PERSPECTIVELY — PET NWAD PERSPECTIVELY.1

PERSPECTIVELY, adv. Optically; through a glass; by representation. NWAD PERSPECTIVELY.1

PERSPICABLE, a. Discernible. NWAD PERSPICABLE.1

PERSPICACIOUS, a. [L. perspicax, from perspicio.] NWAD PERSPICACIOUS.1

1. Quick sighted; sharp of sight. NWAD PERSPICACIOUS.2

2. Of acute discernment. NWAD PERSPICACIOUS.3

PERSPICACIOUSNESS, n. Acuteness of sight. NWAD PERSPICACIOUSNESS.1

PERSPICACITY, n. [L. perspicacitas.] NWAD PERSPICACITY.1

1. Acuteness of sight; quickness of sight. NWAD PERSPICACITY.2

2. Acuteness of discernment or understanding. NWAD PERSPICACITY.3

PERSPICACY, n. Acuteness of sight or discernment. NWAD PERSPICACY.1

PERSPICIL, n. [L. per and speculum, a glass.] NWAD PERSPICIL.1

An optic glass. [Little used.] NWAD PERSPICIL.2

PERSPICUITY, n. [L. perspicuitas, from perspicio.] NWAD PERSPICUITY.1

1. Transparency; clearness; that quality of a substance which renders objects visible through it. [Little used.] NWAD PERSPICUITY.2

2. Clearness to mental vision; easiness to be understood; freedom from obscurity or ambiguity; that quality of writing or language which readily presents to the mind of another the precise ideas of the author. Perspicuity is the first excellence of writing or speaking. NWAD PERSPICUITY.3

PERSPICUOUS, a. [L. perspicuus.] NWAD PERSPICUOUS.1

Transparent; translucent. [Little used.] NWAD PERSPICUOUS.2

1. Clear to the understanding; that may be clearly understood; not obscure or ambiguous. Language is perspicuous when it readily presents to the reader or hearer the precise ideas which are intended to be expressed. Meaning, sense or signification if perspicuous, when it is clearly and easily comprehended. NWAD PERSPICUOUS.3

PERSPICUOUSLY, adv. Clearly; plainly; in a manner to be easily understood. NWAD PERSPICUOUSLY.1

PERSPICUOUSNESS, n. Clearness to intellectual vision; plainness; freedom from obscurity. NWAD PERSPICUOUSNESS.1

[We generally apply perspicuous to objects of intellect, and conspicuous to objects of ocular sight.] NWAD PERSPICUOUSNESS.2

PERSPIRABILITY, n. [from perspirable.] NWAD PERSPIRABILITY.1

The quality of being perspirable. NWAD PERSPIRABILITY.2

PERSPIRABLE, a. [from L. perspiro. See Perspire.] NWAD PERSPIRABLE.1

1. That may be perspired; that may be evacuated through the pores of the skin. NWAD PERSPIRABLE.2

2. Emitting perspiration. [Not proper.] NWAD PERSPIRABLE.3

PERSPIRATION, n. [L. perspiro. See Perspire.] NWAD PERSPIRATION.1

1. The act of perspiring; excretion by the cuticular pores; evacuation of the fluids of the body through the pores of the skin. NWAD PERSPIRATION.2

2. Matter perspired. NWAD PERSPIRATION.3

PERSPIRATIVE, a. Performing the act of perspiration. NWAD PERSPIRATIVE.1

PERSPIRATORY, a. Perspirative. NWAD PERSPIRATORY.1

PERSPIRE, v.i. [L. per and spiro, to breathe.] NWAD PERSPIRE.1

1. To evacuate the fluids of the body through the pores of the skin; as, a person perspires freely. NWAD PERSPIRE.2

2. To be evacuated or excreted through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires. NWAD PERSPIRE.3

PERSPIRE, v.t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin. NWAD PERSPIRE.4

PERSTRINGE, v.t. perstrinj’. [L. perstringo; per and stringo, to graze or brush.] To graze; to glance on. NWAD PERSTRINGE.1

