PRECISIVE — PRE-EXIST NWAD PRECISIVE.1
PRECISIVE, a. Exactly limiting by separating what is not relative to the purpose; as precisive abstraction. NWAD PRECISIVE.1
PRECLUDE, v.t. [L. proecludo; proe, before, and cludo, claudo, to shut.] NWAD PRECLUDE.1
1. To prevent from entering by previously shutting the passage, or by any previous measures; hence, to hinder from access, possession or enjoyment. Sin, by its very nature, precludes the sinner from heaven; it precludes the enjoyment of God’s favor; or it precludes the favor of God. NWAD PRECLUDE.2
The valves preclude the blood from entering the veins. NWAD PRECLUDE.3
2. To prevent from happening or taking place. NWAD PRECLUDE.4
PRECLUDED, pp. Hindered from entering or enjoyment; debarred from something by previous obstacles. NWAD PRECLUDED.1
PRECLUDING, ppr. Shutting out; preventing from access or possession or from having place. NWAD PRECLUDING.1
PRECLUSION, n. s as z. The act of shutting out or preventing from access or possession; the state of being prevented from entering, possession or enjoyment. NWAD PRECLUSION.1
PRECLUSIVE, a. Shutting out, or tending to preclude; hindering by previous obstacles. NWAD PRECLUSIVE.1
PRECLUSIVELY, adv. With hinderance by anticipation. NWAD PRECLUSIVELY.1
PRECOCIOUS, a. [L. proecox; proe, before, and coquo, to cook or prepare.] NWAD PRECOCIOUS.1
1. Ripe before the proper or natural time; as precocious trees. NWAD PRECOCIOUS.2
2. Premature. NWAD PRECOCIOUS.3
PRECOCIOUSNESS, PRECOCITY, n. Rapid growth and ripeness before the usual time; prematureness. NWAD PRECOCIOUSNESS.1
I cannot learn that he gave, in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. NWAD PRECOCIOUSNESS.2
PRECOGITATE, v.t. [L. proecogito; proe and cogito.] NWAD PRECOGITATE.1
To consider or contrive beforehand. [Little used.] NWAD PRECOGITATE.2
PRECOGITATION, n. Previous thought or consideration. NWAD PRECOGITATION.1
PRECOGNITA. [See Praecognita.] NWAD PRECOGNITA.1
PRECOGNITION, n. [L. proe, before, and cognitio, knowledge.] NWAD PRECOGNITION.1
1. Previous knowledge; antecedent examination. NWAD PRECOGNITION.2
2. In Scots law, an examination of witnesses to a criminal act, before a judge, justice of the peace or sheriff, before the prosecution of the offender, in order to know whether there is ground of trial, and to enable the prosecutor to set forth the facts in the libel. NWAD PRECOGNITION.3
PRECOMPOSE, v.t. [See Compose.] To compose beforehand. NWAD PRECOMPOSE.1
PRECOMPOSED, pp. Composed beforehand. NWAD PRECOMPOSED.1
PRECOMPOSING, ppr. Composing beforehand. NWAD PRECOMPOSING.1
PRECONCEIT, n. [See Preconceive.] An opinion or notion previously formed. NWAD PRECONCEIT.1
PRECONCEIVE, v.t. [L. proe, before, and concipio, to conceive.] NWAD PRECONCEIVE.1
To form a conception or opinion beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea. NWAD PRECONCEIVE.2
In a dead plain, the way seems the longer, because the eye has preconceived it shorter than the truth. NWAD PRECONCEIVE.3
PRECONCEIVED, pp. Conceived beforehand; previously formed; as preconceived opinions; preconceived ends or purposes. NWAD PRECONCEIVED.1
PRECONCEIVING, ppr. Conceiving or forming beforehand. NWAD PRECONCEIVING.1
PRECONCEPTION, n. Conception or opinion previously formed. NWAD PRECONCEPTION.1
PRECONCERT, v.t. [pre and concert.] NWAD PRECONCERT.1
To concert beforehand; to settle by previous agreement. NWAD PRECONCERT.2
PRECONCERTED, pp. Previously concerted or settled. NWAD PRECONCERTED.1
PRECONCERTING, ppr. Contriving and settling beforehand. NWAD PRECONCERTING.1
PRECONIZATION, n. [L. proeconium, from proeco, a crier.] NWAD PRECONIZATION.1
A publishing by proclamation, or a proclamation. [Not used.] NWAD PRECONIZATION.2
PRECONSIGN, v.t. [pre and consign.] NWAD PRECONSIGN.1
To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of. NWAD PRECONSIGN.2
