

~Palace~, _n._ Stately mansion.

~Palatable~, _a._ Savory, delicious, nice, luscious, delicate.

~Palate~, _n._ Roof of the mouth.

~Palatial~, _a._ Stately, magnificent.

~Palaver~, _n._ Twaddle, chatter, balderdash, rigmarole, gibberish, stuff, trash, fudge, nonsense, platitude, moonshine, wish-wash, flummery, jargon, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

~Pale~, _a._ ~1.~ Pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, cadaverous, not ruddy.

~2.~ Dim, sombre.

~Pale~, _n._ ~1.~ Picket, stake.

~2.~ Enclosure, circuit.

~Palfrey~, _n._ Saddle-horse.

~Paling~, _n._ Fence (_made of pales_).

~Palingenesia~, _n._ [Gr.] Palengenesis, palengenesy, regeneration, second birth, new birth.

~Palengenesis~, _n._ Palingenesia.

~Palengenesy~, _n._ Palingenesia.

~Palinode~, _n._ Recantation.

~Pall~, _n._ Cloak (_of state_), mantle.

~Pall~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make vapid or insipid.

~2.~ Satiate, cloy, surfeit, sate, glut, gorge, fill to repletion.

~Pall~, _v. n._ Become insipid, grow tasteless.

~Palladium~, _n._ Bulwark, safeguard, security.

~Palliate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extenuate, excuse, gloss, apologize for.

~2.~ Allay, ease, soothe, mitigate, moderate, assuage, alleviate, soothe, soften, abate, mollify, lessen, diminish, relieve, dull, blunt, quiet, still, quell.

~Palliation~, _n._ ~1.~ Extenuation.

~2.~ Mitigation, alleviation, relief.

~Palliative~, _n._ Lenitive.

~Pallid~, _a._ Wan, whitish, ashy, colorless, cadaverous, pale, not ruddy.

~Palling~, _a._ Nauseating, loathsome, sickening.

~Palm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conceal in the palm (_as a juggler_).

~2.~ Impose (_by fraud_), obtrude, pass off.

~Palmer~, _n._ Pilgrim (_returned from the Holy Land_), crusader.

~Palmiped~, _a._ Web-footed.

~Palmistry~, _n._ Chiromancy.

~Palm off upon~, Impose by fraud, put upon by trickery.

~Palm upon~, Impose by fraud, put upon by trickery.

~Palmy~, _a._ Prosperous, fortunate, flourishing, thriving, happy, joyous, halcyon, golden, Saturnian.

~Palpable~, _a._ ~1.~ Tangible, tactile.

~2.~ Manifest, obvious, plain, evident, glaring, unmistakable, gross, easily seen, very perceptible.

~Palpitate~, _v. n._ Pulsate, throb, flutter, go pit-a-pat.

~Palpitation~, _n._ Throbbing, fluttering, beating, pulsation, throb.

~Palpi~, _n. pl._ [L.] (_Ent._) Feelers.

~Palsy~, _n._ Paralysis.

~Palsy~, _v. a._ Paralyze, benumb, deaden.

~Palter~, _v. n._ Equivocate, shuffle, dodge, quibble, evade, prevaricate.

~Paltry~, _a._ ~1.~ Small, little, diminutive, inconsiderable, insignificant, unimportant, petty, miserable, wretched, slight, slender, feeble, trifling, trivial, of no consequence, of no importance.

~2.~ Base, vile, abject, grovelling, low, mean, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, contemptible.

~Pamper~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Feed to excess, feed luxuriantly.

~2.~ Indulge (_unduly_), cocker.

~Pamphlet~, _n._ BROCHURE.

~Panacea~, _n._ Catholicon, universal medicine, universal remedy.

~Pancake~, _n._ Flapjack, fritter.

~Pander~, _n._ Procurer, pimp, male bawd.

~Pander to~, Subserve, minister to.

~Panegyric~, _n._ Eulogy, eulogium, encomium, tribute of praise.

~Panegyric~, _a._ Encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, eulogistical, commendatory, laudatory.

~Panegyrical~, _a._ Encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, eulogistical, commendatory, laudatory.

~Panegyrize~, _v. a._ Praise (_highly_), extol, eulogize.

~Panel~, _n._ (_Law._) Array, body of jurors.

