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Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. Milman.

The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.

To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. Shak. Father, thy word is passed. Milton.

With a possessive pronoun:

speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject.

Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. -- Pe…

A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red or rèd.

cating possession. Possessive case (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the pear's flavor; the dog's faithfulness. -- Possessive pronoun, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his name;…

To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.

A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridg…

lly; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord. Job i. 6

ogue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.

To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right." B. Jonson.

The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. [Obs.] Ray.

Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.

To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc. Early.

One who pronounces; a pronouncer.

Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces.

ve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]