PRECONSTITUTE, v.t. [pre and constitute.] NWAD PRECONSTITUTE.1
To constitute or establish beforehand. NWAD PRECONSTITUTE.2
PRECONSTITUTED, pp. Previously established. NWAD PRECONSTITUTED.1
PRECONSTITUTING, ppr. Constituting beforehand. NWAD PRECONSTITUTING.1
PRECONTRACT, n. [pre and contract.] NWAD PRECONTRACT.1
A contract previous to another. NWAD PRECONTRACT.2
PRECONTRACT, v.t. To contract or stipulate previously. NWAD PRECONTRACT.3
PRECONTRACT, v.i. To make a previous contract or agreement. NWAD PRECONTRACT.4
PRECONTRACTED, pp. Previously contracted or stipulated; previously engaged by contract; as a woman precontracted to another man. NWAD PRECONTRACTED.1
PRECONTRACTING, ppr. Stipulating or covenanting beforehand. NWAD PRECONTRACTING.1
PRECURSE, n. precurs’. [L. proecursus, proecurro; proe and curro, to run.] A forerunning. [Not used.] NWAD PRECURSE.1
PRECURSOR, n. [L. proecursor, supra.] A forerunner; a harbinger; he or that which precedes an event and indicates its approach; as Jove’s lightnings, the precursors of thunder. NWAD PRECURSOR.1
A cloud in the southwest, in winter, is often the precursor of a snow storm. A hazy atmosphere in the west, at sunset, is often the precursor of a cloudy or of a rainy day. NWAD PRECURSOR.2
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul. NWAD PRECURSOR.3
PRECURSORY, a. Preceding as the harbinger; indicating something to follow; as precursory symptoms of a fever. NWAD PRECURSORY.1
PRECURSORY, n. An introduction. [Not used.] NWAD PRECURSORY.2
PREDACEOUS, a. [L. proedaceus, from proeda, prey, spoil.] NWAD PREDACEOUS.1
Living by prey. NWAD PREDACEOUS.2
PREDAL, a. [L. proeda, prey.] Pertaining to prey. NWAD PREDAL.1
1. Practicing plunder. NWAD PREDAL.2
PREDATORY, a. [L. proedatorius, from proeda, prey.] NWAD PREDATORY.1
1. Plundering; pillaging; characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; as a predatory war; a predatory excursion; a predatory party. NWAD PREDATORY.2
2. Hungry; ravenous; as predatory spirits or appetite. [Hardly allowable.] NWAD PREDATORY.3
PREDECEASE, v.i. [pre and decease.] To die before. NWAD PREDECEASE.1
PREDECEASED, a. Dead before. NWAD PREDECEASED.1
PREDECESSOR, n. [L. proe and decedo, to depart.] A person who has preceded another in the same office. The king, the president, the judge, or the magistrate, follows the steps of his predecessor, or he does not imitate the example of his predecessors. It is distinguished from ancestor, who is of the same blood; but it may perhaps be sometimes used for it. NWAD PREDECESSOR.1
PREDESIGN, v.t. To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. NWAD PREDESIGN.1
PREDESIGNED, pp. Purposed or determined previously. NWAD PREDESIGNED.1
PREDESIGNING, ppr. Designing previously. NWAD PREDESIGNING.1
PREDESTINARIAN, n. [See Predestinate.] NWAD PREDESTINARIAN.1
One that believes in the doctrine of predestination. NWAD PREDESTINARIAN.2
PREDESTINATE, a. Predestinated; foreordained. NWAD PREDESTINATE.1
PREDESTINATE, v.t. [L. proedestino; proe and destino, to appoint.] NWAD PREDESTINATE.2
To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose. NWAD PREDESTINATE.3
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Romans 8:29. NWAD PREDESTINATE.4
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself. Ephesians 1:5. NWAD PREDESTINATE.5
PREDESTINATED, pp. Predetermined; foreordained; decreed. NWAD PREDESTINATED.1
PREDESTINATING, ppr. Foreordaining; decreeing; appointing beforehand by an unchangeable purpose. NWAD PREDESTINATING.1
1. Holding predestination. NWAD PREDESTINATING.2
And pricks up his predestinating ears. NWAD PREDESTINATING.3
PREDESTINATION, n. The act of decreeing or foreordaining events; the decree of God by which he hath, from eternity, unchangeably appointed or determined whatever comes to pass. It is used particularly in theology to denote the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. NWAD PREDESTINATION.1
