Chapter 1223

Pro*sec"tor (?) , n. [L., an anatomist, from prosecare to cut up; pro before + secare to cut.] One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.

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Pros"e*cu`ta*ble (?) , a. Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

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Prosecute <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*cute (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prosecuted (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prosecuting .] [L. prosecutus , p. p. of prosequi to follow, pursue. See Pursue .]

1. To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim .

I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ? Shak.

2. To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law .

3. (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot .

To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. Milton.

Prosecute <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*cute , v. i. 1. To follow after. [Obs.]

Latimer.

2. (Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses .

Blackstone.

Prosecution <Xpage=1151>

Pros`e*cu"tion (?) , n. [L. prosecutio a following.] 1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.

Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Law) (a) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense . (b) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information. (c) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.

Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W.

Prosecutor <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*cu`tor (?) , n. [Cf. L. prosecutor an attendant.] 1. One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.

2. (Law) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.

Blackstone.

Prosecutrix <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*cu`trix (?) , n. [NL.] A female prosecutor.

Proselyte <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*lyte (?) , n. [OE. proselite , OF. proselite , F. proselytus , Gr. <?/, adj., that has come, n., a new comer, especially, one who has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion; <?/ toward, to + (prob.) the root of <?/ to come.] A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte .

Ye [Scribes and Pharisees] compass sea and land to make one proselyte . Matt. xxiii. 15.

Fresh confidence the speculatist takes From every harebrained proselyte he makes. Cowper.

Syn. -- See Convert .

Proselyte <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*lyte , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Proselyted (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Proselyting .] To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over. <-- se proselytize -->

Dr. H. More.

Proselytism <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*ly*tism (?) , n. [Cf. F. pros\'82lytisme .] 1. The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.

They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree. Burke.

2. Conversion to a religion, system, or party.

Proselytize <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*ly*tize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. proselytized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Proselytizing (?) .] To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.

One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize . Burke.

Proselytize <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*ly*tize , v. i. To make converts or proselytes.

Proselytizer <Xpage=1151>

Pros"e*ly*ti`zer , n. One who proselytes.

Proseman <Xpage=1151>

Prose"man (?) , n. A writer of prose. [R.]

Proseminary <Xpage=1151>

Pro*sem"i*na*ry (?) , n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution.

T. Warton.

Prosemination <Xpage=1151>

Pro*sem`i*na"tion (?) , n. [L. proseminare , proseminatum , to disseminate.] Propagation by seed. [Obs.]

Sir M. Hale.

Prosencephalic <Xpage=1151>

Pros*en`ce*phal"ic (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

Prosencephalon <Xpage=1151>

Pros`en*ceph"a*lon (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ toward, near to + E. encephalon .] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen. ] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain . (b) The cerebrum.

Huxley.

Prosenchyma <Xpage=1151>

Pros*en"chy*ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ near + -enchyma , as in parenchyma .] (Bot.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.

Proser <Xpage=1151>

Pros"er (?) , n. 1. A writer of prose. [Obs.]

2. One who talks or writes tediously.

Sir W. Scott.

Prosiliency <Xpage=1151>

Pro*sil"i*en*cy (?) , n. [L. prosilere to leap forth.] The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. "Such prosiliency of relief."

Coleridge.

Prosily <Xpage=1151>

Pros"i*ly (?) , adv. In a prosy manner.

Prosimetrical <Xpage=1151>

Pros`i*met"ric*al (?) , a. [ Prose + metrical .] Consisting both of prose and verse.

Clarke.

Prosimi\'91 <Xpage=1151>

Pro*sim"i*\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Pro- . and Simia .] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Lemuroidea .

Prosiness <Xpage=1151>

Pros"i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.

Prosing <Xpage=1151>

Pros"ing , n. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.

Sir W. Scott.

Prosingly <Xpage=1151>

Pros"ing*ly , adv. Prosily.

Prosiphon <Xpage=1151>

Pro*si"phon (?) , n. [Pref. pro- for + siphon .] (Zo\'94l.) A minute tube found in the protocon<?/<?/ of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.

Proslavery <Xpage=1151>

Pro*slav"er*y (?) , a. [Pref. pro- + slavery .] Favoring slavery. -- n. Advocacy of slavery.

Prosobranch <Xpage=1151>

Pros"o*branch (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Prosobranchiata.

Prosobranchiata <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*bran`chi*a"ta (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ forward, further + <?/ a gill.] (Zo\'94l.) The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.

Prosoc\'d2le <Xpage=1151>

Pros"o*c\'d2le (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ forward + <?/ hollow.] (Anat.) The entire cavity of the prosencephalon.

B. G. Wilder.

Prosoc\'d2lia <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*c\'d2"li*a (?) , n. ; pl. Prosoc\'d2lle (#) , [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Prosoc\'d2le .

Prosodiacal <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*di"a*cal (?) , a. Prosodical.

Prosodiacally <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*di"a*cal*ly , adv. Prosodically.

Prosodial <Xpage=1151>

Pro*so"di*al (?) , a. Prosodical.

Prosodian <Xpage=1151>

Pro*so"di*an (?) , n. A prosodist.

Rush.

Prosodical <Xpage=1151>

Pro*sod"ic*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. prosodique , L. prosodiacus .] Of or pertaining to prosody; according to the rules of prosody. -- Pro*sod"ic*al*ly , adv.

Prosdist <Xpage=1151>

Pros"dist (?) , n. One skilled in prosody.

