Part 58

~Pause~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stop, cease, desist, wait, delay, rest, breathe, stay, break off.

2.~ Hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver.~~Pave the way~, Prepare, make ready, get ready, make preparation, smooth the way.

~Pavilion~, _n._ ~1.~ Tent.

~2.~ (_Anat._) Auricle, external ear.

~Pavonine~, _a._ Iridescent, irisated, nacreous.

~Paw~, _n._ 1~.~ Foot (_of beasts with claws_).

~2.~ Hand (_in contempt_).

~Pawl~, _n._ Click, detent, catch, ratchet.

~Pawn~, _n._ Pledge (_of a chattel to secure a debt_), gage, security.

~Pawn~, _v. a._ Pledge, offer or give as security.

~Pawnee~, _n._ (_Law._) Pledgee.

~Pay~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discharge, settle, liquidate, cash.

~2.~ Compensate, recompense, requite, remunerate, reward, make payment to.

~3.~ Punish, take revenge upon, retort upon.

~4.~ (_Naut._) Smear (_with tar or pitch_).

~Pay~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make compensation.

~2.~ Be profitable, be remunerative, make a good return, be a good investment, give a good interest.

~Pay~, _n._ Compensation, recompense, remuneration, reward, requital, wages, salary, stipend, hire, allowance.

~Pay down~, Pay on the spot, pay on delivery.

~Pay for~, ~1.~ Give an equivalent for, bear the expense of.

~2.~ Atone for, make amends for.

~Paying~, _a._ Remunerative, profitable, gainful, that pays.

~Pay off~, ~1.~ Pay and discharge (_as hired men_).

~2.~ Punish, pay, take revenge upon, retort upon.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Fall off, fall to leeward.

~Pay one's addresses to~, Woo, court, solicit in love, make love to.

~Pay up~, [_Colloquial._] Settle, pay arrears, settle an account, square accounts, quit scores, strike a balance, pony up, shell out, fork over, pay the bill, pay the piper, pay the fiddler, come down with the cash.

~Peace~, _n._ ~1.~ Calm, repose, quiet, tranquillity, stillness, silence.

~2.~ Amity, concord, harmony, truce, ARMISTICE.

~Peaceable~, _a._ ~1.~ Peaceful, pacific, free from war.

~2.~ Gentle, mild, amicable, friendly, disposed to peace, not quarrelsome.

~3.~ Quiet, tranquil, placid, unmoved, undisturbed, serene.

~Peaceful~, _a._ ~1.~ Quiet, calm, still, undisturbed, placid, tranquil, serene.

~2.~ Mild, gentle, kindly, friendly.

~Peace-maker~, _n._ Mediator, intercessor.

~Peace-making~, _a._ Conciliatory, mild, appeasing.

~Peace-offering~, _n._ ~1.~ Atonement, satisfaction, amends, reparation, atoning sacrifice.

~2.~ Mediation, olive-branch, intercession.

~Peak~, _n._ Top (_of a mountain_), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle.

~Peak~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Grow thin or lean, become emaciated.

~2.~ Sneak, make a mean figure.

~Peaked~, _a._ Pointed.

~Peal~, _n._ Blast, burst, blare, clang.

~Peal~, _v. n._ Resound, echo, re-echo, boom, thunder, roar.

~Pea-nut~, _n._ Ground-nut, earth-nut (_Arachis hypogæa_).

~Pearlash~, _n._ Sub-carbonate of potassa (_impure_), calcined potash.

~Pearl-powder~, _n._ PEARL-WHITE.

~Pearl-white~, _n._ Pearl-powder, sub-muriate of bismuth.

~Pearly~, _a._ ~1.~ Abounding in pearls.

~2.~ Clear, pure, transparent, nacreous.

~Peasant~, _n._ Rustic, countryman, hind, swain.

~Pebble~, _n._ Stone (_of small size_), pebble-stone.

~Pebble-stone~, _n._ Pebble.

~Peccability~, _n._ Frailty, infirmity, weakness, liability to sin.

~Peccable~, _a._ Frail, weak, imperfect, erring, sinning, liable to sin.

~Peccadillo~, _n._ Petty fault, slight offence.

~Peccant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sinning, erring, guilty, criminal.

~2.~ Morbid, malignant, corrupting, corroding.

~Peculation~, _n._ Embezzlement.

~Peculiar~, _a._ ~1.~ That specially pertains, that belongs exclusively.

