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Inflammation of the prostate.

Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.

king a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. " The protestation of our faith." Latimer.

One who makes protestation; a protester.

Pointed; ending in a point or points.

One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson.

Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. "His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends." E. Hall. Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor.…

Having four ribs.

Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.

Relating to quality; having the character of quality. -- Qual"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. Qualitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which merely determines the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis.

Relating to quantity. -- Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. Quantitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance, by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative analysis.

o as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting.

Quiddative.

Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf.

A crying for help. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

ength and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc. Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words.

One who makes, or is given to making, quotations. The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the Ratitæ.

The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

The act or process of converting again into a forest.