~Pang~, _n._ Pain (_sharp and sudden_), throe, twinge, gripe.

~Pangolin~, _n._ Manis, scaly ant-eater.

~Panic~, _n._ Fright, affright, alarm, terror, consternation, sudden fear.

~Panicle~, _n._ Compound raceme.

~Panic-stricken~, _a._ Dismayed, terrified, horrified, appalled, frightened, horror-struck.

~Panoply~, _n._ Armor (_complete_), suit of armor.

~Pansy~, _n._ (_Bot._) Heart's-ease, garden violet (_Viola tricolor_).

~Pant~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Puff, gasp, blow, breathe hard, lose breath.

~2.~ Long, yearn, hunger, thirst, sigh.

~Pantaloons~, _n. pl._ Trousers, breeches.

~Pantomime~, _n._ Dumb show.

~Pantophagous~, _a._ Omnivorous, all-devouring.

~Pap~, _n._ ~1.~ Nipple, teat, dug.

~2.~ Food (_made soft for infants and weaklings_), nutriment, nourishment.

~Papa~, _n._ Father (_so used by children_).

~Papaverous~, _a._ Poppy-like.

~Paper~, _n._ ~1.~ Document, writing, written instrument.

~2.~ Newspaper, journal.

~3.~ (_Com._) Notes, bank-notes, drafts, bills of exchange.

~Papilionaceous~, _a._ Butterfly-shaped.

~Parable~, _n._ Fable (_in which what is stated as fact is probable, or which is founded on the ordinary incidents of daily life_), APOLOGUE, story, NOVEL, short tale, fictitious narrative (_intended to illustrate some spiritual truth_).

~Parabolic~, _a._ Figurative, expressed by a parable or similitude.

~Parabolical~, _a._ Figurative, expressed by a parable or similitude.

~Paraclete~, _n._ Advocate, Intercessor, Comforter, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.

~Parade~, _n._ ~1.~ Ostentation, display, ceremony, show, pompous exhibition.

~2.~ Pageant, spectacle, pompous procession.

~Parade~, _v. a._ Display, flaunt, show off.

~Parade~, _v. n._ Make a show, show off.

~Paradise~, _n._ ~1.~ Eden, the garden of Eden.

~2.~ Heaven, Elysium, abode of the blessed, place of bliss.

~Paradox~, _n._ Absurdity (_as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact_), seeming contradiction.

~Paradoxical~, _a._ Absurd (_to appearance, yet conformable to fact_), incredible, puzzling, inconceivable.

~Paragon~, _n._ Model, pattern, master-piece, CHEF-D'ŒUVRE, BEAU IDEAL, nonesuch, pink.

~Paragraph~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, clause, section of a discourse.

~2.~ Item (_as in a newspaper_), remark, short notice.

~Parallel~, _a._ ~1.~ Equidistant throughout (_as lines_).

~2.~ In conformity, in harmony, in accordance.

~3.~ Like, similar, analogous, resembling, allied, of a piece.

~Parallel~, _n._ ~1.~ Parallel line.

~2.~ Resemblance, similarity, likeness.

~3.~ Comparison.

~Paralysis~, _n._ Palsy.

~Paralyze~, _v. a._ Palsy, benumb, deaden.

~Paralogism~, _n._ Sophistry (_unintentional_), false reasoning.

~Paralogy~, _n._ Sophistry (_unintentional_), false reasoning.

~Paramount~, _a._ Supreme, superior, preeminent, principal, chief.

~Paramour~, _n._ ~1.~ Lover (_in a bad sense_), wooer, gallant.

~2.~ Concubine, mistress.

~Parapet~, _n._ (_Fort._) Breastwork (_on a rampart_).

~2.~ Breast wall (_as on a bridge_).

~Paraphernalia~, _n. pl._ Appendages, ornaments, trappings, equipment.

~Paraphrase~, _n._ ~1.~ Explanation (_by amplifying_), exposition.

~2.~ Free translation.

~Paraphrastic~, _a._ ~1.~ Explanatory (_by amplification_).

~2.~ Free, loose, diffuse, not literal, not verbal.

~Paraphrastical~, _a._ ~1.~ Explanatory (by amplification).

~2.~ Free, loose, diffuse, not literal, not verbal.

~Paratonnere~, _n._ [Fr.] Lightning-rod.

