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~2.~ Superabundance, superfluity, redundance, redundancy, excess, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.

~Plethoric~, _a._ ~1.~ Surcharged, surfeited, overloaded, overcharged, over full.

~2.~ Of a full habit, affected with plethora.

~Pliability~, _n._ Flexibleness, suppleness, pliancy, pliableness.

~Pliable~, _a._ ~1.~ Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.

~2.~ Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, DOUGH-FACED, easily persuaded.

~Pliableness~, _n._ PLIABILITY.

~Pliancy~, _n._ Pliableness, PLIABILITY.

~Pliant~, _a._ PLIABLE.

~Plicature~, _n._ [_Rare._] Fold, doubling, double, plait, gather.

~Plight~, _v. a._ Pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as security.

~Plight~, _n._ ~1.~ Pledge, pawn, gage.

~2.~ Condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE.

~Plod~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Trudge, jog on, travel slowly but steadily.

~2.~ Toil, drudge, moil, hold on, keep on, keep at it, work hard.

~Plodding~, _a._ Hard-working.

~Plot~, _n._ ~1.~ Plat, piece of ground.

~2.~ Plan (_of a piece of land_), draught, sketch, outline.

~3.~ Scheme (_especially for a bad purpose_), stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination.

~Plot~, _v. n._ Plan (_for some mischief_), scheme, contrive, lay a plan, form a plot.

~Plot~, _v. a._ Plan (_as something mischievous_), concoct, contrive, project, devise, frame, brew, hatch, compass.

~Ploughland~, _n._ [Written also _Plowland_.] ~1.~ Tillage land.

~2.~ Carucate.

~Pluck~, _v. a._ Pull (_quickly_), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk.

~Pluck~, _n._ Spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle, nerve, hardihood, force of character, strength of will.

~Pluck up~, ~1.~ Eradicate, exterminate, destroy, root out, root up.

~2.~ Summon up (_as courage_), gather up.

~Plug~, _n._ Stopple, stopper.

~Plumage~, _n._ Feathers.

~Plumb~, _a._ Perpendicular (_to the horizon_), vertical, upright.

~Plumbago~, _n._ Black-lead, graphite.

~Plumber-block~, _n._ Pillow-block.

~Plume~, _n._ ~1.~ Feather.

~2.~ Crest, tuft.

~Plume one's self~, Boast, glory, pride one's self, pique one's self, take pride.

~Plumose~, _a._ Feathery.

~Plump~, _a._ ~1.~ Stout, corpulent, portly, fat, bouncing, chubby, fleshy, round, bonny, obese, burly, in good case.

~2.~ Complete, full, downright, direct, unqualified.

~Plumpness~, _n._ Corpulency, stoutness, fleshiness, obesity, EMBONPOINT.

~Plunder~, _v. a._ Pillage, spoil, despoil, rob, rifle, sack, ravage, fleece, strip, lay waste.

~Plunder~, _n._ ~1.~ Rapine, booty, spoil, pillage, prey.

~2.~ [_Southern and Western U. S._] Baggage, luggage.

~Plunderer~, _n._ Robber, pillager, spoiler.

~Plunge~, _v. a._ Immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (_or other liquid_).

~Plunge~, _v. n._ Dive, pitch, thrust one's self, cast one's self.

~Plunge~, _n._ Dive, dip, ducking.

~Plunger~, _n._ ~1.~ Diver.

~2.~ Piston.

~Plus~, _ad._ [L.] More, in addition.

~Ply~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Employ, apply, keep busy.

~2.~ Exercise, practise, put in practise, set to work.

~Pneumatics~, _n._ Science of elastic fluids.

~Pneumatology~, _n._ Psychology, metaphysics, science of mind, doctrine of spiritual substances.

~Pneumonia~, _n._ (_Med._) Inflammation of the lungs.

~Pneumonic~, _a._ Pulmonic, pulmonary.

~Poach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cook slightly (_as eggs_).

~2.~ Steal, filch, purloin, pilfer, CABBAGE, BOB, plunder by stealth.

~Poach~, _v. n._ Steal game.

~Pock~, _n._ Pustule (_as of small-pox_).

~Pocket~, _n._ Pouch.

~Pocket~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Endure (_as an affront_), suffer, bear, tolerate, put up with.

~Pod~, _n._ LEGUME, capsule, seed-vessel.

~Podagra~, _n._ (_Med._) Gout (_especially gout in the foot_).

~Podagric~, _a._ Gouty.

~Podagrical~, _a._ Gouty.

