Chapter 1217

Pro*hib"it*o*ry (?) , a. [L. prohibitorius .] Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price. <-- in the latter sense (price or cost) usu. prohibitive. -->

Prohibitory index . (R. C. Ch.) See under Index .

Proin <Xpage=1145>

Proin (proin) , v. t. [See Prune to trim.] To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

The sprigs that did about it grow He proined from the leafy arms. Chapman.

Proin <Xpage=1145>

Proin , v. i. To employed in pruning. [Obs.]

Project <Xpage=1145>

Proj"ect (?; 277) , n. [OF. project , F. projet , fr. L. projectus , p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Projet .]

1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.]

Holland.

2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

Vented much policy, and projects deep. Milton.

Projects of happiness devised by human reason. Rogers.

He entered into the project with his customary ardor. Prescott.

3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects .

Syn. -- Design; scheme; plan; purpose. -- Project , Design . A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious man has many projects , but, if governed by sound sense, will be slow in forming them into designs . See also Scheme .

Project <Xpage=1145>

Pro*ject" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Projected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Projecting .] [Cf. OF. projecter , F. projeter .]

1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

Before his feet herself she did project . Spenser.

Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. Pope.

2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan .

What sit then projecting peace and war? Milton.

3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like ; -- sometimes with on , upon , into , etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane . See Projection , 4.

Project <Xpage=1145>

Pro*ject" (?) , v. i.

1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects ; branches project from the tree.

2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.]

Fuller.

Projectile <Xpage=1145>

Pro*ject"ile (?) , a. [Cf. F. projectile .]

1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force .

2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion .

Arbuthnot.

Projectile <Xpage=1145>

Pro*ject"ile , n. [Cf. F. projectile .]

1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.

2. pl. (Mech.) A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force. <-- = ballistics? -->

<-- projectile vomiting, vomiting with such force as to expel the vomitus over a distance. -->

Projection <Xpage=1145>

Pro*jec"tion (?) , n. [L. projectio : cf. F. projection .]

1. The act of throwing or shooting forward.

2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.

3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan.

Davenant.

4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere . The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each.

5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.

Conical projection , a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. -- Cylindric projection , a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. -- Globular , Gnomonic , Orthographic , projection ,etc. See under Globular , Gnomonic , etc. -- Mercator's projection , a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. -- Oblique projection , a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. -- Polar projection , a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. -- Powder of projection (Alchemy.) , a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. -- Projection of a point on a plane (Descriptive Geom.) , the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. -- Projection of a straight line of a plane , the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line.

Syn. -- See Protuberance .

<-- projectionist. one who operates a projector[2]; esp. one who is employed to operate a movie projector in a movie theater -->

Projectment <Xpage=1145>

Pro*ject"ment (?) , n. Design; contrivance; projection. [Obs.]

Clarendon.

Projector <Xpage=1145>

Pro*ject"or (?) , n. [Cf. F. projeteur .] One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes.

L'Estrange.

<-- an optical instrument which projects an image from a transparency onto a projection screen or other surface, using an intense light and one or more lenses to focus the image.

Slide projector; movie projector. Overhead projector. -->

Projecture <Xpage=1145>

Pro*jec"ture (?) , n. [L. projectura : cf. F. projecture .] A jutting out beyond a surface.

Projet <Xpage=1145>

Pro`jet" (?) , n. [F. See Project , n. ] A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project.

Proke <Xpage=1145>

Proke (?) , v. i. To poke; to thrust. [Obs.]

Holland.

Prolapse <Xpage=1145>

Pro*lapse" (?) , n. [L. prolapsus , fr. prolapsus , p. p. of prolabi to fall forward; pro forward + labi to glide, fall.] (Med.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.

Dunglison.

Prolapse <Xpage=1145>

Pro*lapse" , v. i. To fall down or out; to protrude.

Prolapsion <Xpage=1145>

Pro*lap"sion (?) , n. [L. prolapsio .] (Med.) Prolapse. [ Written also prolaption .] [Obs.]

Prolapsus <Xpage=1145>

Pro*lap"sus (?) , n. [L.] (Med.) Prolapse.

Prolate <Xpage=1145>

Pro"late (?) , a. [L. prolatus , used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus , p. p. See Pro- , and Tolerate . ] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid ; -- opposed to oblate .

Prolate cycloid . See the Note under Cycloid . -- Prolate ellipsoid &or; spheroid (Geom.) , a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of revolution , under Ellipsoid .

Prolate <Xpage=1145>

Pro*late" (?) , v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right."

B. Jonson.

Prolation <Xpage=1145>

Pro*la"tion (?) , n. [L. prolatio : cf. F. prolation .]

1. The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. [Obs.] Ray .

2. The act of deferring; delay. [Obs.]

Ainsworth.

3. (Mus.) A medi\'91val method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.

Busby.

Prolatum <Xpage=1145>

Pro*la"tum (?) , n. ; pl. Prolata (#) . [ NL. See Prolate .] (Geom.) A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution , under Ellipsoid .

Proleg <Xpage=1145>

Pro"leg (?) , n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larv\'91 of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped , propleg , and falseleg .

Prolegate <Xpage=1145>

Pro"leg`ate (?; 48) , n. [L. prolegatus ; pro for + legatus legate.] (Rom. Hist.) The deputy or substitute for a legate.

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Prolegomenary <Xpage=1146>

Prol`e*gom"e*na*ry (?) , a. Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory; prefatory.

