Part 46

~Poppy-like~, _a._ Papaverous.

~Populace~, _n._ Commonalty, rabble, mob, the people, the crowd, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the vulgar herd, the common people, the lower classes, the vulgar, the humbler classes, scum of society, dregs of society.

~Popular~, _n._ ~1.~ Plain, familiar, easy.

~2.~ Received (_by the people_), accepted, accredited, favorite, liked.

~3.~ Current, prevailing, prevalent, common, general, in vogue, in favor.

~Popularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Favor (_of the people_), popular regard or acceptance.

~2.~ Fame, repute, celebrity, vogue.

~Populate~, _v. a._ People.

~Population~, _n._ Inhabitants, persons, number of people.

~Populous~, _a._ Crowded, thickly settled.

~Pop upon~, Come upon (_suddenly_).

~Porcelain~, _n._ China, china ware.

~Porch~, _n._ ~1.~ Portico, entrance way, vestibule.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~Pore~, _n._ Orifice, spiracle, small opening.

~Pore~, _v. n._ Brood, dwell, look steadily, fix the attention, give one's mind.

~Porker~, _n._ Hog, pig, sow, swine.

~Porrigo~, _n._ (_Med._) Scald-head, ringworm of the scalp.

~Port~, _n._ ~1.~ Harbor, haven, roadstead, anchorage.

~2.~ Entrance, passage-way.

~3.~ Embrasure, port-hole.

~4.~ Larboard, left side.

~5.~ Demeanor, behavior, bearing, air, mien, carriage, deportment.

~6.~ Port-wine.

~Portable~, _a._ Movable, light, handy, convenient, easily transported.

~Portal~, _n._ Gate, gateway, entrance, passage-way.

~Porte~, _n._ Turkish court, Sublime Porte.

~Porte-monnaie~, _n._ [Fr.] Pocket-book, purse.

~Portend~, _v. a._ Presage, forebode, foretoken, betoken, foreshow, foreshadow, augur, prognosticate, threaten, indicate.

~Portent~, _n._ Omen (_of ill_), presage, prognostic, augury, sign, warning.

~Portentous~, _a._ Ominous (_of ill_), premonitory, ill-boding.

~Porter~, _n._ ~1.~ Carrier.

~2.~ CONCIÈRGE, janitor, door-keeper.

~Port-hole~, _n._ Embrasure, port.

~Portico~, _n._ ~1.~ Covered walk.

~2.~ Porch, vestibule, entrance-way.

~Portion~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel.

~2.~ Share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent.

~Portion~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide, allot, deal out, distribute, parcel out.

~2.~ Endow, supply with a portion.

~Portly~, _a._ ~1.~ Stately, grand, majestic, magisterial, dignified.

~2.~ Corpulent, stout, plump, fleshy, obese, round, in good case.

~Portmanteau~, _n._ Valise, travelling bag.

~Portrait~, _n._ Representation (_of a face or a person, drawn or painted_), likeness, daguerreotype, photograph, portraiture, MINIATURE.

~Portraiture~, _n._ PORTRAIT.

~Portray~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent.

~2.~ Describe, set forth.

~Portrayal~, _n._ ~1.~ Delineation, painting, representation, sketch.

~2.~ Description, account.

~Port-wine~, _n._ Port.

~Pose~, _n._ Attitude (_formally assumed_), posture.

~Pose~, _v. a._ Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand.

~Poser~, _n._ ~1.~ Puzzler, close examiner.

~2.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.

~Position~, _n._ ~1.~ Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post.

~2.~ Attitude, posture, state, condition.

~3.~ Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine.

~Positive~, _a._ ~1.~ Express, direct, explicit, determinate, defined, precise, definite, clear, unequivocal, unmistakable, categorical, expressed, laid down, not implied.

~2.~ Real, actual, veritable, substantial, true, absolute, existing in fact, not ideal, not imagined, not negative.

~3.~ Confident, sure, assured, certain, fully convinced.