~2.~ Singular, particular, characteristic, special, exceptional, rare, not common, not general.

~Peculiarity~, _n._ Individuality, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, characteristic, speciality, singularity.

~Pecuniary~, _a._ Monetary, financial.

~Pedagogue~, _n._ [_A contemptuous term._] Schoolmaster, teacher.

~Pedant~, _n._ Pretender to learning.

~Pedantic~, _a._ Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.

~Pedantical~, _a._ Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.

~Pedantry~, _n._ Ostentation of learning, boastful display of knowledge.

~Pedestrian~, _n._ Foot-traveller, traveller afoot.

~Pedigree~ _n._ Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, stock, breed, family, race, house, line of ancestors.

~Peel~, _v. a._ Pare (_by stripping or pulling_), hull, shell.

~Peel~, _v. n._ Exfoliate, come off (_as skin or rind_), peel off, shell off.

~Peel~, _n._ Rind, skin.

~Peep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Chirp (_as a chicken_), pule, pip.

~2.~ Peer, look slyly.

~Peep of day~, Dawn, morning, aurora, sunrise, prime, prime of day, break of day, early morning, first flush of the morning.

~Peer~, _n._ ~1.~ Equal, mate, match, compeer.

~2.~ Companion, associate, fellow, comrade.

~3.~ Nobleman, lord.

~Peer~, _v. n._ Peep, pry, look closely or narrowly.

~Peerless~, _a._ Unequalled, unmatched, unsurpassed, matchless, without an equal, without a peer.

~Peevish~, _a._ Fretful, petulant, querulous, irritable, waspish, snappish, pettish, captious, cross, crusty, snarling, testy, churlish, crabbed, acrimonious, irritable.

~Pelf~, _n._ Money, riches, lucre, mammon, gain, wealth.

~Pellicle~, _n._ Film, thin skin, thin coating.

~Pell-mell~, _ad._ Confusedly, irregularly, disorderly, in confusion, in disorder, helter-skelter, at sixes and sevens.

~Pellucid~, _a._ Clear, transparent, transpicuous, limpid, diaphanous, crystalline, bright, lucid, translucent.

~Pelt~, _n._ Skin (_of a beast with the hair on it_), hide.

~Pelts~, _n. pl._ Skins (_as above_), peltry, hides.

~Pelt~, _v. a._ Strike (_with something thrown_), beat, batter, assail with missiles.

~Peltate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Shield-shaped.

~Peltated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Shield-shaped.

~Pelting~, _n._ Beating, battering.

~Peltry~, _n._ Pelts, hides.

~Pen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Write, compose, indite.

~2.~ Incage, coop, confine, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, shut up, shut in, hem in, wall in, rail in.

~Pen~, _n._ Enclosure, COOP, PENFOLD, pinfold, pound.

~Penal~, _a._ Punitive.

~Penalty~, _n._ ~1.~ Punishment, penal retribution.

~2.~ Forfeiture, fine.

~Penance~, _n._ Punishment (_self-inflicted or imposed by ecclesiastical authority_), mortification, maceration, humiliation, penalty.

~Penchant~, _n._ [Fr.] Inclination, bent, propensity, proneness, proclivity, disposition, tendency, turn, leaning, predisposition, liking, fondness, predilection.

~Pencil~, _n._ ~1.~ Brush (_made of hair or fine bristles_).

~2.~ Crayon.

~Pencil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Paint, depict, delineate, portray, sketch.

~2.~ Mark or draw with a pencil.

~Pencilling~, _n._ Sketch, outline.

~Pendant~, _n._ ~1.~ Hanging appendage, bob.

~2.~ Ear-ring, ear-drop.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Pennant, PENNON.

~Pendent~, _a._ Hanging, pendulous, suspended, pensile.

~Pendente lite~, [L.] While the suit is pending, pending the suit or action, during litigation.

~Pending~, _a._ Depending, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, in suspense.

~Pending~, _prep._ During.

~Pendulous~, _a._ Hanging, PENDENT.

~Penetrable~, _a._ Permeable, pervious.

~Penetrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, perforate, bore, enter, transfix.

~2.~ Discern, understand, comprehend.

~Penetrating~, _a._ Discerning, intelligent, sagacious, sharp-witted, clear-sighted, acute, keen, quick, shrewd, keen-sighted.

~Penetration~, _n._ ~1.~ Penetrating.

~2.~ Acuteness, discernment, sagacity, shrewdness, astuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Penfold~, _n._ Pen (_for confining strayed beasts_), pinfold, pound.