~Parasite~, _n._ Sycophant, flatterer, toady, fawner, wheedler, flunky, spaniel, lickspittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on.

~Parasitic~, _a._ Sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive.

~Parasitical~, _a._ Sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive.

~Parboil~, _v. a._ Coddle, boil slightly.

~Parcel~, _n._ ~1.~ Bundles, package, packet, budget.

~2.~ Set, lot, batch, collection.

~3.~ (_Law._) Piece, part, portion, tract, plot, patch.

~Parcel out~, Divide, distribute, apportion, deal out.

~Parch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Burn (_slightly_), scorch, roast.

~2.~ Dry, shrivel, dry up.

~Pardon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Remit, overlook, pass over.

~2.~ FORGIVE (_especially for a grave offence_), absolve, excuse, acquit.

~Pardon~, _n._ Forgiveness (_especially of a grave offence after conviction, and granted to a specified person_), remission (_of a penalty incurred_), absolution, grace, mercy, AMNESTY.

~Pardonable~, _a._ Excusable, venial, that may be pardoned.

~Pare~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Peel (_by the use of a knife_).

~2.~ Clip, cut, shave off.

~Parentage~, _n._ Extraction, birth, descent, lineage, pedigree, stock.

~Parents~, _n. pl._ Father and mother.

~Parget~, _v. a._ Plaster, cover with plaster.

~Pargeter~, _n._ Plasterer.

~Parhelion~, _n._ [_Gr. pl. Parhelia._] Mock sun.

~Pariah~, _n._ Outcast, wretch, Troglodyte, miserable person.

~Parity~, _n._ Equality, analogy, close correspondence.

~Parley~, _v. n._ Talk, converse, discourse, hold a conference (_especially with an enemy_).

~Parley~, _n._ Conference (_especially between enemies_), talk, discourse, conversation.

~Parliament~, _n._ House of Lords and House of Commons (_of Great Britain and Ireland_).

~Parlor~, _n._ Drawing-room.

~Parody~, _n._ Travesty, burlesque, caricature.

~Parody~, _v. a._ Travesty, burlesque, caricature, turn into burlesque.

~Parol~, _a._ (_Law._) Oral, verbal, by word of mouth.

~Parole~, _a._ (_Law._) Oral, verbal, by word of mouth.

~Parol~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Word of mouth, oral declaration.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Word of honor, word of promise, plighted faith.

~Parole~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Word of mouth, oral declaration.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Word of honor, word of promise, plighted faith.

~Paroxysm~, _n._ (_Med._) Exacerbation (_of a disease, periodically_), fit, convulsion, sudden attack.

~Parquet~, _n._ [Fr.] Pit, parterre.

~Parricidal~, _a._ Patricidal.

~Parricide~, _n._ Patricide.

~Parrot~, _n._ POLL.

~Parry~, _v. a._ Ward off, turn aside.

~Parsimonious~, _a._ Stingy, close, avaricious, niggardly, miserly, mean, penurious, grasping, covetous, close-fisted, sordid, very saving, excessively frugal.

~Parsimony~, _n._ Stinginess, niggardliness, penuriousness, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, meanness.

~Parson~, _n._ Minister, priest, clergyman, pastor, ecclesiastic, churchman, divine.

~Part~, _n._ ~1.~ Piece, portion, fraction, section, division, subdivision.

~2.~ Member, organ, constituent, element, component, ingredient.

~3.~ Share, allotment, lot, dividend.

~4.~ Business, charge, duty, office, function.

~5.~ Side, party, interest, concern, faction.

~Part~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide, sever, dissever, sunder, dismember, subdivide, break, break in pieces, tear asunder.

~2.~ Disunite, separate, disjoin, disconnect, detach, dissociate, keep apart, hold apart.

~3.~ Apportion, allot, share, distribute, parcel out, deal out.

~Part~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be broken, be parted, be divided, become separated, go asunder.

~2.~ Quit each other, take leave, bid farewell.

~3.~ Depart, go away, set out.

~Part from~, Leave, be detached from, be separated from.

~Part with~, Relinquish, resign, surrender, lose, give up.

~Partake of~, Participate, partake, share, have a share of, take a part of, have a part of, participate in.

~Partaking~, _n._ Participation.

~Partake~, _v. a._ Share, partake of, participate in, have a part of, take a part of.