~4.~ Dogmatic, stubborn, peremptory, obstinate, over-confident, tenacious.

~Positively~, _ad._ ~1.~ Expressly, explicitly, precisely, categorically, definitely.

~2.~ Actually, really, truly, in fact, in reality.

~3.~ Certainly, surely, assuredly, confidently.

~4.~ Peremptorily, dogmatically.

~Possess~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Own, have a title to, be seized of.

~2.~ Have, hold, occupy, control.

~3.~ Put in possession.

~Possession~, _n._ ~1.~ Ownership.

~2.~ Occupation, occupancy, control, tenure.

~Possessions~, _n. pl._ Property, estate, effects, assets.

~Possessor~, _n._ ~1.~ Owner, proprietor, master.

~2.~ Holder, occupant.

~Possibility~, _n._ Potentiality.

~Possible~, _a._ ~1.~ Potential, IN POSSE.

~2.~ Practicable, feasible, likely.

~Possibly~, _ad._ Perhaps, perchance, PERADVENTURE, mayhap, haply, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Post~, _n._ ~1.~ PILLAR, COLUMN, support.

~2.~ Station, position, seat.

~3.~ Office, employment, place, situation, capacity.

~4.~ Postman, courier, letter-carrier.

~5.~ Mail.

~Post~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Place, station, set, put, fix, establish.

~2.~ Placard, advertise, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.

~3.~ Stigmatize (_by public notice_), vilify, brand, defame, disgrace.

~4.~ Put in the ledger, carry to the ledger.

~5.~ Mail, put in the mail, put in the post-office.

~Posted~, _a._ ~1.~ Placed, situated.

~2.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Instructed, well-informed, posted up.

~Posted up~, [_Colloquial, U. S._] POSTED, well-informed, booked up.

~Poster~, _n._ Placard, bill, handbill, broadside.

~Posterior~, _a._ ~1.~ Subsequent, following, later, after, succeeding, ensuing.

~2.~ Hind, hinder, back, rear.

~Posterity~, _n._ Descendants, offspring, progeny, after ages, succeeding generations.

~Postfix~, _n._ Affix, suffix.

~Postilion~, _n._ Rider, jockey.

~Postman~, _n._ Courier, post, letter-carrier.

~Post mortem~, [L.] ~1.~ After death.

~2.~ Autopsy, post mortem examination.

~Postpone~, _v. a._ Defer, delay, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over.

~Postscript~, _n._ Appendix, supplement, CODICIL.

~Postulate~, _n._ ~1.~ Supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, assumption, theory, speculation, axiom, assumed truth.

~2.~ (_Geom._) Self-evident problem.

~Posture~, _n._ ~1.~ Position, ATTITUDE, POSE.

~2.~ State, condition, situation, phase.

~Posy~, _n._ ~1.~ Nosegay, bouquet.

~2.~ Inscription (_as on a ring_), legend, motto.

~Potable~, _a._ Drinkable, that may be drunk.

~Potash~, _n._ Potassa, protoxide of potassium.

~Potassa~, _n._ POTASH.

~Potation~, _n._ ~1.~ Drinking.

~2.~ Drink, draught.

~Pot-companion~, _n._ Fellow-drinker.

~Potency~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, might, efficacy, force, strength, energy, vigor.

~2.~ Authority, influence, sway, control.

~Potent~, _a._ Powerful, mighty, forcible, puissant, strong, efficacious, cogent, influential.

~Potentate~, _n._ Monarch, sovereign, king, emperor, prince.

~Potential~, _a._ Possible, IN POSSE.

~Potentiality~, _n._ Possibility.

~Pot-bellied~, _a._ Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, tun- bellied, abdominous.

~Pother~, _n._ Bustle, tumult, turmoil, flutter, rumpus, confusion, pudder, huddle, turbulence, hurly-burly.

~Potion~, _n._ Draught (_especially of medicine_), dose, drench, cup.

