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A shell, used as a die. See Props.

Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.

The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction.

Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.

The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623- 1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.

The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.

A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles. "Political propagandists." Walsh.

ultiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.

The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants. There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. Ray.

Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth.

One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.

A runner terminated by a germinating bud.

urring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.

Same as Propinyl.

A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Same as Proleg.

rward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

One who, or that which, propels.

d a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] Shak. We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. Barrow.

Propensity. [R.]