~Penitence~, _n._ Repentance, contrition, compunction, regret, remorse.

~Penitent~, _a._ Repentant, contrite.

~Penitent~, _n._ Repentant.

~Penitentiary~, _n._ Prison, jail, bridewell, work-house, house of correction.

~Penman~, _n._ Writer, scribe, chirographer, chirographist, quill- driver.

~Penmanship~, _n._ Chirography.

~Pennant~, _n._ (_Naut._) Pendant.

~Penniless~, _a._ Moneyless, destitute, poor, necessitous, needy, indigent, distressed, pinched, reduced, short of money, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket, in need, in want.

~Pennon~, _n._ ~1.~ Banner, streamer, standard, flag, colors, ensign.

~2.~ Wing, pinion.

~Pensile~, _a._ Hanging, suspended, pendent, pendulous.

~Pension~, _n._ Allowance (_from a government for past services_), annuity.

~Pensive~, _a._ ~1.~ Thoughtful, meditative, reflective, dreamy, sober.

~2.~ Expressive of sadness.

~Pentagonal~, _a._ Five-angled, five-cornered.

~Pentecost~, _n._ Whitsuntide, Whit-Sunday.

~Pent-house~, _n._ Lean-to.

~Pent-roof~, _n._ Shed-roof.

~Penult~, _n._ Penultima, penultimate, last syllable but one, penultimate syllable.

~Penultima~, _n._ PENULT.

~Penultimate~, _n._ PENULT.

~Penurious~, _a._ Parsimonious, covetous, avaricious, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, sordid, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, close- fisted, hard-fisted.

~Penury~, _n._ Indigence, destitution, beggary, mendicancy, pauperism, extreme poverty.

~People~, _n._ ~1.~ Tribe, nation, race, clan, family.

~2.~ Population, folks, persons, the public, the community, the bulk of mankind.

~3.~ Commonalty, populace, CANAILLE, rabble, mob, the vulgar, vulgar herd, lower classes, humbler classes, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the masses.

~People~, _v. a._ Populate.

~Pepper-grass~, _n._ Pill-wort (_Pilularia globulifera_).

~2.~ Pepper-wort (_Lepidium sativum_).

~Pepperidge~, _n._ Tupelo, Sour-gum, sour gum-tree (_Nyssa multiflora_).

~Pepperidge-bush~, _n._ Barberry.

~Pepper-wort~, _n._ Pepper-grass (_Lepidium sativum_).

~Peppery~, _a._ ~1.~ Hot, pungent, high-seasoned.

~2.~ Irritable, irascible, touchy, testy, waspish, snappish, snarling, churlish, choleric, petulant, excitable, passionate, hasty, quick, like tinder, like touch-wood.

~Peradventure~, _ad._ [_Rare._] Perhaps, PERCHANCE, possibly.

~Perambulate~, _v. a._ Go around, go about.

~Perambulation~, _n._ Round, circuit, tour.

~Per annum~, [L.] Annually, by the year.

~Per capita~, [L.] By heads, by polls, according to the number of persons.

~Perceive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ See, discover, note, notice, remark, observe, descry, behold, discern.

~2.~ Feel, be sensible of.

~3.~ Understand, comprehend, know.

~Per cent.~, [L.] By the hundred.

~Per centum~, [L.] By the hundred.

~Perceptible~, _a._ Visible, discernible, apparent, in sight, to be seen.

~Perception~, _n._ ~1.~ Seeing, discernment, sense, taste, sensation.

~2.~ Understanding, notion, idea, apprehension.

~Perch~, _n._ ~1.~ Roost.

~2.~ Pole, rod.

~Perch~, _v. n._ Roost, sit on a perch.

~Perchance~, _ad._ Perhaps, possibly, by chance, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Perchers~, _n. pl._ INSESSORES, perching birds.

~Percolate~, _v. n._ Filter, transude, ooze, exude, strain.

~Percolation~, _n._ Filtration, straining.

~Percussion~, _n._ Collision, clash, shock, concussion.

~Percussion-cap~, _n._ Capsule.

~Per diem~, [L.] By the day.

~Perdition~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, downfall, utter loss.

~2.~ Eternal death, future misery.

~Peregrination~, _n._ Travelling, travel, wandering.

~Peremptory~, _a._ ~1.~ Decisive, express, authoritative, categorical, imperative, positive, absolute.