~Pot-pourri~, _n._ [Fr.] Medley, mixture, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, farrago, jumble, miscellany, salmagundi, gallimaufry, olio, mish-mash, OLLA PODRIDA, MELANGE, confused mass.

~Potter~, _v. n._ Trifle, PUTTER, busy one's self about trifles.

~Pottery~, _n._ Earthen ware, clay ware.

~Pouch~, _n._ Bag (_small_), sack.

~Poultice~, _n._ Cataplasm.

~Poultry~, _n._ Domestic fowls.

~Pounce~, _n._ Claw, talon, nail.

~Pounce upon~, Seize (_as with claws_), fall upon.

~Pound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, strike.

~2.~ BRAY, bruise, crush, pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.

~Pour~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Let flow (_by decanting_).

~2.~ Emit, let out, give vent to, send forth.

~Pour~, _v. n._ Flow, issue, stream.

~Pout~, _n._ ~1.~ Whiting-pout (_Morrhua lusca_).

~2.~ Cat-fish, horn-pout, horned pout, bull-head (_Pimelodus cattus_).

~Pout~, _v. n._ Look sullen (_by protruding the lips_), look black, show ill-temper.

~Poverty~, _n._ Indigence, penury, want, destitution, need, necessity, privation, distress, straitened circumstances.

~Powder~, _n._ ~1.~ Dust, pulverized substance.

~2.~ Gunpowder.

~Powder-post~, _n._ [_U. S._] Dry-rot, sap-rot.

~Powdery~, _a._ Dusty, mealy, pulverulent, friable.

~Power~, _n._ ~1.~ Ableness, efficacy, ability, efficiency, cogency, competency, might, capability, force, energy, strength.

~2.~ Faculty, talent, endowment, gift.

~3.~ Authority, authoritativeness, rule, prerogative, sovereignty, sway, control, domination, dominion, influence, command.

~4.~ Sovereign, potentate, governor, ruler, monarch.

~5.~ Host, army, troop.

~6.~ Divinity, angel (_good or bad_), spirit.

~7.~ [_Low._] Good deal, great quantity.

~Powerful~, _a._ ~1.~ Mighty, potent, active, forcible, puissant, potential.

~2.~ Vigorous, robust, sturdy, strong, able-bodied.

~3.~ Efficacious, effective, cogent, valid.

~Practicability~, _n._ Feasibility, possibility, practicableness.

~Practicable~, _a._ Feasible, performable, possible, achievable, attainable.

~Practicableness~, _n._ PRACTICABILITY.

~Practical~, _a._ ~1.~ Adapted to practice or use, not speculative, not theoretical.

~2.~ Experienced, versed, proficient, trained, qualified, practised, skilled, thoroughbred, able, AU FAIT.

~Practice~, _n._ ~1.~ Custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition.

~2.~ Use, usage.

~3.~ Action, actual performance.

~4.~ Exercise (_as of a profession_), application.

~Practise~, _v. a._ [Written also _Practice_.] ~1.~ Do (_frequently_), perform.

~2.~ Exercise, apply, pursue, carry on.

~Practised~, _a._ Experienced, instructed, versed, thoroughbred, qualified, skilled, trained, accomplished, proficient, able, practical, AU FAIT.

~Pragmatical~, _a._ Meddling, officious, meddlesome, impertinent.

~Praise~, _n._ ~1.~ Commendation, approval, laudation, laud, encomium, approbation, APPLAUSE.

~2.~ Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, tribute of praise.

~3.~ Glorification, homage, worship, tribute of gratitude.

~Praise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Commend, approve, applaud.

~2.~ Extol, eulogize, panegyrize.

~3.~ Magnify, glorify, exalt, worship, bless, do homage to, do honor to.

~Praiseworthy~, _a._ Commendable, laudable.

~Prank~, _n._ Caper, antic, trick, gambol, freak, vagary.

~Pranked out~, Bedizened, janty, showy, finical, airy, gairish, flashy.

~Prankish~, _a._ Sportive, playful, jovial, frolicsome, gamesome, full of play, full of fun.