Prosody <Xpage=1151>

Pros"o*dy (?) , n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. <?/ a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; <?/ to + <?/ song, ode: cf. F. prosodie . See Ode .] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

Prosoma <Xpage=1151>

Pro*so"ma (?) , n. ; pl. Prosomata . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ before + <?/, <?/, body.] (Zo\'94l.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.

Prosopalgia <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*pal"gi*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ face + <?/ pain.] (Med.) Facial neuralgia.

Prosopocephala <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*po*ceph`a*la (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ face, appearance + <?/ head.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Scaphopoda .

Prosopolepsy <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*po*lep"sy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ a face, a person + <?/ a taking, receiving, <?/ to take.] Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance. [R.]

Addison.

Prosopop</la <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*po*p<?/"la (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ a face, a person + <?/ to make.] (Rhet.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification , but is more extensive in its signification.

Prosopulmonata <Xpage=1151>

Pros`o*pul`mo*na"ta (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ forward + L. pulmo a lung.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail.

Prospect <Xpage=1151>

Pros"pect (?) , n. [L. prospectus , fr. prospicere , prospectum , to look forward; pro before, forward + specere , spicere , look, to see: cf. OF. prospect . See Spy , v. , and cf. Prospectus .] 1. That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

His eye discovers unaware The goodly prospect of some foreign land. Milton.

2. Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape .

I went to Putney . . . to take prospects in crayon. Evelyn.

3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout. [R.]

Him God beholding from his prospect high. Milton.

4. Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

And their prospect was toward the south. Ezek. xl. 44.

5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state .

Locke.

Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life ? Tillotson.

6. That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success . "To brighter prospects born."

Cowper.

These swell their prospects d exalt their pride, When offers are disdain'd, and love deny'd. Pope.

Prospect <Xpage=1151>

Pros"pect , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prospected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospecting .] To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold .

Prospect <Xpage=1151>

Pros"pect , v. i. To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold .

Prospection <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spec"tion (?) , n. The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.

Prospective <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spec"tive (?) , a. [L. prospectivus : cf. F. prospectif . See Prospect , n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [Obs.]

Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton.

2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective .

The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective , too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.

3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit .

Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay.

Prospective <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spec"tive (?) , n. 1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.

Sir H. Wotton.

2. A perspective glass. [Obs.]

Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.

Prospectively <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spec"tive*ly , adv. In a prospective manner.

Prospectiveness <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spec"tive*ness , n. Quality of being prospective.

Prospectless <Xpage=1151>

Pros"pect*less (?) , a. Having no prospect.

Prospector <Xpage=1151>

Pros"pect*or (?) , n. [L., one who looks out.] One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.

Prospectus <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spec"tus (?) , n. [L., a prospect, sight, view: cf. F. prospectus . See Prospect .] A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.

Prosper <Xpage=1151>

Pros"per (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prospered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospering .] [F. prosp\'82rer v. i., or L. prosperare , v. i., or L. prosperare , v. t., fr. prosper or prosperus . See Prosperous .] To favor; to render successful. " Prosper thou our handiwork."

Bk. of Common Prayer.

All things concur to prosper our design. Dryden.

Prosper <Xpage=1151>

Pros"per , v. i. 1. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

They, in their earthly Canaan placed, Long time shall dwell and prosper . Milton.

2. To grow; to increase. [Obs.]

Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber. Evelyn.

Prosperity <Xpage=1151>

Pros*per"i*ty (?) , n. [F. prosp\'82rit\'82 , L. prosperitas . See Prosperous .] The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity ; national prosperity .

Now prosperity begins to mellow. Shak.

Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to lose the<?/<?/. Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate .

-- Pros"per*ous*ly , adv. -- Pros"per*ous*ness , n.

Prosphysis <Xpage=1151>

Pros"phy*sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ to + <?/ to grow.] (Med.) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.

Dunglison.

Prospicience <Xpage=1151>

Pro*spi"cience (?) , n. [L. prospicientia , fr. prospiciens , p. pr. of prospicere . See Prospect .] The act of looking forward.

Prostate <Xpage=1151>

Pros"tate (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ standing before, fr. <?/ to set before; <?/ before + <?/ to set: cf. F. prostate .] (Anat.) Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n. The prostate gland.

Prostatic <Xpage=1151>

Pro*stat"ic (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prostate gland.

Prostatic catheter . (Med.) See under Catheter .

Prostatitis <Xpage=1151>

Pros`ta*ti"tis (?) , n. [NL. See Prostate , and -itis .] (Med.) Inflammation of the prostate.

Prosternation <Xpage=1151>

Pros`ter*na"tion (?) , n. [F. See Prostration .] Dejection; depression. [Obs.]

Wiseman.

Prosternum <Xpage=1151>

Pro*ster"num (?) , n. [NL. See Pro- and Sternum .] (Zo\'94l.) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.

Prosthesis <Xpage=1151>

Pros"the*sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/ an addition, fr. <?/ to put to, to add; <?/ to + <?/ to put, place.] 1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis .

2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in be loved.

Prosthetic <Xpage=1151>

Pros*thet"ic (?) , a. [Cf. Gr. <?/ disposed to add, <?/ put on.] Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word.

Prostibulous <Xpage=1151>

Pros*tib"u*lous (?) , a. [L. prostibulum prostitute.] Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious. [Obs.]

Bale.

Prostitute <Xpage=1151>

Pros"ti*tute (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prostituted (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prostituting .] [L. prostitutus , p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, place. See Statute .] 1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. "Do not prostitute thy daughter."

Lev. xix. 29.

2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.

Milton.

Prostitute <Xpage=1151>