PERSUADABLE, a. [See Persuade.] That may be persuaded. NWAD PERSUADABLE.1

PERSUADABLY, adv. So as to be persuaded. NWAD PERSUADABLY.1

PERSUADE, v.t. [L. persuadeo; per and suadeo, to urge or incite.] NWAD PERSUADE.1

1. To influence by argument, advice, intreaty or expostulation; to draw or incline the will to a determination by presenting motives to the mind. NWAD PERSUADE.2

I should be glad, if I could persuade him to write such another critick on any thing of mine. NWAD PERSUADE.3

Almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. Acts 26:28. NWAD PERSUADE.4

2. To convince by argument, or reasons offered; or to convince by reasons suggested by reflection or deliberation, or by evidence presented in any manner to the mind. NWAD PERSUADE.5

Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you. Hebrews 6:9. NWAD PERSUADE.6

3. To inculcate by argument or expostulation. [Little used.] NWAD PERSUADE.7

4. To treat by persuasion. [Not in use.] NWAD PERSUADE.8

PERSUADED, pp. Influenced or drawn to an opinion or determination by argument, advice or reasons suggested; convinced; induced. NWAD PERSUADED.1

PERSUADER, n. One that persuades or influences another. NWAD PERSUADER.1

1. That which incites. NWAD PERSUADER.2

Hunger and thirst at once. NWAD PERSUADER.3

Powerful persuaders! NWAD PERSUADER.4

PERSUADING, ppr. Influencing by motives presented. NWAD PERSUADING.1

PERSUASIBILITY, n. Capability of being persuaded. NWAD PERSUASIBILITY.1

PERSUASIBLE, a. [L. persuasibilis.] NWAD PERSUASIBLE.1

That may be persuaded or influenced by reasons offered. NWAD PERSUASIBLE.2

PERSUASIBLENESS, n. The quality of being influenced by persuasion. NWAD PERSUASIBLENESS.1

PERSUASION, n. s as z. [L. persuasio.] NWAD PERSUASION.1

1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by any thing that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. NWAD PERSUASION.2

For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion. NWAD PERSUASION.3

2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction proceeding from arguments and reasons offered by others, or suggested by one’s own reflections. NWAD PERSUASION.4

When we have no other certainty of being in the right, but our own persuasion that we are so-- NWAD PERSUASION.5

3. A creed or belief; or a sect or party adhering to a creed or system of opinions; as men of the same persuasion; all persuasions concur in the measure. NWAD PERSUASION.6

PERSUASIVE, a. Having the power of persuading; influencing the mind or passions; as persuasive eloquence; persuasive evidence. NWAD PERSUASIVE.1

PERSUASIVELY, adv. In such a manner as to persuade or convince. NWAD PERSUASIVELY.1

PERSUASIVENESS, n. The quality of having influence on the mind or passions. NWAD PERSUASIVENESS.1

PERSUASORY, a. Having the power or tendency to persuade. NWAD PERSUASORY.1

PERSULPHATE, n. A combination of sulphuric acid with the peroxyd of iron. NWAD PERSULPHATE.1

PERT, a. NWAD PERT.1

1. Lively; brisk; smart. NWAD PERT.2

Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth. NWAD PERT.3

On the lawny sands and shelves, NWAD PERT.4

Trip the pert fairies, and the dapper elves. NWAD PERT.5

2. Forward; saucy; bold; indecorously free. NWAD PERT.6

A lady bids me in a very pert manner mind my own affairs-- NWAD PERT.7

PERTAIN, v.i. [L. pertineo, per and tenco, to hold.] NWAD PERTAIN.1

1. To belong; to be the property, right or duty of. NWAD PERTAIN.2

Men hate those who affect honor by ambition, which pertaineth not to them. NWAD PERTAIN.3

He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah. 2 Chronicles 12:4. NWAD PERTAIN.4