~Prate~, _v. n._ Prattle, chat, chatter, tattle, babble, gabble, palaver, be loquacious.

~Prate~, _v. a._ Tell (_foolishly_), babble, utter, prate about.

~Prate~, _n._ Prattle, gabble, chatter, twaddle, palaver, idle talk, childish talk.

~Prater~, _n._ Chatterer, rattle-head.

~Prattle~, _v. n._ PRATE, chatter.

~Prattle~, _n._ PRATE, chatter.

~Pray~, _v. a._ Ask (_earnestly_), request, entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore, beg, petition, invoke, conjure, ADJURE, call upon.

~Pray~, _v. n._ Supplicate, entreat, petition, beg, importune, prefer a petition or request.

~Prayer~, _n._ Supplication, entreaty, suit, petition, request, SUFFRAGE.

~Prayerful~, _a._ Devout, religious.

~Preach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Proclaim (_as in a religious discourse_), declare, publish.

~2.~ Inculcate, teach.

~Preach~, _v. n._ Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects.

~Preaching friar~, Blackfriar.

~Preamble~, _n._ Introduction (_especially of a legislative act_), preface, introductory part.

~Precarious~, _a._ Uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon.

~Precaution~, _n._ Forethought, timely care.

~Precatory~, _a._ Suppliant, beseeching, supplicating, imploring, praying, begging.

~Precautionary~, _a._ Provident.

~Precede~, _v. a._ Go before (_in place or in time_), go ahead of, take the lead of, be anterior to, take precedence of.

~Precedence~, _n._ ~1.~ Priority (_in time_), anteriority, antecedence.

~2.~ Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

~Precedency~, _n._ ~1.~ Priority (_in time_), anteriority, antecedence.

~2.~ Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

~Precedent~, _a._ Antecedent, PRECEDING.

~Precedent~, _n._ Authoritative example.

~Preceding~, _a._ Antecedent, precedent, anterior, previous, prior, precursory.

~Precept~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, injunction, order, mandate, edict, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, law, ordinance, ordination, regulation, canon.

~2.~ Doctrine, principle, maxim, rule, direction.

~Preceptor~, _n._ Teacher, tutor, instructor, master, school-master, PEDAGOGUE.

~Precinct~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, confine, bound, boundary, border, frontier, marches.

~2.~ District, territorial division.

~Precious~, _a._ ~1.~ Costly, of great price.

~2.~ Very valuable, of great worth, of great value.

~3.~ Dear, beloved, darling, very estimable, highly esteemed or valued.

~Precious metals~, Gold and silver.

~Precious stones~, Jewels, gems.

~Precipice~, _n._ Cliff, crag, steep, abrupt declivity.

~Precipitance~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.

~2.~ RASHNESS, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.

~Precipitancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.

~2.~ RASHNESS, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.

~Precipitate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw or hurl headlong.

~2.~ Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward.

~3.~ (_Chem._) Throw down, cause to subside.

~Precipitate~, _n._ (_Chem._) Precipitated substance.

~Precipitate~, _a._ Hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet.

~Precipitation~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitance, flurry, precipitancy.

~2.~ Rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, foolhardiness, inconsiderateness, temerity, presumption.

~Precipitous~, _a._ ~1.~ Steep, abrupt.

~2.~ Hasty, rash, heady, headlong, precipitate, reckless, indiscreet.

~Precise~, _a._ ~1.~ Exact, correct, definite, strict, express, distinct, explicit, nice, well-defined.

~2.~ Formal, ceremonious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, punctilious.

~Precisian~, _n._ Formalist, martinet.

~Precision~, _n._ Exactness, preciseness, accuracy, nicety, correctness, truth.

~Preclude~, _v. a._ Prevent, hinder, debar, impede, restrain, prohibit, inhibit, stop, bar, shut out.

~Precocious~, _a._ Premature (_especially in mental development_), too forward.

~Precocity~, _n._ Prematureness (_of the mental faculties_).