~2.~ Dogmatical, arbitrary, despotic.

~Perennial~, _a._ Lasting, enduring, permanent, constant, continual, undying, unceasing, perpetual, uninterrupted, imperishable, deathless, never-failing, immortal.

~Perfect~, _a._ ~1.~ Complete, consummate, finished, excellent, capital, exquisite, without blemish, not defective, not deficient.

~2.~ Pure, holy, blameless, faultless, without sin.

~Perfect~, _v. a._ Finish, complete, consummate, elaborate, make perfect, bring to perfection.

~Perfection~, _n._ ~1.~ Perfectness, maturity, completion, consummation, wholeness, excellence.

~2.~ Excellent quality.

~Perfectly~, _ad._ Fully, entirely, totally, completely, exactly, accurately.

~Perfectness~, _n._ PERFECTION.

~Perfidious~, _a._ Faithless, unfaithful, treacherous, false, dishonest, disloyal, traitorous, false-hearted.

~Perfidiousness~, _n._ PERFIDY.

~Perfidy~, _n._ Perfidiousness, treachery, treason, defection, disloyalty, breach of faith, foul play, Punic faith.

~Perforate~, _v. a._ Pierce, penetrate, bore, transfix, drill, bore through.

~Perforation~, _n._ Hole, aperture, opening.

~Perform~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Do, execute, effect, accomplish, achieve, compass, bring about, bring to pass, work out.

~2.~ Observe, fulfil, meet, discharge, satisfy, complete, adhere to, be faithful to, comply with.

~Performance~, _n._ ~1.~ Accomplishment, execution, completion.

~2.~ Action, deed, act, achievement, exploit, feat.

~Performer~, _n._ ~1.~ Doer, operator, executor.

~2.~ Actor, player, stage-player, comedian, tragedian.

~Perfume~, _n._ ~1.~ Fragrance, balminess, aroma, redolence, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.

~2.~ Sweet-smelling substance.

~Perfume~, _v. a._ Scent, fill, impregnate or imbue with grateful odor.

~Perfumery~, _n._ Perfumes.

~Perfunctory~, _a._ Indifferent, careless, slovenly, heedless, reckless, negligent, slight; done, but not well done; done to be rid of (_without a due sense of obligation_).

~Perhaps~, _ad._ Perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, by chance, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Pericarp~, _n._ (_Bot._) Capsule, pod, seed-vessel, ripened ovary.

~Peril~, _n._ Danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, venture.

~Peril~, _v. a._ Risk, endanger, imperil, jeopard, put at hazard, put in danger, expose to danger.

~Perilous~, _a._ Dangerous, hazardous, RISKY, full of danger, fraught with danger.

~Period~, _n._ ~1.~ Cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.

~2.~ Time, term, era, epoch, date, age.

~3.~ End, limit, bound, termination, conclusion.

~4.~ (_Rhet._) Sentence (_full or completed_), proposition.

~5.~ (_Gram._) Dot, full stop.

~Periodic~, _a._ Recurring (_regularly_).

~Periodical~, _a._ Recurring (_regularly_).

~Periodically~, _ad._ Regularly, statedly, at stated times, at regular times, at fixed periods.

~Peripatetic~, _a._ Aristotelian, of Aristotle.

~Periphery~, _n._ Circumference.

~Periphrase~, _a._ Circumlocution, periphrasis, circuit of words, roundabout expression.

~Periphrasis~, _n._ [L.] PERIPHRASE.

~Periphrastic~, _a._ Circumlocutory.

~Periphrastical~, _a._ Circumlocutory.

~Perish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Decay, waste, wither, pass away, be destroyed, be ruined, be lost, come to nought, go to destruction.

~2.~ Die, expire, decease, cease to exist.

~Perishable~, _a._ ~1.~ Destructible, decaying, liable to decay.

~2.~ Dying, mortal.

~Periwig~, _n._ Wig, peruke, scratch.

~Perjure one's self~, Forswear one's self, swear falsely, take a false oath, bear false witness, break one's word, break one's faith, play false.

~Perjury~, _n._ False swearing.

~Perk~, _v. n._ Be perk, be proud, be perky, be smart.

~Perk~, _a._ Pert, PERKY.

~Perky~, _a._ Pert, smart, UPPISH, proud, perk, assuming.

~Permanence~, _n._ Duration, durability, lastingness, continuance, fixedness.

~Permanency~, _n._ Duration, durability, lastingness, continuance, fixedness.

