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word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.

Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt. "The fogging proctorage of money." Milton.

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

The management of another's affairs.

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

a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmæ.

roduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmæ.

An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to wh…

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.

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

ic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. "Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith." Rom. xii. 6.

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

icellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.

ice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. Thomson.

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.

rovision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylæ, of birds.

The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.

and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone.

The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.