~Preconcert~, _v. a._ Premeditate, predetermine, consider beforehand.

~Precursor~, _n._ ~1.~ Forerunner, predecessor.

~2.~ Messenger, harbinger, herald.

~Precursory~, _a._ ~1.~ Forerunning, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, previous.

~2.~ Prelusive, prelusory, introductory, prefatory.

~Predacious~, _a._ Rapacious, PREDATORY.

~Predatory~, _a._ ~1.~ Plundering, pillaging.

~2.~ Rapacious, ravenous, greedy, voracious, hungry, preying.

~Predecessor~, _n._ ~1.~ Precursor (_in any office or position_), forerunner.

~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor.

~Predestinate~, _v. a._ Predetermine, foreordain, preordain, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.

~Predestination~, _n._ Predetermination, foreordination.

~Predestine~, _v. a._ Predetermine, PREDESTINATE.

~Predetermination~, _n._ PREDESTINATION.

~Predetermined~, _a._ Foregone.

~Predicable~, _a._ Affirmable.

~Predicament~, _n._ ~1.~ Situation (_especially a bad situation_), condition, state, position, posture, attitude, plight, case.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Pass, pinch, push, extremity, exigency, emergency, conjuncture.

~3.~ (_Logic._) Category, class.

~Predicant~, _n._ Dominican, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.

~Predicate~, _v. a._ Assert, affirm, aver, declare, allege, propound, say, asseverate, avouch, pronounce.

~Predication~, _n._ Affirmation, assertion, declaration, averment.

~Predict~, _v. a._ Foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, divine, forebode, VATICINATE.

~Prediction~, _n._ Prophecy, prognostication, augury, foreboding, vaticination, divination, soothsaying, foretelling.

~Predictive~, _a._ Prophetic, presaging, foretelling.

~Predictor~, _n._ Foreteller, prophet, seer, vaticinator.

~Predilection~, _n._ Prepossession (_in favor of_), partiality, preference, inclination, liking, fondness, love.

~Predispose~, _v. a._ Incline, dispose, bias, fit, prepare, make ready.

~Predisposition~, _n._ Inclination, disposition, willingness, inclination, propensity, proclivity, leaning, bent, bias, proneness.

~Predominance~, _n._ Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.

~Predominancy~ _n._ Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.

~Predominant~, _a._ Prevailing, prevalent, supreme, ascendant, overruling, dominant, sovereign.

~Predominate~, _v. n._ Prevail, dominate, rule, preponderate, be supreme, be sovereign, be in the ascendant.

~Pre-eminence~, _n._ Superiority, supremacy, precedence.

~Pre-eminent~, _a._ Superior, supreme.

~Pre-engage~, _v. a._ Preoccupy.

~Preface~, _n._ Introduction, preamble, proem, PRELUDE, prolegomena, exordium, PROLOGUE, preliminary.

~Prefatory~, _a._ Introductory, preliminary, prelusive, prelusory, precursory, proemial, preparatory.

~Prefer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Offer, present, address, bring forward, set forth.

~2.~ Raise, exalt, promote, advance.

~3.~ Choose, select, elect, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon.

~Preferable~, _a._ More eligible, more desirable.

~Preferably~, _ad._ Rather, in preference, by choice.

~Preference~, _n._ Choice, election, selection, predilection.

~Preferment~, _n._ Promotion, advancement, exaltation, elevation.

~Prefigure~, _v. a._ Foreshow, betoken, foreshadow, portend, signify, indicate.

~Pregnant~, _a._ ~1.~ ENCEINTE, big, with child, in the family way.

~2.~ Fraught, replete, full, teeming.

~Prejudge~, _v. a._ Forejudge, prejudicate.

~Prejudgment~, _n._ Prejudice.

~Prejudicate~, _v. a._ PREJUDGE.

~Prejudice~, _n._ ~1.~ Prejudgment, prepossession, bias.

~2.~ Harm, mischief, hurt, detriment, injury, damage, disadvantage.

