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or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons." Hooker.

the ministry; -- called also priest. I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest. Hooker. New presbyter is but old priest writ large. Milton.

ing forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. Hooker.

The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker.

Presupposition. [R.] "Presupposal of knowledge." Hooker.

dge] presupposes many necessary things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand. Hooker.

One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. Hooker.

, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring. Chaucer. In the very prime of the world. Hooker. Hope waits upon the flowery prime. Waller.

sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language. Hooker.

The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.

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

which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition. Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things. Shak.

The action of a go-between or broker in negotiating immoral bargains between the sexes; procuring.

A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes.…

f any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. "The purlieus of St. James." brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court. Macaulay.

(deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date. [Brokers' Cant] A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price. Johnson's Cyc.

ll of a region. Supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of Sinchul and Singaleleh. Hooker.

A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] Hooker.

A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker.

A second baptism. [Obs.] Hooker.