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PRECIPITATELY adv.
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
PRECIPITATION n. 4 definitions
The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong. In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian. Shak.
PRECIPITATOR n.
One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness. Hammond.
PRECOGITATE v.
To cogitate beforehand. [R.] Sherwood.
PRECOGITATION n.
Previous cogitation. [R.] Bailey.
PREEXPECTATION n.
Previous expectation.
PREGRAVITATE v.
To descend by gravity; to sink. [R.] Boyle.
PREGUSTATION n.
The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. [R.] Dr. Walker (1678).
PREMEDITATE v. 3 definitions
on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery. With words premeditated thus he said. Dryden.
PREMEDITATELY adv.
With premeditation. Burke.
PREMEDITATION n.
The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
PRESENTATION n. 6 definitions
The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. Hooker.
PRESENTATIVE a. 3 definitions
Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative. Blackstone.
PRESTATION n.
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service. Burrill.
PRESTIDIGITATION n.
Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
PRESTIDIGITATOR n.
One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
PRETENTATIVE a.
Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
PREVENTATIVE n.
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
PROSTATE a. 2 definitions
The prostate gland.
PROSTATIC a.
Of or pertaining to the prostate gland. Prostatic catheter. (Med.) See under Catheter.
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