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One who proclaims.

The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication. King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. 1 Kings xv. 22.

Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal." Abp. Bramhall.

Inclined; tending by nature. [R.]

A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

Same as Procoele.

Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebræ, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.

Same as Procoelian.

An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.

The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.

Proconsulate.

To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More. Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. Shak.

The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. Procrastination is the thief of time. Young.

One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.

To procrastinate. [Obs.]

Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation. [R.] "His pendent bed and procreant cradle." Shak.