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POCKARRED a.
See Pockmarked. [Obs.]
POMPEIAN RED n.
A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic.
POWDERED a. 3 definitions
Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
PREDACEAN n.
A carnivorous animal. Kirby.
PREDACEOUS a.
Living by prey; predatory. Derham.
PREDAL a.
Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory. [R.] Boyse.
PREDATE v.
ticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.
PREDATION n.
The act of pillaging. E. Hall.
PREDATORILY adv.
In a predatory manner.
PREDATORY a. 3 definitions
Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. "A predatory war." Macaulay.
PREDE v. 2 definitions
To prey; to plunder. [Obs.] Holinshed.
PREDECAY n.
Premature decay.
PREDECEASE v. 2 definitions
To die sooner than. "If children predecease progenitors." Shak.
PREDECESSIVE a.
Going before; preceding. "Our predecessive students." Massinger.
PREDECESSOR n.
r follows or comes after, in any office or position. A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state. Prescott.
PREDECLARE v.
To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. Milman.
PREDEDICATION n.
A dedication made previously or beforehand.
PREDEFINE v.
To define beforehand.
PREDELIBERATION n.
Previous deliberation.
PREDELINEATION n.
Previous delineation.
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