~Poem~, _n._ Metrical composition, piece of poetry.

~Poesy~, _n._ POETRY, verse.

~Poet~, _n._ Bard, author of poems.

~Poetaster~, _n._ Rhymester, petty poet, inferior poet.

~Poetic~, _a._ Metrical.

~Poetical~, _a._ Metrical.

~Poetry~, _n._ Verse, rhyme, poesy, metrical composition, numbers.

~Poh~, _interj._ Pshaw, pugh.

~Poignant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, severe, piercing, penetrating, intense.

~2.~ Pungent, biting, acrid.

~3.~ Keen, pointed, caustic, irritating.

~Point~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharp end.

~2.~ Cape, headland, projection.

~3.~ Moment, instant, period, verge, eve.

~4.~ Spot, place, station, stage.

~5.~ Degree, grade, state, condition.

~6.~ Object, end, aim, purpose, design.

~7.~ Punctilio, nicety.

~8.~ Question, position, thesis, theme, proposition, text, subject- matter, moot point.

~9.~ Respect, particular aspect.

~10.~ Characteristic, peculiarity, salient trait.

~11.~ Mark (_as of punctuation_), character, stop.

~12.~ Dot, speck.

~13.~ Sally, witticism, flash of wit, lively turn of thought.

~14.~ Poignancy, sting.

~Point~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sharpen, make pointed.

~2.~ Aim, level, direct.

~3.~ Indicate, designate, show, point out, direct attention to.

~4.~ Punctuate.

~Point-blank~, _ad._ Directly.

~Pointed~, _a._ ~1.~ Peaked, sharp.

~2.~ Personal, distinct, marked.

~3.~ Epigrammatic, keen, poignant.

~Pointer~, _n._ Index, hand, director.

~Point out~, Indicate, designate, point, show, direct attention to.

~Poise~, _n._ Balance, equilibrium, equipoise.

~Poise~, _v. a._ Balance, hold or place in equilibrium.

~Poison~, _n._ Venom, virus, bane, pest, noxious influence.

~Poison~, _v. a._ Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker.

~Poke~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrust, push, shove.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Garget, pigeon-berry, poke-weed (_Phytolacca decandra_).

~Poke~, _v. n._ Grope, feel one's way.

~Poke fun~, [_Colloquial, U. S._] Joke, jest, make fun.

~Poke fun at~, [_Colloquial, U. S._] Jeer, ridicule, deride, flout, taunt, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at.

~Poker~, _n._ [_Low, U. S._] BUGBEAR, hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.

~Poke-weed~, _n._ POKE.

~Polander~, _n._ Pole.

~Polar lights~, Northern lights, AURORA BOREALIS.

~Pole~, _n._ ~1.~ Extremity (_of an axis or a diameter_).

~2.~ Staff, rod, stick.

~3.~ Rod, perch.

~4.~ Shaft, thill.

~5.~ Polander.

~Pole-cat~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Of Europe._) Fitchew, fitchet, foumart (_Mustela putorius_).

~2.~ (_Of North America._) Mink, minx (_Mustela vison_).

~Polemical~, _a._ ~1.~ Controversial.

~2.~ Disputatious.

~Polemics~, _n. pl._ Controversy (_especially on theological subjects_), disputation.

~Polestar~, _n._ North star, polar star, lodestar.

~Policy~, _n._ ~1.~ Administration, management, government, rule, mode of management, course of action.

~2.~ Cunning, art, address, skill, prudence, shrewdness.

~Polish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Burnish, furbish, rub up, brighten, make glossy.

~2.~ Refine, civilize.

~Polish~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, splendor.

~2.~ Grace, refinement, accomplishment, elegance.

~Polished~, _a._ ~1.~ Burnished, made bright or glossy.

~2.~ Refined, accomplished, cultivated, elegant, POLITE.

~3.~ Classic, classical, Attic.

~Polite~, _a._ Accomplished, genteel, cultivated, refined, courteous, civil, affable, complaisant, courtly, gracious, urbane, polished, well- behaved, well-mannered, well-bred.

~Politeness~, _n._ Courtesy, civility, good manners, courteousness, gentility, affability, complaisance, comity, amenity, suavity, decorum, good-breeding, good manners, obliging manner.

~Politic~, _a._ ~1.~ Civil, political, CIVIC.

~2.~ Wise, prudent, judicious, discreet, sagacious, prudential, wary, provident.

~3.~ Artful, cunning, shrewd, intriguing, sly, wily, subtle, foxy, Machiavelian.

