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To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. Swift.

dition to the capital. People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest. Swift.

Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly. Presto! begone! 'tis here again. Swift.

to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to. "Countries that pretend to freedom." Swift. For to what fine he would anon pretend, That know I well. Chaucer.

The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift.

e. 1 Sam. xvii. 50. This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England. Swift.

Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift.

Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. Swift.

rst in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part. Give him always of the prime. Swift.

ign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden. So excellent a princess as the present queen. Swift.

doors were laid open for his departure, not without the privity of the Prince of Orange. Swift.

frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.

inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. Swift.

To delay; to be dilatory. I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift.

ause, saith the Lord. Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. Swift.

ce; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude. Thus much may serve by way of proem. Swift.

n; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. "Such a profligate as Antony." Swift.

Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.

ects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech. Less modest than the speech of prudes. Swift.

ribution. The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. Swift.