~Prejudice~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bias, warp, prepossess.

~2.~ Injure, damage, hurt, impair.

~Prejudicial~, _a._ Hurtful, mischievous, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, damaging, disadvantageous.

~Prejudiced~, _a._ Biassed, bigoted, wedded to an opinion.

~Prelate~, _n._ Bishop.

~Prelection~, _n._ Lecture, discourse.

~Prelector~, _n._ Lecturer, reader.

~Preliminary~, _a._ Introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, prelusive, precursory, previous, prior, precedent.

~Preliminary~, _n._ Introduction, PRELUDE, preparatory step.

~Prelude~, _n_. Introduction (_to a piece of music_), preliminary, preface, preamble, proem, PROLOGUE, exordium.

~Prelusive~, _a._ Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.

~Prelusory~, _a._ Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.

~Premature~, _a._ ~1.~ Precocious, too forward, ripe too soon.

~2.~ Unseasonable, too early.

~Prematurely~, _ad._ Precociously, too early, too soon.

~Premeditate~, _v. a._ Preconcert, consider beforehand.

~Premeditation~, _n._ Forethought, previous deliberation.

~Premier~, _n._ Prime minister.

~Premise~, _v. a._ Preface, lay down beforehand, state at the outset, set forth at the beginning.

~Premise~, _v. n._ Begin, enter upon the subject, state beforehand.

~Premise~, _n._ Antecedent proposition.

~Premium~, _n._ Reward, recompense, bounty, prize, bonus.

~Premonish~, _v. a._ Forewarn, caution, warn.

~Premonition~, _n._ Caution, warning.

~Preoccupation~, _n._ ~1.~ Prepossession.

~2.~ Abstraction, inattention, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study.

~Preoccupied~, _a._ Inattentive, absent, absent-minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study.

~Preordain~, _v. a._ Predetermine, preestablish, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.

~Preparation~, _n._ Provision, making ready.

~Preparatory~, _a._ Introductory, preliminary, prefatory.

~Prepare~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fit, adapt, equip, qualify.

~2.~ Provide, procure, get ready, put in order.

~Prepare~, _v. n._ Get ready, put things in order, set one's house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed.

~Preponderance~, _n._ ~1.~ Outweighing, preponderation.

~2.~ Superiority, ascendency, superior influence.

~Preponderate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Weigh the most, exceed in weight.

~2.~ Prevail, be superior, have the superiority.

~Preponderation~, _n._ Outweighing, preponderance.

~Prepossess~, _v. a._ Preoccupy, have prior possession of.

~Prepossessing~, _a._ Attractive, engaging, winning, fascinating, taking, captivating, bewitching.

~Prepossession~, _n._ ~1.~ Preoccupation, prior possession.

~2.~ Prejudice, bias, one-sidedness.

~Preposterous~, _a._ ~1.~ Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed.

~2.~ Absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous.

~Preposterousness~, _n._ Absurdity, unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly.

~Prepuce~, _n._ Foreskin.

~Prerequisite~, _n._ Requirement.

~Prerogative~, _n._ Privilege, immunity, right, liberty, franchise, advantage.

~Presage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Forebode, divine, foreknow, have a presentiment of.

~2.~ Foretell, predict, prophesy, foreshow, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate, augur, VATICINATE.

~Presage~, _n._ Omen, sign, prognostic, augury, portent, token, foreboding, indication.

~Presbyopia~, _n._ Far-sightedness.

~Presbyopy~, _n._ Far-sightedness.

~Presbyopic~, _a._ Far-sighted, presbytic.

~Presbytic~, _a._ Far-sighted, presbyotic.

~Prescience~, _n._ Foreknowledge, foresight, forecast, prevision.

~Prescient~, _a._ Foreknowing, foreseeing, prophetic.

~Prescribe~, _v. a._ Direct, order, appoint, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree.

~Prescript~, _n._ Direction, decree, ordination, rule, ordinance, law.