~Political~, _a._ Civil, CIVIC, public, politic, national.

~Politician~, _n._ ~1.~ Statesman, statist.

~2.~ Partisan, dabbler in politics.

~Politics~, _n. pl._ Political science, political economy, science of government.

~Polity~, _n._ Form of government, civil constitution.

~Poll~, _n._ ~1.~ Head.

~2.~ Person, individual.

~Poll~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Parrot.

~Poll-tax~, _n._ Capitation tax.

~Pollute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Defile, soil, taint, make foul.

~2.~ Corrupt, infect, contaminate, vitiate, deprave, debase, poison.

~Pollution~, _n._ Defilement, contamination, foulness, taint, impurity, uncleanness, abomination.

~Poltroon~, _n._ Coward, dastard, craven, milksop, mean wretch.

~Poltroonery~, _n._ Cowardice, baseness, want of spirit.

~Polygamy~, _n._ Plurality of wives or of husbands.

~Polygon~, _n._ Many-sided figure.

~Polype~, _n._ (_Zoöl._) Polypus.

~Polypus~, _n._ [L. _pl. Polypi._] (_Zoöl._) Polype.

~Polysyllable~, _n._ Word of many syllables.

~Pomade~, _n._ Pomatum.

~Pomatum~, _n._ Pomade.

~Pommel~, _n._ [Written also _Pummel_.] Knob, protuberant part.

~Pommel~, _v. a._ [Written also _Pummel_.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, WALLOP, LAMM, bang, maul, thwack, LICK.

~Pomp~, _n._ Parade, display, show, splendor, magnificence, pageantry, flourish, state, ostentation, pompousness, grandeur.

~Pomposity~, _n._ Boastfulness, boasting, pretension, ostentation.

~Pompous~, _a._ ~1.~ Showy, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, majestic, magnificent, superb, splendid, august, magisterial.

~2.~ Swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, stilted, boastful, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN, SPREAD-EAGLE.

~Pompousness~, _n._ ~1.~ Grandeur, magnificence, pageantry, splendor, state, pomp.

~2.~ Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity.

~Ponder~, _v. a._ Consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind.

~Ponder~, _v. n._ Think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study.

~Ponderous~, _a._ Heavy, weighty, massive.

~Poinard~, _n._ Dagger (_small_), dirk, stiletto.

~Pontiff~, _n._ Pope, bishop of Rome.

~Pontifical~, _a._ Popish.

~Pontificate~, _n._ Popedom, papacy.

~Pony~, _n._ SHELTIE, small horse.

~Pool~, _n._ ~1.~ Pond (_small_), mere, LOCH, lake.

~2.~ Puddle, plash, collection of standing water.

~Poor~, _a._ ~1.~ Indigent, needy, destitute, necessitous, pinched, distressed, penniless, moneyless, IMPECUNIOUS, seedy, reduced, short of money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, out at the heels, in need, in want, hard up, in distress, living from hand to mouth, not worth a farthing, not worth a sou, not rich.

~2.~ Emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen away.

~3.~ Barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolific.

~4.~ Trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little use or worth.

~5.~ Contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, low.

~6.~ Feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritless.

~7.~ Miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill- starred, unlucky, unhappy.

~Poor~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] Paupers, indigent people.

~Pop~, _n._ Report, clap, burst, explosion, detonation.

~Pop~, _ad._ Suddenly, unexpectedly, on a sudden.

~Pope~, _n._ Pontiff, bishop of Rome.

~Popedom~, _n._ Papacy, pontificate.

~Popinjay~, _n._ Fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, beau, PETIT-MAÎTRE, macaroni, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man-milliner, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.

~Poppy-like~, _a._ Papaverous.

~Populace~, _n._ Commonalty, rabble, mob, the people, the crowd, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the vulgar herd, the common people, the lower classes, the vulgar, the humbler classes, scum of society, dregs of society.

~Popular~, _n._ ~1.~ Plain, familiar, easy.

~2.~ Received (_by the people_), accepted, accredited, favorite, liked.

~3.~ Current, prevailing, prevalent, common, general, in vogue, in favor.

~Popularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Favor (_of the people_), popular regard or acceptance.

~2.~ Fame, repute, celebrity, vogue.

~Populate~, _v. a._ People.

~Population~, _n._ Inhabitants, persons, number of people.

~Populous~, _a._ Crowded, thickly settled.

~Pop upon~, Come upon (_suddenly_).

~Porcelain~, _n._ China, china ware.

