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The act of boring through. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

The act of pledging or pawning.

The act of weighing. [R.] Arbuthnot.

Same as Prefloration. Gray.

Previous administration. Bp. Pearson.

Previous deliberation.

act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.

Æstivation.

A showing beforehand; foreshowing.

, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons. I. Watts.

as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy. Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. Blackstone.

The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]

The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. Virchow.

The act of hastening; haste. [Obs.] T. Adams.

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. Cooke (1615).

A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.

The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.

A corporation consisting of a person or body of persons invested with some of the qualities of an artificial person, though not expressly incorporated, esp. the official of certain municipal divisions such as counties, schools districts, and the towns of some States of the United States, certain church officials, as a…