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The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

A puppet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

assage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.

Same as Preoperculum. -- Præ`o*per"cu*lar, a.

An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.

Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- n.

The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

One who has presbyopia; a farsighted person.

Same as Proleg.

ard; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

One who, or that which, propels.

a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] Shak. We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. Barrow.

Propensity. [R.]

Inclining forward or toward. South.

Same as Propylene.

Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.

The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.

See Persinogen.