~Porch~, _n._ ~1.~ Portico, entrance way, vestibule.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~Pore~, _n._ Orifice, spiracle, small opening.

~Pore~, _v. n._ Brood, dwell, look steadily, fix the attention, give one's mind.

~Porker~, _n._ Hog, pig, sow, swine.

~Porrigo~, _n._ (_Med._) Scald-head, ringworm of the scalp.

~Port~, _n._ ~1.~ Harbor, haven, roadstead, anchorage.

~2.~ Entrance, passage-way.

~3.~ Embrasure, port-hole.

~4.~ Larboard, left side.

~5.~ Demeanor, behavior, bearing, air, mien, carriage, deportment.

~6.~ Port-wine.

~Portable~, _a._ Movable, light, handy, convenient, easily transported.

~Portal~, _n._ Gate, gateway, entrance, passage-way.

~Porte~, _n._ Turkish court, Sublime Porte.

~Porte-monnaie~, _n._ [Fr.] Pocket-book, purse.

~Portend~, _v. a._ Presage, forebode, foretoken, betoken, foreshow, foreshadow, augur, prognosticate, threaten, indicate.

~Portent~, _n._ Omen (_of ill_), presage, prognostic, augury, sign, warning.

~Portentous~, _a._ Ominous (_of ill_), premonitory, ill-boding.

~Porter~, _n._ ~1.~ Carrier.

~2.~ CONCIÈRGE, janitor, door-keeper.

~Port-hole~, _n._ Embrasure, port.

~Portico~, _n._ ~1.~ Covered walk.

~2.~ Porch, vestibule, entrance-way.

~Portion~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel.

~2.~ Share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent.

~Portion~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide, allot, deal out, distribute, parcel out.

~2.~ Endow, supply with a portion.

~Portly~, _a._ ~1.~ Stately, grand, majestic, magisterial, dignified.

~2.~ Corpulent, stout, plump, fleshy, obese, round, in good case.

~Portmanteau~, _n._ Valise, travelling bag.

~Portrait~, _n._ Representation (_of a face or a person, drawn or painted_), likeness, daguerreotype, photograph, portraiture, MINIATURE.

~Portraiture~, _n._ PORTRAIT.

~Portray~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent.

~2.~ Describe, set forth.

~Portrayal~, _n._ ~1.~ Delineation, painting, representation, sketch.

~2.~ Description, account.

~Port-wine~, _n._ Port.

~Pose~, _n._ Attitude (_formally assumed_), posture.

~Pose~, _v. a._ Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand.

~Poser~, _n._ ~1.~ Puzzler, close examiner.

~2.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.

~Position~, _n._ ~1.~ Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post.

~2.~ Attitude, posture, state, condition.

~3.~ Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine.

~Positive~, _a._ ~1.~ Express, direct, explicit, determinate, defined, precise, definite, clear, unequivocal, unmistakable, categorical, expressed, laid down, not implied.

~2.~ Real, actual, veritable, substantial, true, absolute, existing in fact, not ideal, not imagined, not negative.

~3.~ Confident, sure, assured, certain, fully convinced.

~4.~ Dogmatic, stubborn, peremptory, obstinate, over-confident, tenacious.

~Positively~, _ad._ ~1.~ Expressly, explicitly, precisely, categorically, definitely.

~2.~ Actually, really, truly, in fact, in reality.

~3.~ Certainly, surely, assuredly, confidently.

~4.~ Peremptorily, dogmatically.

~Possess~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Own, have a title to, be seized of.

~2.~ Have, hold, occupy, control.

~3.~ Put in possession.

~Possession~, _n._ ~1.~ Ownership.

~2.~ Occupation, occupancy, control, tenure.

~Possessions~, _n. pl._ Property, estate, effects, assets.

~Possessor~, _n._ ~1.~ Owner, proprietor, master.

~2.~ Holder, occupant.

~Possibility~, _n._ Potentiality.

~Possible~, _a._ ~1.~ Potential, IN POSSE.

~2.~ Practicable, feasible, likely.

~Possibly~, _ad._ Perhaps, perchance, PERADVENTURE, mayhap, haply, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Post~, _n._ ~1.~ PILLAR, COLUMN, support.

~2.~ Station, position, seat.

~3.~ Office, employment, place, situation, capacity.

~4.~ Postman, courier, letter-carrier.

~5.~ Mail.

~Post~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Place, station, set, put, fix, establish.

~2.~ Placard, advertise, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.