It pertains to the governor to open the ports by proclamation. NWAD PERTAIN.5

2. To have relation to. Acts 1:3. NWAD PERTAIN.6

PERTEREBRATION, n. [L. per and terebratio.] NWAD PERTEREBRATION.1

The act of boring through. NWAD PERTEREBRATION.2

PERTINACIOUS, a. [L. pertinax; per and teneo, to hold.] NWAD PERTINACIOUS.1

1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose or design with obstinacy; obstinate; perversely resolute or persistent; as pertinacious in opinion; a man of pertinacious confidence. NWAD PERTINACIOUS.2

2. Resolute; firm; constant; steady. NWAD PERTINACIOUS.3

Diligence is a steady, constant, pertinacious study-- NWAD PERTINACIOUS.4

[This word often implies a censurable degree of firmness of constancy, like obstinacy.] NWAD PERTINACIOUS.5

PERTINACIOUSLY, adv. Obstinately; with firm or perverse adherence to opinion or purpose. He pertinaciously maintains his first opinions. NWAD PERTINACIOUSLY.1

PERTINACIOUSNESS, PERTINACITY, n. [L. pertinacia.] Firm or unyielding adherence to opinion or purpose; obstinacy. He pursues his scheme with pertinacity. NWAD PERTINACIOUSNESS.1

1. Resolution; constancy. NWAD PERTINACIOUSNESS.2

PERTINACY, n. [supra.] Obstinacy; stubbornness; persistency; resolution; steadiness. [Little used.] NWAD PERTINACY.1

PERTINENCE, PERTINENCY, n. [L. pertinens, pertineo; per and teneo, to hold.] NWAD PERTINENCE.1

Justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; suitableness. NWAD PERTINENCE.2

I have shown the fitness and pertinency of the apostle’s discourse to the person he addressed. NWAD PERTINENCE.3

PERTINENT, a. [L. pertinens.] Related to the subject or matter in hand; just to the purpose; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; not foreign to the thing intended. We say, he used an argument not pertinent to his subject or design. The discourse abounds with pertinent remarks. He gave pertinent answers to the questions. NWAD PERTINENT.1

1. Regarding; concerning; belonging. [Little used.] NWAD PERTINENT.2

PERTINENTLY, adv. Appositely; to the purpose. He answered pertinently. NWAD PERTINENTLY.1

PERTINENTNESS, n. Appositeness. NWAD PERTINENTNESS.1

PERTINGENT, a. [L. pertingens.] Reaching to. NWAD PERTINGENT.1

PERTLY, adv. Briskly; smartly; with prompt boldness. NWAD PERTLY.1

1. Saucily; with indecorous confidence or boldness. NWAD PERTLY.2

PERTNESS, n. Briskness; smartness. NWAD PERTNESS.1

1. Sauciness; forward promptness or boldness; implying less than effrontery or impudence. NWAD PERTNESS.2

Pertness and ignorance may ask a question in three lines, which it will cost learning and ingenuity thirty pages to answer. NWAD PERTNESS.3

2. Petty liveliness; sprightliness without force, dignity or solidity. NWAD PERTNESS.4

There is in Shaftsbury’s works a lively pertness and a parade of literature. NWAD PERTNESS.5

PERTURB, PERTURBATE, v.t. [L. perturbo; per and turbo, properly to turn, or to stir by turning.] NWAD PERTURB.1

1. To disturb; to agitate; to disquiet. NWAD PERTURB.2

2. To disorder; to confuse. NWAD PERTURB.3

[This verb is little used. The participle is in use.] NWAD PERTURB.4

PERTURBATION, n. [L. perturbatio.] NWAD PERTURBATION.1

1. Disquiet or agitation of mind. NWAD PERTURBATION.2

2. Restlessness of passions; great uneasiness. NWAD PERTURBATION.3

3. Disturbance; disorder; commotion in public affairs. NWAD PERTURBATION.4

4. Disturbance of passions; commotion of spirit. NWAD PERTURBATION.5

5. Cause of disquiet. NWAD PERTURBATION.6

O polished perturbation, golden care! NWAD PERTURBATION.7

PERTURBATOR, PERTURBER, n. One that disturbs or raises commotion. [Little used.] NWAD PERTURBATOR.1

