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On or toward a proximal part; proximad.

Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. "Proximate ancestors." J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. T. Burnet. Proximate analysis (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. -- Proximate cause. (a) A caus…

In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.

Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.]

Proximate. [Obs.]

on, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. Dryden.

In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.

The office or agency of a proxy.

ymbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).…

A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

sh all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.

Inability to coördinate muscular actions properly in walking. - - A*ba"sic (#), a.

t. (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit it either wholly or in part.

plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.

Provided with an abatis.

Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

To put up with; to endure. [Prov.] Dickens.