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To give as a loan; to lend. [Obs.] Sums of money . . . prested out in loan. E. Hall.

The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall.

To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively. Bp. Hall. Pluming and priding himself in all his services. South.

First formed or generated; original; primigenial. Bp. Hall.

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

Princeliness. [Obs.] E. Hall.

roughly. Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. Hallam.

To antedate. Fitzed. Hall.

Waste; profusion; prodigality. [R.] Bp. Hall.

To oblige; to confer a favor on. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

s, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing thee all good. Keble.

Fit; propitious. [Obs.] E. Hall.

hich is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e., English writers'] own coining. Fitzed. Hall.

The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

eign, thus deferring its business. Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster. Bp. Hall. The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. Macaulay.

A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.

To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.

a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank. It were not a work for puisnes and novices. Bp. Hall.

direct stroke or hit. -- Punto reverso Etym: [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke. Halliwell. "Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso!" Shak.

Nicely; prettily. [Archaic] Halliwell.