~Partaker~, _n._ Participator, sharer, communicant.

~Parterre~, _n._ [Fr.] Pit, parquet.

~Partial~, _a._ ~1.~ Incomplete, imperfect, limited, not entire, not total, not general, not universal.

~2.~ Biassed, prejudiced, prepossessed, warped, interested, unfair, unjust, one-sided, not indifferent.

~Partial to~, Fond of.

~Partiality~, _n._ ~1.~ Unfairness, injustice, favoritism.

~2.~ Fondness, predilection, liking, fancy, inclination, leaning, bent.

~Partially~, _ad._ Partly, imperfectly, in part, not totally.

~Particeps criminis~, [L.] Accomplice, confederate, abettor, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.

~Participant~, _n._ Participator, sharer.

~Participate in~, Partake, share, have a part in, take a part in.

~Participation~, _n._ Partaking.

~Participator~, _n._ Partaker, sharer.

~Particle~, _n._ Bit, ATOM, MOLECULE, corpuscle, mote, jot, iota, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, mite, scintilla, ace.

~Particular~, _a._ ~1.~ Especial, special, specific, not general.

~2.~ Individual, single, separate, distinct, distinction.

~3.~ Minute, exact, precise, nice, scrupulous, fastidious.

~4.~ Peculiar, odd, singular, strange, notable.

~Particular~, _n._ Instance, circumstance, detail, item, particularity, special point.

~Particularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Exactness, preciseness, precision.

~2.~ Detail, item, particular, special point.

~3.~ Peculiarity, singularity, characteristic.

~Particularize~, _v. a._ Specify, mention in detail, set forth minutely.

~Particularize~, _v. n._ Be particular, descend to particulars, mention particulars.

~Particularly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Especially, specially, specifically, circumstantially.

~2.~ Separately, singly, distinctly, individually.

~Parting~, _n._ ~1.~ Breaking, rupture, disruption, severing, tearing asunder.

~2.~ Separation, detachment.

~3.~ Leave-taking.

~Partisan~, _n._ ~1.~ Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple, champion, votary, party man.

~2.~ Truncheon, staff.

~Partisanship~, _n._ Championship.

~Partition~, _n._ ~1.~ Division, separation, distinction.

~2.~ Dividing wall, BULKHEAD.

~Partition~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Apportion, share, divide into shares, parcel out.

~2.~ Divide by partitions.

~Partitive~, _a._ (_Gram._) Distributive.

~Partitive~, _n._ (_Gram._) Distributive.

~Partly~, _ad._ In part, in some measure, in some degree, not wholly, not entirely.

~Partner~, _n._ ~1.~ Associate, colleague, partaker, sharer, participator, participant.

~2.~ Member of a partnership, member of a firm, one of a firm or house.

~Partnership~, _n._ ~1.~ Union, connection, interest, participation.

~2.~ Copartnership, company, association, society, firm, house.

~Partridge-berry~, _n._ ~1.~ Wintergreen, teaberry, deerberry, boxberry, mountain-tea (_Gaultheria procumbens_).

~2.~ Checkerberry, squaw-vine, winter-clover (_Mitchella repens_).

~Parts~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Talents, faculties, powers, abilities, endowments, gifts, genius, calibre.

~2.~ Quarters, regions, districts.

~Parturition~, _n._ Delivery, labor, travail, child-birth, bringing forth.

~Party~, _n._ ~1.~ Faction, CABAL, CLIQUE, set, junto, COTERIE, circle, combination, league, confederacy, alliance.

~2.~ Company, assembly, body, gathering, social assemblage.

~3.~ Participator, participant, partaker, sharer.

~4.~ Litigant, plaintiff or defendant.

~5.~ Person, individual, man, one, somebody, some one.

~Party-colored~, _a._ Variegated, piebald, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, of all manner of colors.

~Party-man~, _n._ PARTISAN.

~Parvenu~, _n._ [Fr.] Upstart, mushroom, snob, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility.

~Pasigraphy~, _n._ Universal language.

~Pasilaly~, _n._ Universal language.

~Pasquinade~, _n._ Lampoon, satire.

~Pasquinade~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Lampoon, satirize, abuse by satire.

~Pass~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Go, move, proceed, go on, make a transit.

~2.~ Elapse, be spent, pass away.