~3.~ Stigmatize (_by public notice_), vilify, brand, defame, disgrace.

~4.~ Put in the ledger, carry to the ledger.

~5.~ Mail, put in the mail, put in the post-office.

~Posted~, _a._ ~1.~ Placed, situated.

~2.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Instructed, well-informed, posted up.

~Posted up~, [_Colloquial, U. S._] POSTED, well-informed, booked up.

~Poster~, _n._ Placard, bill, handbill, broadside.

~Posterior~, _a._ ~1.~ Subsequent, following, later, after, succeeding, ensuing.

~2.~ Hind, hinder, back, rear.

~Posterity~, _n._ Descendants, offspring, progeny, after ages, succeeding generations.

~Postfix~, _n._ Affix, suffix.

~Postilion~, _n._ Rider, jockey.

~Postman~, _n._ Courier, post, letter-carrier.

~Post mortem~, [L.] ~1.~ After death.

~2.~ Autopsy, post mortem examination.

~Postpone~, _v. a._ Defer, delay, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over.

~Postscript~, _n._ Appendix, supplement, CODICIL.

~Postulate~, _n._ ~1.~ Supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, assumption, theory, speculation, axiom, assumed truth.

~2.~ (_Geom._) Self-evident problem.

~Posture~, _n._ ~1.~ Position, ATTITUDE, POSE.

~2.~ State, condition, situation, phase.

~Posy~, _n._ ~1.~ Nosegay, bouquet.

~2.~ Inscription (_as on a ring_), legend, motto.

~Potable~, _a._ Drinkable, that may be drunk.

~Potash~, _n._ Potassa, protoxide of potassium.

~Potassa~, _n._ POTASH.

~Potation~, _n._ ~1.~ Drinking.

~2.~ Drink, draught.

~Pot-companion~, _n._ Fellow-drinker.

~Potency~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, might, efficacy, force, strength, energy, vigor.

~2.~ Authority, influence, sway, control.

~Potent~, _a._ Powerful, mighty, forcible, puissant, strong, efficacious, cogent, influential.

~Potentate~, _n._ Monarch, sovereign, king, emperor, prince.

~Potential~, _a._ Possible, IN POSSE.

~Potentiality~, _n._ Possibility.

~Pot-bellied~, _a._ Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, tun- bellied, abdominous.

~Pother~, _n._ Bustle, tumult, turmoil, flutter, rumpus, confusion, pudder, huddle, turbulence, hurly-burly.

~Potion~, _n._ Draught (_especially of medicine_), dose, drench, cup.

~Pot-pourri~, _n._ [Fr.] Medley, mixture, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, farrago, jumble, miscellany, salmagundi, gallimaufry, olio, mish-mash, OLLA PODRIDA, MELANGE, confused mass.

~Potter~, _v. n._ Trifle, PUTTER, busy one's self about trifles.

~Pottery~, _n._ Earthen ware, clay ware.

~Pouch~, _n._ Bag (_small_), sack.

~Poultice~, _n._ Cataplasm.

~Poultry~, _n._ Domestic fowls.

~Pounce~, _n._ Claw, talon, nail.

~Pounce upon~, Seize (_as with claws_), fall upon.

~Pound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, strike.

~2.~ BRAY, bruise, crush, pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.

~Pour~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Let flow (_by decanting_).

~2.~ Emit, let out, give vent to, send forth.

~Pour~, _v. n._ Flow, issue, stream.

~Pout~, _n._ ~1.~ Whiting-pout (_Morrhua lusca_).

~2.~ Cat-fish, horn-pout, horned pout, bull-head (_Pimelodus cattus_).

~Pout~, _v. n._ Look sullen (_by protruding the lips_), look black, show ill-temper.

~Poverty~, _n._ Indigence, penury, want, destitution, need, necessity, privation, distress, straitened circumstances.

~Powder~, _n._ ~1.~ Dust, pulverized substance.

~2.~ Gunpowder.

~Powder-post~, _n._ [_U. S._] Dry-rot, sap-rot.

~Powdery~, _a._ Dusty, mealy, pulverulent, friable.

~Power~, _n._ ~1.~ Ableness, efficacy, ability, efficiency, cogency, competency, might, capability, force, energy, strength.

~2.~ Faculty, talent, endowment, gift.

~3.~ Authority, authoritativeness, rule, prerogative, sovereignty, sway, control, domination, dominion, influence, command.

~4.~ Sovereign, potentate, governor, ruler, monarch.

~5.~ Host, army, troop.