Predestination is a part of the unchangeable plan of the divine government; or in other words, the unchangeable purpose of an unchangeable God. NWAD PREDESTINATION.2
PREDESTINATOR, n. Properly, one that foreordains. NWAD PREDESTINATOR.1
1. One that holds to predestination. NWAD PREDESTINATOR.2
PREDESTINE, v.t. To decree beforehand; to foreordain. NWAD PREDESTINE.1
And bid predestined empires rise and fall. NWAD PREDESTINE.2
PREDETERMINATE, a. Determined beforehand; as the predeterminate counsel of God. NWAD PREDETERMINATE.1
PREDETERMINATION, n. [See Predetermine.] NWAD PREDETERMINATION.1
1. Previous determination; purpose formed beforehand; as the predetermination of God’s will. NWAD PREDETERMINATION.2
2. Premotion; that concurrence of God which determines men in their actions. NWAD PREDETERMINATION.3
PREDETERMINE, v.t. [pre and determine.] NWAD PREDETERMINE.1
1. To determine beforehand; to settle in purpose or counsel. NWAD PREDETERMINE.2
If God foresees events, he must have predetermined them. NWAD PREDETERMINE.3
2. To doom by previous decree. NWAD PREDETERMINE.4
PREDIAL, a. [L. proedium, a farm or estate.] NWAD PREDIAL.1
1. Consisting of land or farms; real estate. NWAD PREDIAL.2
2. Attached to land or farms; as predial slaves. NWAD PREDIAL.3
3. Growing or issuing from land; as predial tithes. NWAD PREDIAL.4
PREDICABILITY, n. [from predicable.] The quality of being predicable, or capable of being affirmed of something, or attributed to something. NWAD PREDICABILITY.1
PREDICABLE, a. [L. proedicabilis, from proedico, to affirm; proe and dico, to say.] That may be affirmed of something; that may be attributed to. Animal is predicable of man. Intelligence is not predicable of plants. More or less is not predicable of a circle or of a square. Whiteness is not predicable of time. NWAD PREDICABLE.1
PREDICABLE, n. One of the five things which can be affirmed of any thing. Genus, species, difference, property, and accident are the five predicables. NWAD PREDICABLE.2
PREDICAMENT, n. [L. proedicamentum, from proedico, to affirm.] NWAD PREDICAMENT.1
1. In logic, a category; a series or order of all the predicates or attributes contained under any genus. The school philosophers distribute all the objects of our thoughts and ideas into genera or classes, which the Greeks call categories, and the Latins predicaments. Aristotle made ten categories, viz. substance, quantity, quality, relation, action, passion, time, place, situation and habit. NWAD PREDICAMENT.2
2. Class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state. NWAD PREDICAMENT.3
We say, the country is in a singular predicament. NWAD PREDICAMENT.4
PREDICAMENTAL, a. Pertaining to a predicament. NWAD PREDICAMENTAL.1
PREDICANT, n. [L. proedicans, proedico.] NWAD PREDICANT.1
One that affirms any thing. NWAD PREDICANT.2
PREDICATE, v.t. [L. proedico; proe and dico, to say.] NWAD PREDICATE.1
To affirm one thing of another; as, to predicate whiteness of snow. Reason may be predicated of man. NWAD PREDICATE.2
PREDICATE, v.i. To affirm; to comprise an affirmation. NWAD PREDICATE.3
PREDICATE, n. In logic, that which, in a proposition, is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, “paper is white.” “ink is not white,” whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper, and denied of ink. NWAD PREDICATE.4
PREDICATION, n. [L. proedicatio.] Affirmation of something, or the act of affirming one thing of another. NWAD PREDICATION.1
PREDICATORY, a. Affirmative; positive. NWAD PREDICATORY.1
PREDICT, v.t. [L. proedictus, proedico; proe, before, and dico, to tell.] To foretell; to tell beforehand something that is to happen. Moses predicted the dispersion of the Israelites. Christ predicted the destruction of Jerusalem. NWAD PREDICT.1
PREDICTED, pp. Foretold; told before the event. NWAD PREDICTED.1