~Permanent~, _a._ Lasting, abiding, fixed, enduring, continuing, durable, stable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, perpetual, invariable, constant, persistent.

~Permeable~, _a._ Pervious, penetrable.

~Permissible~, _a._ Allowable, admissible, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper.

~Permission~, _n._ Leave, license, liberty, allowance, consent, permit.

~Permit~, _v. a._ Allow, let, suffer, license, empower, authorize, warrant, give permission to, give leave to, give carte blanche to.

~Permit~, _n._ Leave, license, permission, liberty.

~Pernicious~, _a._ Hurtful, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, baneful, baleful, prejudicial, noxious, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal.

~Perpendicular~, _a._ ~1.~ Vertical, upright, pointing to the zenith.

~2.~ At right angles, making a right angle.

~Perpetrate~, _v. a._ Do (_as something base_), commit, perform, execute.

~Perpetration~, _n._ Commission (_as of a crime_), doing, performing.

~Perpetual~, _a._ Endless, unending, everlasting, eternal, ever- during, ceaseless, continual, incessant, unintermitted, uninterrupted, constant, interminable, perennial.

~Perpetuate~, _v. a._ Eternize, make perpetual.

~Perpetuity~, _n._ Eternity, endless duration.

~Perplex~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entangle, tangle, complicate, involve, snarl, make intricate, make difficult.

~2.~ Embarrass, puzzle, distract, pose, bewilder, beset, mystify, confuse, confound.

~Perplexing~, _a._ Troublesome, puzzling, embarrassing, bewildering, confusing.

~Perplexity~, _n._ ~1.~ Intricacy, intricateness, complexity, obscurity, hardness, complication, involution.

~2.~ Concern, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, embarrassment, distraction, doubt, confusion, bewilderment.

~3.~ Embarrassment, difficulty, strait, hobble, pickle, critical situation.

~Per saltum~, [L.] By a leap, by a jump.

~Per se~, [L.] By itself.

~Persecute~, _v. a._ Oppress, harass, afflict, molest, distress, worry, hunt down, run down, pursue malignantly, drive from pillar to post.

~Perseverance~, _n._ Steadiness, persistence, persistency, constancy.

~Persevere~, _v. n._ Persist, be steady, be steadfast, be constant, go on, keep on, hold on, keep one's coarse, keep one's ground, maintain one's ground, stick to it, not give it up, stand firm, stand fast, move heaven and earth, go through fire and water, go all lengths, stick at nothing.

~Persiflage~, _n._ [Fr.] Banter, raillery, ridicule, jeering, mockery, quizzing, joking, pleasantry, frivolous talk.

~Persist~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Continue, remain, last, endure.

~2.~ PERSEVERE, be steadfast.

~Persistence~, _n._ ~1.~ PERSEVERANCE.

~2.~ Obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness.

~Persistency~, _n._ ~1.~ PERSEVERANCE.

~2.~ Obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness.

~Persistent~, _a._ Persevering, constant, steady.

~Person~, _n._ ~1.~ Individual, man, one, party, somebody, some one, intelligent being, human being, human creature.

~2.~ Body, bodily substance.

~Personage~, _n._ ~1.~ Assumed character.

~2.~ Person of rank, man of distinction, great person, illustrious person.

~Personal~, _a._ ~1.~ Individual, private, special.

~2.~ Corporal, exterior, physical, material.

~Personality~, _n._ Individuality, distinct existence.

~Personally~, _ad._ ~1.~ Individually, as to one's person.

~2.~ In person, by bodily presence.

~Personate~, _v. a._ Play, act, act the part of, take the part of.

~Personation~, _n._ Representation, acting, simulation.

~Personification~, _n._ (_Rhet._) Prosopopœia.

~Perspective~, _n._ Vista, prospect, view.

~Perspicacious~, _a._ Discerning, acute, keen, sagacious, shrewd, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, sharp-witted, keen-witted, long-headed, eagle-eyed.

~Perspicaciousness~, _n._ PERSPICACITY.

~Perspicacity~, _n._ Perspicaciousness, acuteness, sharpness, shrewdness, discernment, penetration, sagacity, astuteness, insight.

~Perspicuity~, _n._ Clearness, lucidness, transparency, plainness, intelligibility, perspicuousness.

~Perspicuous~, _a._ Clear, lucid, plain, transparent, intelligible.

~Perspicuousness~, _n._ PERSPICUITY.