Prolegomenon <Xpage=1146>

Prol`e*gom"e*non (?) , n. ; pl. Prolegomena (#) . [ NL., fr. Gr. <?/, properly neut. pass. p. pr. of <?/ to say beforehand; <?/ before + <?/ to say.] A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.

D. Stokes (1659). Sir W. Scott.

Prolepsis <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lep"sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/, from <?/ to take beforehand; <?/ before + <?/ to take.]

1. (Rhet.) (a) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Abp. Bramhall . (b) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.

2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.

3. (Gram.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb .

Proleptic, Proleptical <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lep"tic (?) , Pro*lep"tic*al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/: cf. F. proleptique .]

1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom."

De Quincey.

2. Previous; antecedent.

Glanvill.

3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

Proleptically <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lep"tic*al*ly , adv. In a proleptical manner.

Proleptics <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lep"tics (?) , n. (Med.) The art and science of predicting in medicine.

Laycock.

Prol\'82taire <Xpage=1146>

Pro`l\'82`taire" (?) , n. [F. See Proletary .] One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country.

Proletaneous <Xpage=1146>

Prol`e*ta"ne*ous (?) , a. [L. proletaneus .] Having a numerous offspring. [R.]

Proletarian <Xpage=1146>

Prol`e*ta"ri*an (?) , a. [L. proletarius . See Proletary.] Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. "Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost." De Quincey . -- n. A proletary.

Proletariat <Xpage=1146>

Prol`e*ta"ri*at (?) , n. [F.] The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.

Proletariate <Xpage=1146>

Prol`e*ta"ri*ate (?) , n. The lower classes; beggars. "The Italian proletariate ."

J. A. Symonds.

Proletary <Xpage=1146>

Prol"e*ta*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Proletaries (#) . [ L. proletarius , fr. proles offspring. Cf. Prol\'82taire .] (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.

Prolicide <Xpage=1146>

Prol"i*cide (?) , n. [L. proles offspring + caedere to kill.] The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.

Bouvier.

Proliferate <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"er*ate (?) , v. t. [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.]

1. (Biol.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

2. (Zo\'94l.) To produce zooids by budding.

Proliferation <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif`er*a"tion (?) , n.

1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

Virchow.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.

Proliferous <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. proles offspring + -ferous .]

1. (Bot.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemm\'91.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Producing young by budding. (b) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid. (c) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.

Proliferous cyst (Med.) , a cyst that produces highly-organized or even vascular structures.

Paget.

-- Pro*lif"er*ous*ly , adv.

Prolific <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"ic (?) , a. [F. prolifique , fr. L. proles offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See Adult , Old , and Fact .]

1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like .

2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

3. (Bot.) Proliferous.

Prolificacy <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"ic*a*cy (?) , n. Prolificness. [R.]

Prolifical <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"ic*al (?) , a. Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific. -- Pro*lif"ic*al*ly , adv.

Prolificate <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"ic*ate (?) , v. t. [See Prolific .] To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.

Sir T. Browne.

Prolification <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif`i*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. prolification , LL. prolificatio .]

1. The generation of young.

2. (Bot.) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemm\'91.

Prolificness <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lif"ic*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness; prolificacy.

Prolix <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lix" (?; 277) , a. [L. prolixus extended, long, prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow, akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe . See Liquid .]

1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon.

With wig prolix , down flowing to his waist. Cowper.

2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

Syn. -- Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome; wearisome. -- Prolix , Diffuse . A prolix writer delights in circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling particulars. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifying, and abounds in epithets, figures, and illustrations. Diffuseness often arises from an exuberance of imagination; prolixity is generally connected with a want of it.

Prolixious <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lix"ious (?) , a. Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] "Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes."

Shak.

Prolixity <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lix"i*ty (?) , n. [L. prolixitas : cf. F. prolixit\'82 .] The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings . "For fulsomeness of his prolixitee ."

Chaucer.

Idly running on with vain prolixity . Drayton.

Prolixly <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lix"ly , adv. In a prolix manner.

Dryden.

Prolixness <Xpage=1146>

Pro*lix"ness , n. Prolixity.

Adam Smith.

Proll <Xpage=1146>

Proll (?) , v. t. [See Prowl .] [ imp. & p. p. Prolled (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prolling .] To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Proll <Xpage=1146>

Proll , v. i. To prowl about; to rob. [Obs.]

South.

Though ye prolle aye, ye shall it never find. Chaucer.

Proller <Xpage=1146>

Proll"er (?) , n. Prowler; thief. [Obs.]

Chapman.

Prolocutor <Xpage=1146>

Prol`o*cu"tor (?) , n. [L., from proloqui , p. p. prolocutus , to speak out; pro for + loqui to speak.]

1. One who speaks for another.

Jeffrey.

2. The presiding officer of a convocation.

Macaulay.

Proocutorship <Xpage=1146>

Pro`o*cu"tor*ship , n. The office of a prolocutor.

Prolog <Xpage=1146>

Pro"log (?) , n. & v. Prologue.

Prologize <Xpage=1146>

Pro"lo*gize (?) , v. i. [Gr. <?/. See Prologue .] To deliver a Prologue. [R.]

Whewell.

Prologizer <Xpage=1146>

Pro"lo*gi`zer (?) , n. One who prologizes. [R.]

Prologue <Xpage=1146>

Pro"logue (?) , n. [F., fr. L. prologus , fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to say beforehand; <?/ before + <?/ to say. See Logic .]