PREDICTING, ppr. Foretelling. NWAD PREDICTING.1
PREDICTION, n. [L. proedictio.] A foretelling; a previous declaration of a future event; prophecy. The fulfillment of the predictions of the prophets is considered to be a strong argument in favor of the divine origin of the Scriptures. NWAD PREDICTION.1
PREDICTIVE, a. Foretelling; prophetic. NWAD PREDICTIVE.1
PREDICTOR, n. A foreteller; one who prophesies. NWAD PREDICTOR.1
PREDIGESTION, n. [pre and digestion.] Too hasty digestion. NWAD PREDIGESTION.1
Predigestion fills the body with crudities. NWAD PREDIGESTION.2
PREDILECTION, n. [L. proe, before, and dilectus, dilito, to love.] NWAD PREDILECTION.1
A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something. NWAD PREDILECTION.2
PREDISPONENT, n. That which predisposes. NWAD PREDISPONENT.1
PREDISPOSE, v.t. s as z. [pre and dispose.] NWAD PREDISPOSE.1
1. To incline beforehand; to give a previous disposition to; as, to predispose the mind or temper to friendship. NWAD PREDISPOSE.2
2. To fit or adapt previously; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. NWAD PREDISPOSE.3
PREDISPOSED, pp. Previously inclined or adapted. NWAD PREDISPOSED.1
PREDISPOSING, ppr. Inclining or adapting beforehand. NWAD PREDISPOSING.1
1. a. Tending or able to give predisposition or liableness; as the predisposing causes of disease. NWAD PREDISPOSING.2
PREDISPOSITION, n. Previous inclination or propensity to any thing; applied to the mind. NWAD PREDISPOSITION.1
1. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression or purpose; applied to matter; as the predisposition of the body to disease; the predisposition of the seasons to generate diseases. NWAD PREDISPOSITION.2
1. Prevalence over others; superiority in strength, power, influence or authority; ascendancy; as the predominance of a red color in a body of various colors; the predominance of love or anger among the passions; the predominance of self-interest over all other considerations; the predominance of imperial authority in the confederacy. NWAD PREDOMINANCE.2
2. In astrology, the superior influence of a planet. NWAD PREDOMINANCE.3
PREDOMINANT, a. [L. proe and dominans, dominor, to rule.] NWAD PREDOMINANT.1
Prevalent over others; superior in strength, influence or authority; ascendant; ruling; controlling; as a predominant color; predominant beauty or excellence; a predominant passion. NWAD PREDOMINANT.2
Those helps--were predominant in the king’s mind. NWAD PREDOMINANT.3
Foul subornation is predominant. NWAD PREDOMINANT.4
PREDOMINANTLY, adv. With superior strength or influence. NWAD PREDOMINANTLY.1
PREDOMINATE, v.i. [L. proe, before, and dominor, to rule, from dominus, lord.] To prevail; to surpass in strength, influence or authority; to be superior; to have controlling influence. In some persons, the love of money predominates over all other passions; in others, ambition or the love of fame predominates; in most men, self-interest predominates over patriotism and philanthropy. NWAD PREDOMINATE.1
So much did love t’her executed lord NWAD PREDOMINATE.2
Predominate in this fair lady’s heart. NWAD PREDOMINATE.3
The rays reflected least obliquely may predominate over the rest. NWAD PREDOMINATE.4
PREDOMINATE, v.t. To rule over. NWAD PREDOMINATE.5
PREDOMINATING, ppr. Having superior strength or influence; ruling; controlling. NWAD PREDOMINATING.1
PREDOMINATION, n. Superior strength or influence. NWAD PREDOMINATION.1
PRE-ELECT, v.t. [pre and elect.] To choose or elect beforehand. NWAD PRE-ELECT.1
PRE-ELECTION, n. Choice or election by previous determination of the will. NWAD PRE-ELECTION.1
1. Superiority in excellence; distinction in something commendable; as pre-eminence in honor or virtue; pre-eminence in eloquence, in legal attainments or in medical skill. NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.2