PERTURBED, pp. Disturbed; agitated; disquieted. NWAD PERTURBED.1

Rest, rest, perturbed spirit. NWAD PERTURBED.2

PERTUSE, PERTUSED, a. [L. pertusus, pertundo; per and tundo, to beat.] NWAD PERTUSE.1

1. Punched; pierced with holes. NWAD PERTUSE.2

2. In botany, full of hollow dots on the surface, as a leaf. NWAD PERTUSE.3

PERTUSION, n. s as z. [L. pertusus, pertundo.] NWAD PERTUSION.1

1. The act of punching, piercing or thrusting through with a pointed instrument. NWAD PERTUSION.2

The manner of opening a vein in Hippocrates’s time, was by stabbing or pertusion. NWAD PERTUSION.3

2. A little hole made by punching; a perforation. NWAD PERTUSION.4

PERUKE, n. An artificial cap of hair; a periwig. NWAD PERUKE.1

PERUKE-MAKER, n. A maker of perukes; a wig-maker. NWAD PERUKE-MAKER.1

PERUSAL, n. s as z. [from peruse.] The act of reading. NWAD PERUSAL.1

This treatise requires application in the perusal. NWAD PERUSAL.2

1. Careful view or examination. [Unusual.] NWAD PERUSAL.3

PERUSE, v.t. s as z. [Some of the senses of this word would lead to the inference that it is from the Latin perviso. If not, I know not its origin.] NWAD PERUSE.1

1. To read, or to read with attention. NWAD PERUSE.2

2. To observe; to examine with careful survey. NWAD PERUSE.3

I have perus’d her well. NWAD PERUSE.4

Myself I then perus’d, and limb by limb NWAD PERUSE.5

Survey’d. NWAD PERUSE.6

PERUSED, pp. Read; observed; examined. NWAD PERUSED.1

PERUSER, n. One that reads or examines. NWAD PERUSER.1

PERUSING, ppr. Reading; examining. NWAD PERUSING.1

PERUVIAN, a. Pertaining to Peru, in South America. NWAD PERUVIAN.1

Peruvian bark, the bark of the Cinchona, a tree of Peru; called also Jesuits’ bark. The taste is bitter and pungent, and it is used as an astringent and tonic, in cases of debility, and particularly as a febrifuge in intermittents. NWAD PERUVIAN.2

PERVADE, v.t. [L. pervado; per and vado, to go; Eng. to wade.] NWAD PERVADE.1

1. To pass through an aperture, pore or interstice; to permeate; as liquors that pervade the pores. NWAD PERVADE.2

2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of a thing and into every minute part. NWAD PERVADE.3

What but God NWAD PERVADE.4

Pervades, adjusts and agitates the whole? NWAD PERVADE.5

3. We use this verb in a transitive form to express a passive or an intransitive signification. Thus when we say, “the electric fluid pervades the earth,” or “either pervades the universe,” we mean only that the fluid is diffused through the earth or universe, or exists in all parts of them. So when we say, “a spirit of conciliation pervades all classes of men,” we may mean that such a spirit passes through all classes, or it exists among all classes. NWAD PERVADE.6

PERVADED, pp. Passed through; permeated; penetrated in every part. NWAD PERVADED.1

PERVADING, ppr. Passing through or extending to every part of a thing. NWAD PERVADING.1

PERVASION, n. s as z. The act of pervading or passing through the whole extent of a thing. NWAD PERVASION.1

PERVERSE, a. pervers’. [L. perversus. See Pervert.] NWAD PERVERSE.1

1. Literally, turned aside; hence, distorted from the right. NWAD PERVERSE.2

2. Obstinate in the wrong; disposed to be contrary; stubborn; untractable. NWAD PERVERSE.3

To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. NWAD PERVERSE.4

3. Cross; petulant; peevish; disposed to cross and vex. NWAD PERVERSE.5

I’ll frown and be perverse, and say thee nay. NWAD PERVERSE.6

PERVERSELY, adv. pervers’ly. With intent to vex; crossly; peevishly; obstinately in the wrong. NWAD PERVERSELY.1

