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One who imitates Pindar.

One who breeds fish.

One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

A person devoted to worldly pleasure. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism.

See Preterist.

One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.

Pristine; primitive. [Obs.] "Pristinate idolatry." Holinshed.

Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.

One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.

oice of language. He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to purists or purism.

One who inquires, or asks questions. Swift.

A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot questrists after him." Shak.

A chorister. See Chorister. [R.] Thomson.

An enthusiast. [Obs.] J. Spencer.

One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to…

To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.

Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R. Browning.