The preeminence of christianity to any other religious scheme-- NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.3
2. Precedence; priority of place; superiority in rank or dignity. NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.4
That in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18. NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.5
Painful preeminence! yourself to view NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.6
Above life’s weakness and its comforts too. NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.7
3. Superiority of power or influence. NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.8
4. Sometimes in a bad sense; as pre-eminence in guilt or crime. NWAD PRE-EMINENCE.9
PRE-EMINENT, a. [L. proe, before, and eminens, emineo. See Menace.] NWAD PRE-EMINENT.1
1. Superior in excellence; distinguished for something commendable or honorable. NWAD PRE-EMINENT.2
In goodness and in power preeminent. NWAD PRE-EMINENT.3
2. Surpassing others in evil or bad qualities; as pre-eminent in crime or guilt. NWAD PRE-EMINENT.4
PRE-EMINENTLY, adv. In a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; as pre-eminently wise or good. NWAD PRE-EMINENTLY.1
1. In a bad sense; as pr-eminently guilty. NWAD PRE-EMINENTLY.2
PRE-EMPTION, n. [L. proe, before, and emptio, a buying; emo, to buy.] The act of purchasing before others. NWAD PRE-EMPTION.1
1. The right of purchasing before others. Prior discovery of unoccupied land gives the discoverer the prior right of occupancy. Prior discovery of land inhabited by savages is held to give the discoverer the pre-emption, or right of purchase before others. NWAD PRE-EMPTION.2
2. Formerly, in England, the privilege or prerogative enjoyed by the king, of buying provisions for his household in preference to others, abolished by statute 19. Charles II. NWAD PRE-EMPTION.3
PREEN, n. A forked instrument used by clothiers in dressing cloth. NWAD PREEN.1
PREEN, v.t. To clean, compose and dress the feathers, as fowls, to enable them to glide more easily through the air or water. For this purpose they are furnished with two glands on their rump, which secrete an oily substance into a bag, from which they draw it with the bill and spread it over their feathers. NWAD PREEN.2
PRE-ENGAGE, v.t. [pre and engage.] To engage by previous contract. NWAD PRE-ENGAGE.1
To Cipseus by his friends his suit he mov’d, NWAD PRE-ENGAGE.2
But he was pre-engag’d by former ties. NWAD PRE-ENGAGE.3
1. To engage or attach by previous influence. NWAD PRE-ENGAGE.4
The world has the unhappy advantage of pre-engaging our passions. NWAD PRE-ENGAGE.5
2. To engage beforehand. NWAD PRE-ENGAGE.6
PRE-ENGAGED, pp. Previously engaged by contract or influence. NWAD PRE-ENGAGED.1
PRE-ENGAGEMENT, n. Prior engagement; as by stipulation or promise. A would accept my invitation, but for his pre-engagement to B. NWAD PRE-ENGAGEMENT.1
1. Any previous attachment binding the will or affections. NWAD PRE-ENGAGEMENT.2
My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write. NWAD PRE-ENGAGEMENT.3
PRE-ENGAGING, ppr. Previously engaging. NWAD PRE-ENGAGING.1
PREENING, ppr. Cleaning and composing the feathers, as fowls. NWAD PREENING.1
PRE-ESTABLISH, v.t. [pre and establish.] NWAD PRE-ESTABLISH.1
To establish or settle beforehand. NWAD PRE-ESTABLISH.2
PRE-ESTABLISHED, pp. Previously established. NWAD PRE-ESTABLISHED.1
PRE-ESTABLISHING, ppr. Settling or ordaining beforehand. NWAD PRE-ESTABLISHING.1
PRE-ESTABLISHMENT, n. Settlement beforehand. NWAD PRE-ESTABLISHMENT.1
PRE-EXAMINATION, n. Previous examination. NWAD PRE-EXAMINATION.1
PRE-EXAMINE, v.t. To examine beforehand. NWAD PRE-EXAMINE.1
PRE-EXIST, v.i. [pre and exist.] To exist beforehand or before something else. It has been believed by many philosophers that the souls of men pre-exist, that is, exist before the formation of the body. NWAD PRE-EXIST.1