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The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another.

The management of another's affairs.

One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. Chaucer. Shak.

To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]

Efficient contrivance; management; agency. They think it done By her procurement. Dryden.

A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.

Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory. = 32,500 yrs.) Also called brevium, Uranium X2 and UX2.

a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.

Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality. It is a high point of providence in a prince to cast an eye rather upon actions than persons. Quarles.

t master. Same as Puppetman. -- Puppet play, a puppet show. -- Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets. -- Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires. -- Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the s…

o the practical wants of life. See Mathematics. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. Blackstone.

The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser.

An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also quæstor.]

Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism . . . is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. Prof. Wilson.

The business of making or managing rafts.

The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]

r of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. Hayward. Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. Pope.

The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.

The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.

Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory. Shak.