~Perspiration~, _n._ ~1.~ Exudation, sweating.

~2.~ Sweat.

~Perspire~, _v. n._ Sweat.

~Persuade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Induce, influence, lead, incite, impel, actuate, set on, prevail upon, bring over, win over, bring round.

~2.~ Convince, satisfy by proof or evidence.

~Persuasion~, _n._ ~1.~ Influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing over.

~2.~ Conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking.

~Persuasive~, _a._ Convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty.

~Persuasive~, _n._ Inducement, incitement.

~Pert~, _a._ Saucy, forward, bold, impertinent, impudent, flippant.

~Pertain to~, ~1.~ Belong to, appertain to, be the property of.

~2.~ Behoove, befit, beseem, be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on.

~3.~ Regard, concern, relate to, refer to, answer to, have relation to.

~Pertinacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Constant, steady, firm, determined, resolute, steadfast, stanch.

~2.~ Stubborn, obstinate, dogged, wilful, mulish, unyielding, intractable, headstrong, perverse, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED.

~Pertinaciousness~, _n._ PERTINACITY.

~Pertinacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Resolution, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility, firmness, perseverance, tenacity of purpose.

~2.~ Stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, doggedness, headiness, mulishness.

~Pertinence~, _n._ Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, PATNESS.

~Pertinency~, _n_. Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, PATNESS.

~Pertinent~, _a._ Fit, appropriate, suitable, relevant, apposite, adapted, applicable, proper, PAT, apropos, to the point, to the purpose.

~Pertness~, _n._ Sauciness, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, flippancy.

~Perturbation~, _n._ Agitation, trepidation, disquiet, uneasiness, excitement, discomposure, worry, vexation.

~Perturbed~, _a._ Disturbed, disquieted, distressed, agitated, discomposed, excited, worried, vexed.

~Peruke~, _n._ Wig, periwig, scratch.

~Perusal~, _n._ Reading.

~Peruse~, _v. a._ Read.

~Peruvian bark~, Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Cinchona bark.

~Pervade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Permeate, penetrate, pass through.

~2.~ Overspread, fill, run through, be diffused through, be disseminated through.

~Perverse~, _a._ ~1.~ Distorted (_from the right_), bad.

~2.~ Obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untractable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED.

~3.~ Cross, petulant, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill- tempered, ill-natured.

~Perverseness~, _n._ Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill-temper, perversity.

~Perversion~, _n._ Impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement.

~Perversity~, _n._ PERVERSENESS.

~Pervert~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of.

~2.~ Entice, tempt, corrupt.

~Pervious~, _a._ Permeable, penetrable.

~Pest~, _n._ ~1.~ Plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease.

~2.~ Contamination, poison, taint, bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance.

~Pester~, _v. a._ Disturb, annoy, harass, provoke, nettle, trouble, plague, vex, tease, hector, harry, molest, bother, worry, fret, gall, bore, incommode, disquiet, infest, torment, badger, chafe, irritate.

~Pestiferous~, _a._ PESTILENTIAL.

~Pestilence~, _n._ Plague, pest, BLIGHT, contagious distemper.

~Pestilential~, _a._ ~1.~ Pestiferous, infectious, contagious, catching, malignant, poisonous.

~2.~ Mischievous, destructive, deleterious, noxious, ruinous, deadly.

~Pet~, _n._ ~1.~ Fondling, darling, favorite.

~2.~ MIFF, angry mood, fit of peevishness.

~Pet~, _a._ Favorite, especially liked.

~Pet~, _v. a._ Fondle, indulge, caress, make much of.

~Petiole~, _n._ (_Bot._) Leaf-stalk.

~Petition~, _n._ Request, prayer, supplication, entreaty, suit, solicitation, application, appeal, address.

~Petition~, _v. a._ Entreat, pray, supplicate, solicit, crave, ask, beg, apply to, make application to, prefer a request to.

~Petitioner~, _n._ Suppliant, solicitor, applicant, suitor.

~Petitio principii~, [L.] (_Logic._) Begging of the question, taking for granted the question in dispute.

~Petit-maître~, _n._ [Fr.] Coxcomb, dandy, fop, beau, exquisite, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.

~Pet lamb~, Cosset.

~Petrify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Change to stone.

~2.~ Make callous, make obdurate.

~3.~ Astonish, amaze, astound, dumfounder, confound, stupefy, take by surprise, strike dumb.