~3.~ Vanish, disappear, cease, fade, die, be lost.

~4.~ Occur, happen, take place.

~5.~ Circulate, be current, gain currency.

~6.~ Be enacted, be sanctioned by a majority of votes.

~7.~ Be deemed, be considered, be held, be regarded.

~8.~ Answer, do, do well enough.

~9.~ Go unheeded, go unregarded.

~10.~ Make a thrust, make a pass.

~Pass~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Allow to proceed, let go.

~2.~ Send, transmit, deliver, make over.

~3.~ Go over, go across.

~4.~ Undergo, experience, live through, make trial of.

~5.~ Spend (_as time_).

~6.~ Omit, neglect, disregard, take no notice of.

~7.~ Overstep, go beyond.

~8.~ Exceed, surpass, excel, transcend.

~9.~ Be enacted by, be passed by.

~10.~ Enact, ratify, sanction by a majority of votes.

~11.~ Utter, deliver, pronounce.

~12.~ Give currency to, put into circulation.

~Pass~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, way, road, avenue.

~2.~ Defile, ravine, gorge, narrow passage.

~3.~ Passport, permission to pass.

~4.~ Conjuncture, state, condition.

~5.~ Thrust, push, allonge, lunge, tilt.

~Passable~, _a._ ~1.~ Fit for travel (_as a road_).

~2.~ Tolerable, middling, moderate, ordinary, so so, mediocre, pretty good, not very bad.

~Passage~, _n._ ~1.~ Passing, transit.

~2.~ Road, path, way, avenue, pass, thoroughfare, channel, route.

~3.~ Act, deed, event, occurrence, feat, exploit.

~4.~ Clause, sentence, paragraph, text.

~5.~ Corridor, entry, entry way.

~6.~ Enactment, passing.

~7.~ (_Music._) Phrase, part of an air.

~Pass away~, Elapse, lapse, pass, glide, slip away.

~Pass by~, Overlook, disregard, omit, take no notice of, pass over.

~Pass current~, Be received, be admitted, GO DOWN.

~Passé~, _a._ [Fr.] Past, worn, faded, out of use, out of date.

~Passenger~, _n._ Traveller, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, tourist.

~Passim~, _ad._ [L.] Here and there, everywhere.

~Pass in review~, Review, revise, reconsider, re-examine.

~Passion~, _n._ ~1.~ Suffering (_specifically that of Christ by crucifixion_).

~2.~ Emotion, ardor, fervor, zeal, rapture, transport, excitement, impulse, glow, strong feeling.

~3.~ Pathos, warmth of feeling, tender emotion.

~4.~ Anger, resentment, wrath, indignation, fury.

~5.~ Love, affection, attachment, fondness, devotion.

~Passionate~, _a._ ~1.~ Warm, ardent, earnest, vehement, excited, animated, fiery, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, burning, zealous, violent, furious, impetuous, impulsive.

~2.~ Irascible, excitable, choleric, hasty, touchy, hot, peppery, hot- tempered, quick-tempered.

~Passionless~, _a._ ~1.~ Impassive, unsusceptible, unimpressible, apathetic, cold, phlegmatic, stoical, cold-blooded, without passion or feeling.

~2.~ Cool, calm, collected, unmoved, imperturbable, of a calm temper.

~Passion-week~, _n._ Holy Week, week before Easter.

~Passive~, _a._ ~1.~ Quiet, quiescent, inert, inactive, not active.

~2.~ Unresisting, submissive, patient, long-suffering.

~Pass muster~, Answer, do, pass, serve, be sufficient, do well enough.

~Pass off~, Palm, palm off, impose by trick, impose fraudulently.

~Pass on or upon~, ~1.~ Befall, happen to, come upon.

~2.~ Impose upon, palm upon, palm off upon, pass off upon.

~Pass over~, Overlook, disregard, omit, take no notice of, pass by.

~Passport~, _n._ Pass.

~Password~, _n._ Watchword, countersign.

~Past~, _a._ Spent, gone, ended, elapsed, gone by.

~Past~, _n._ Past time, time gone by.

~Past~, _prep._ ~1.~ Beyond, out of the reach of.

~2.~ After (_in time_).

~Past~, _ad._ By.

~Pastime~, _n._ Amusement, entertainment, diversion, sport, play, recreation.