~6.~ Divinity, angel (_good or bad_), spirit.

~7.~ [_Low._] Good deal, great quantity.

~Powerful~, _a._ ~1.~ Mighty, potent, active, forcible, puissant, potential.

~2.~ Vigorous, robust, sturdy, strong, able-bodied.

~3.~ Efficacious, effective, cogent, valid.

~Practicability~, _n._ Feasibility, possibility, practicableness.

~Practicable~, _a._ Feasible, performable, possible, achievable, attainable.

~Practicableness~, _n._ PRACTICABILITY.

~Practical~, _a._ ~1.~ Adapted to practice or use, not speculative, not theoretical.

~2.~ Experienced, versed, proficient, trained, qualified, practised, skilled, thoroughbred, able, AU FAIT.

~Practice~, _n._ ~1.~ Custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition.

~2.~ Use, usage.

~3.~ Action, actual performance.

~4.~ Exercise (_as of a profession_), application.

~Practise~, _v. a._ [Written also _Practice_.] ~1.~ Do (_frequently_), perform.

~2.~ Exercise, apply, pursue, carry on.

~Practised~, _a._ Experienced, instructed, versed, thoroughbred, qualified, skilled, trained, accomplished, proficient, able, practical, AU FAIT.

~Pragmatical~, _a._ Meddling, officious, meddlesome, impertinent.

~Praise~, _n._ ~1.~ Commendation, approval, laudation, laud, encomium, approbation, APPLAUSE.

~2.~ Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, tribute of praise.

~3.~ Glorification, homage, worship, tribute of gratitude.

~Praise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Commend, approve, applaud.

~2.~ Extol, eulogize, panegyrize.

~3.~ Magnify, glorify, exalt, worship, bless, do homage to, do honor to.

~Praiseworthy~, _a._ Commendable, laudable.

~Prank~, _n._ Caper, antic, trick, gambol, freak, vagary.

~Pranked out~, Bedizened, janty, showy, finical, airy, gairish, flashy.

~Prankish~, _a._ Sportive, playful, jovial, frolicsome, gamesome, full of play, full of fun.

~Prate~, _v. n._ Prattle, chat, chatter, tattle, babble, gabble, palaver, be loquacious.

~Prate~, _v. a._ Tell (_foolishly_), babble, utter, prate about.

~Prate~, _n._ Prattle, gabble, chatter, twaddle, palaver, idle talk, childish talk.

~Prater~, _n._ Chatterer, rattle-head.

~Prattle~, _v. n._ PRATE, chatter.

~Prattle~, _n._ PRATE, chatter.

~Pray~, _v. a._ Ask (_earnestly_), request, entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore, beg, petition, invoke, conjure, ADJURE, call upon.

~Pray~, _v. n._ Supplicate, entreat, petition, beg, importune, prefer a petition or request.

~Prayer~, _n._ Supplication, entreaty, suit, petition, request, SUFFRAGE.

~Prayerful~, _a._ Devout, religious.

~Preach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Proclaim (_as in a religious discourse_), declare, publish.

~2.~ Inculcate, teach.

~Preach~, _v. n._ Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects.

~Preaching friar~, Blackfriar.

~Preamble~, _n._ Introduction (_especially of a legislative act_), preface, introductory part.

~Precarious~, _a._ Uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon.

~Precaution~, _n._ Forethought, timely care.

~Precatory~, _a._ Suppliant, beseeching, supplicating, imploring, praying, begging.

~Precautionary~, _a._ Provident.

~Precede~, _v. a._ Go before (_in place or in time_), go ahead of, take the lead of, be anterior to, take precedence of.

~Precedence~, _n._ ~1.~ Priority (_in time_), anteriority, antecedence.

~2.~ Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

~Precedency~, _n._ ~1.~ Priority (_in time_), anteriority, antecedence.

~2.~ Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

~Precedent~, _a._ Antecedent, PRECEDING.

~Precedent~, _n._ Authoritative example.

~Preceding~, _a._ Antecedent, precedent, anterior, previous, prior, precursory.

~Precept~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, injunction, order, mandate, edict, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, law, ordinance, ordination, regulation, canon.

~2.~ Doctrine, principle, maxim, rule, direction.

~Preceptor~, _n._ Teacher, tutor, instructor, master, school-master, PEDAGOGUE.

~Precinct~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, confine, bound, boundary, border, frontier, marches.

~2.~ District, territorial division.

~Precious~, _a._ ~1.~ Costly, of great price.

~2.~ Very valuable, of great worth, of great value.