PERVERSENESS, n. pervers’ness. Disposition to cross or vex; untractableness; crossness of temper; a disposition uncomplying, unaccommodating or acting in opposition to what is proper or what is desired by others. NWAD PERVERSENESS.1

Her whom he wishes most, shall seldom gain NWAD PERVERSENESS.2

Through her perverseness. NWAD PERVERSENESS.3

1. Perversion. [Not used.] NWAD PERVERSENESS.4

PERVERSION, n. [L. perversus.] The act of perverting; a turning from truth or propriety; a diverting from the true intent or object; change to something worse. We speak of the perversion of the laws, when they are misinterpreted or misapplied; a perversion of reason, when it is misemployed; a perversion of Scripture, when it is willfully misinterpreted or misapplied, etc. NWAD PERVERSION.1

PERVERSITY, n. Perverseness; crossness; disposition to thwart or cross. NWAD PERVERSITY.1

PERVERSIVE, a. Tending to pervert or corrupt. NWAD PERVERSIVE.1

PERVERT, v.t. [L. perverto; per and verto, to turn.] NWAD PERVERT.1

1. To turn from truth, propriety, or from its proper purpose; to distort from its true use or end; as, to pervert reason by misdirecting it; to pervert the laws by misinterpreting and misapplying them; to pervert justice; to pervert the meaning of an author; to pervert nature; to pervert truth. NWAD PERVERT.2

2. To turn from the right; to corrupt. NWAD PERVERT.3

He in the serpent had perverted Eve. NWAD PERVERT.4

PERVERTED, pp. Turned from right to wrong; distorted; corrupted; misinterpreted; misemployed. NWAD PERVERTED.1

PERVERTER, n. One that perverts or turns from right to wrong; one that distorts, misinterprets or misapplies. NWAD PERVERTER.1

PERVERTIBLE, a. That may be perverted. NWAD PERVERTIBLE.1

PERVERTING, ppr. Turning from right to wrong; distorting; misinterpreting; misapplying; corrupting. NWAD PERVERTING.1

[Pervert, when used of persons, usually implies evil design.] NWAD PERVERTING.2

PERVESTIGATE, v.t. [L. pervestigo; per and vestigo, to trace; vestigium, a track.] To find out by research. NWAD PERVESTIGATE.1

PERVESTIGATION, n. Diligent inquiry; thorough research. NWAD PERVESTIGATION.1

PERVICACIOUS, a. [L. pervicax; composed perhaps of per and Teutonic wigan, to strive or contend.] NWAD PERVICACIOUS.1

Very obstinate; stubborn; willfully contrary or refractory. NWAD PERVICACIOUS.2

PERVICACIOUSLY, adv. With willful obstinacy. NWAD PERVICACIOUSLY.1

PERVICACIOUSNESS, PERVICACITY, n. Stubbornness; willful obstinacy. [Little used.] NWAD PERVICACIOUSNESS.1

PERVIOUS, a. [L. pervius; per and via, way, or from the root of that word.] NWAD PERVIOUS.1

1. Admitting passage; that may be penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; penetrable. We say, glass is pervious to light; a porous stone is pervious to water; a wood is pervious or not pervious to a body of troops. NWAD PERVIOUS.2

A country pervious to the arms and authority of the conqueror. NWAD PERVIOUS.3

2. That may be penetrated by the mental sight. NWAD PERVIOUS.4

By darkness they mean God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. NWAD PERVIOUS.5

3. Pervading; permeating; as pervious fire. [Not proper.] NWAD PERVIOUS.6

PERVIOUSNESS, n. The quality of admitting passage or of being penetrated; as the perviousness of glass to light. NWAD PERVIOUSNESS.1

PESADE, n. The motion of a horse when he raises his fore quarters, keeping his hind feet on the ground without advancing. NWAD PESADE.1

PESO, n. [supra.] A Spanish coin weighing an ounce; a piaster; a piece of eight. NWAD PESO.1

PESSARY, n. [L. pessus.] A solid substance composed of wool, lint or linen, mixed with powder, oil, wax, etc. made round and long like a finger, to be introduced into the neck of the matrix for the cure of some disorder. An instrument that is introduced into the vagina to support the uterus. It is made of wood, elastic gum, waxed linen, etc. NWAD PESSARY.1