~Pastor~, _n._ ~1.~ Shepherd.

~2.~ Minister, clergyman, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman, divine.

~Pastoral~, _a._ ~1.~ Rural, rustic, of shepherds.

~2.~ Bucolic.

~3.~ Ministerial, of a pastor.

~Pastoral~, _n._ Bucolic, idyl, eclogue, pastoral poem.

~Pastorate~, _n._ Pastorship.

~Pastorship~, _n._ Pastorate.

~Pasturage~, _n._ Pasture, grazing land.

~Pasture~, _n._ Herbage, herbs, pasturage, grass, grazing land.

~Pasture~, _v. a._ Supply with pasturage, graze, turn out to pasture.

~Pasty~, _a._ Meat-pie.

~Pat~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriate.

~Pat~, _n._ Rap, dab, tap, hit, light blow.

~Pat~, _v. a._ Rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit.

~Patch~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, piece.

~2.~ Tract, parcel, plot.

~Pate~, _n._ Head (_in a ludicrous sense_).

~Patella~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Knee-pan.

~2.~ (_Conch._) Limpet.

~Patent~, _a._ Open, apparent, evident, plain, obvious, manifest, clear, public, conspicuous, unconcealed, palpable, unmistakable, glaring, notorious.

~Paternal~, _a._ ~1.~ Fatherly.

~2.~ Hereditary.

~Paternal estate~, Patrimony.

~Paternity~, _n._ Fathership, fatherhood.

~Pater noster~, _n._ [L.] The Lord's prayer.

~Path~, _n._ ~1.~ Track (_trodden_), foot-way, pathway.

~2.~ Road, way, course, route, passage, avenue.

~Pathetic~, _a._ Affecting, touching, moving, melting, tender, plaintive.

~Pathless~, _a._ Untrodden, trackless.

~Pathos~, _n._ ~1.~ Passion, warmth of feeling, tender emotion.

~2.~ Pathetic quality, tender tone.

~Pathway~, _n._ Path, footway, track.

~Patience~, _n._ ~1.~ Endurance (_without complaint_), fortitude, resignation, submission, sufferance, long-sufferance, long-suffering.

~2.~ Perseverance, persistence, indefatigableness, constancy, diligence, assiduity.

~Patient~, _a._ ~1.~ Submissive, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, passive, long-suffering.

~2.~ Persevering, persistent, diligent, assiduous, indefatigable, constant.

~Patness~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Suitableness, appropriateness, fitness, propriety, aptness, pertinency.

~Patois~, _n._ [Fr.] Rustic or provincial dialect.

~Patrician~, _n._ Nobleman (_of ancient Rome_).

~Patrician~, _a._ Noble, senatorial, aristocratic, high-born, not plebeian, well-born.

~Patricidal~, _a._ Parricidal.

~Patricide~, _n._ Parricide.

~Patrimony~, _n._ Inheritance, heritage, paternal or hereditary estate.

~Patriot~, _n._ Lover of one's country.

~Patriotism~, _n._ Love of country.

~Patron~, _n._ Defender, advocate, protector, supporter, favorer, guardian, good genius, tutelary saint.

~Patronage~, _n._ ~1.~ Favor, countenance, support, assistance, influence, friendship, aid.

~2.~ Custom, good-will (_of an established place of business_).

~Patronize~, _v. a._ Favor, countenance, support, aid, assist, help, befriend, make interest for.

~Pattern~, _n._ ~1.~ Exemplar, model, archetype, prototype, original, precedent.

~2.~ Specimen, sample, example, instance.

~3.~ Figure, style, shape.

~Pattern after~, Imitate, copy, follow.

~Paucity~, _n._ Fewness, small number.

~Pauhaugen~, _n._ [_Indian name._] Menhaden, hardhead, moss-bunker.

~Paunch~, _n._ ~1.~ Abdomen, belly.

~2.~ First stomach (_of a ruminating animal_).

~Pauper~, _n._ Mendicant, beggar, starveling, poor person (_depending on charity_).

~Pauperism~, _n._ Mendicancy, indigence, destitution, beggary, penury, extreme poverty.

~Pause~, _n._ ~1.~ Stop, cessation, suspension, interruption, rest, halt, intermission, remission, stoppage, stopping, break, CÆSURA.

~2.~ Point, punctuation mark.