Search the Dictionary

One who speaks for another. Jeffrey.

The office of a prolocutor.

Prologue.

To deliver a Prologue. [R.] Whewell.

One who prologizes. [R.]

The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care. Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush.

To prolong; to extend in space or in time. [R.]

The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction. Bacon.

A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.

One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

Prolongation.

the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise. "Domestic prolusions." Thackeray. Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted. Sir W. Scott.

The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke.

One who promenades.

To deserve; to procure by merit. [Obs.] Davenant.

Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail.

A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.