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Having a postscript; added in a postscript. [R.] J. Q. Adams.

Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. Sir T. Browne.

Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry. [U.S.]

Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.

Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.

Consolidated beforehand.

Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.

Prolonged; continued. Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- Pro*tract"ed*ly, adv. -- Pro*tract"ed*ness, n.

Public-spirited. [R.]

cising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.

same as Pulmonate (a).

Placed in a pulpit. [R.] Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton.

Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. Brande & C.

Pointed; ending in a point or points.

Marked with small spots. The studs have their surface punctulated, as if set all over with other studs infinitely lesser. Woodward.

Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.

Putrefied. [Obs.] What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. Marston.

Having four forks, or branches.

Acute of smell.

Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. Locke. --Quick"-sight`ed*ness, n.