PEST, n. [L. pestis; Heb. to be fetid.] NWAD PEST.1

1. Plague; pestilence; a fatal epidemic disease. NWAD PEST.2

Let fierce Achilles NWAD PEST.3

The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. NWAD PEST.4

2. Any thing very noxious, mischievous or destructive. The tale bearer, the gambler, the libertine, the drunkard, are pests to society. NWAD PEST.5

Of all virtues justice is the best; NWAD PEST.6

Valor without it is a common pest. NWAD PEST.7

PESTER, v.t. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with little vexations. NWAD PESTER.1

We are pestered with mice and rats. NWAD PESTER.2

A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff. NWAD PESTER.3

1. To encumber. NWAD PESTER.4

PESTERED, pp. Troubled; disturbed; annoyed. NWAD PESTERED.1

PERTERER, n. One that troubles or harasses with vexation. NWAD PERTERER.1

PESTERING, ppr. Troubling; disturbing. NWAD PESTERING.1

PESTEROUS, a. Encumbering; burdensome. [Little used.] NWAD PESTEROUS.1

PESTHOUSE, n. A house or hospital for persons infected with any contagious and mortal disease. NWAD PESTHOUSE.1

PESTIFEROUS, a. [L. pestis, plague, and fero, to produce.] NWAD PESTIFEROUS.1

1. Pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious. NWAD PESTIFEROUS.2

2. Noxious to peace, to morals or to society; mischievous; destructive. NWAD PESTIFEROUS.3

3. Troublesome; vexatious. NWAD PESTIFEROUS.4

PERTILENCE, n. [L. pestilentia, from pestilens; pestis, plague.] NWAD PERTILENCE.1

1. Plague, appropriately so called; but in a general sense, any contagious or infectious disease that is epidemic and mortal. NWAD PERTILENCE.2

2. Corruption or moral disease destructive to happiness. NWAD PERTILENCE.3

Profligate habits carry pestilence into the bosom of domestic society. NWAD PERTILENCE.4

PESTILENT, a. [L. pestilens, from pestis, plague.] NWAD PESTILENT.1

1. Producing the plague, or other malignant, contagious disease; noxious to health and life; as a pestilent air or climate. NWAD PESTILENT.2

2. Mischievous; noxious to morals or society; destructive; in a general sense; as pestilent books. NWAD PESTILENT.3

3. Troublesome; mischievous; making disturbance; corrupt; as a pestilent fellow. Acts 24:5. NWAD PESTILENT.4

PESTILENTIAL, a. Partaking of the nature of the plague or other infectious disease; as a pestilential fever. NWAD PESTILENTIAL.1

1. Producing or tending to produce infectious disease; as pestilential vapors. NWAD PESTILENTIAL.2

2. Mischievous; destructive; pernicious. NWAD PESTILENTIAL.3

PESTILENTLY, adv. Mischievously; destructively. NWAD PESTILENTLY.1

PESTILLATION, n. [from L. pistillum; Eng. pestle.] NWAD PESTILLATION.1

The act of pounding and bruising in a mortar. [Little used.] NWAD PESTILLATION.2

PESTLE, n. pes’l. [L. pistillum, and probably pinso, for piso, to pound or beat.] An instrument for pounding and breaking substances in a mortar. NWAD PESTLE.1

Pestle of port, a gammon of bacon. NWAD PESTLE.2

PET, n. [This word may be contracted from petulant, or belong to the root of that word. Peevish, which is evidently a contracted word, may be from the same root.] NWAD PET.1

A slight fit of peevishness or fretful discontent. NWAD PET.2

Life given for noble purposes must not be thrown away in a pet, nor whined away in love. NWAD PET.3

PET, n. [formerly peat. L. peto.] NWAD PET.4

1. A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand. NWAD PET.5

2. A fondling; any little animal fondled and indulged. NWAD PET.6

PET, v.t. To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge. NWAD PET.7