~Prescription~, _n._ ~1.~ Custom, usage.

~2.~ (_Med._) Recipe.

~Presence~, _n._ Mien, air, carriage, port, demeanor, behavior.

~Present~, _a._ ~1.~ At hand, not absent.

~2.~ Instant, current, existing, not past nor future.

~Present~, _n._ Gift, donation, donative, benefaction, offering, gratuity, largess, grant, DOUCEUR.

~Present~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Introduce.

~2.~ Exhibit, offer, bring to notice.

~3.~ Give, bestow, grant, CONFER, give away.

~4.~ Hand, put into one's hands.

~Presentation~, _n._ ~1.~ Introduction.

~2.~ Exhibition, representation, setting forth.

~3.~ Bestowal, donation, giving.

~Presentiment~, _n._ Foreboding.

~Presently~, _ad._ ~1.~ Directly, immediately, at once.

~2.~ Soon, shortly, pretty soon, before long, by and by, in a short time.

~Preservation~, _n._ ~1.~ Maintenance, conservation, protection.

~2.~ Security, safety, salvation.

~Preservative~, _n._ Preserver, means of preservation.

~Preservative~, _a._ Conservative, preservatory.

~Preservatory~, _a._ Preservative.

~Preserve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.

~2.~ Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.

~Preserve~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.

~2.~ Enclosure (_for game_).

~Preserver~, _n._ ~1.~ Saviour, protector, defender, guardian.

~2.~ Preservative, means of preservation.

~Preside~, _v. n._ Command, rule, be at the head, act as chief, have the control, hold the reins, act as president.

~Presignify~, _v. a._ Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, betoken.

~Press~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.

~2.~ Constrain, compel, force, drive.

~3.~ Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.

~Press~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bear heavily.

~2.~ Hasten, hurry, push, rush.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, force a way.

~Press~, _n._ ~1.~ Printing-press.

~2.~ Literature, literary publications.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, multitude.

~4.~ Urgency, pressure, hurry.

~Pressing~, _a._ Urgent, importunate.

~Pressure~, _n._ ~1.~ Compressing, squeezing, crushing force.

~2.~ Influence, constraining force.

~3.~ Urgency, press, hurry.

~Presumable~, _a._ Probable, reasonable, likely, credible, that stands to reason.

~Presume~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.

~2.~ Venture, dare, make bold.

~Presume~, _v. a._ Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for granted.

~Presumption~, _n._ ~1.~ Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess.

~2.~ Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK.

~3.~ Probability, ground for believing.

~Presumptive~, _a._ Grounded on probable evidence.

~Presumptive evidence~, (_Law._) Circumstantial evidence.

~Presumptuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Arrogant, bold, forward, presuming.

~2.~ Venturesome, rash, over-confident, fool-hardy.

~Presuppose~, _v. a._ Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.

~Pretence~, _n._ [Written also _Pretense_.] ~1.~ Show (_to conceal a thing to be done_), false appearance, mask, color, simulation, affectation, cant, PRETEXT, clap-trap.

~2.~ Subterfuge, evasion, excuse.

~Pretend~, _v. a._ Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.

~Pretend~, _v. n._ Make believe, make a show, profess falsely.

~Pretension~, _n._ ~1.~ Claim, demand.

~2.~ Show, assumption, profession, PRETENCE, make-believe.

~3.~ Conceit, pretentiousness, pertness, priggery.

~Pretentious~, _a._ [_Recent._] Assuming, conceited, vain, pert, flippant, priggish, coxcomical, dashing.

~Pretentiousness~, _n._ Assumption, conceit, PRETENSION.

~Preternatural~, _a._ Irregular (_as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily_ SUPERNATURAL _or miraculous_), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange.

~Pretext~, _n._ Show (_to conceal a thing done_), appearance, affectation, simulation, mask, color, PRETENCE.

~Pretty~, _a._ Beautiful (_without dignity or grandeur_), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair.

~Pretty~, _ad._ Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.

~Prevail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Predominate, preponderate, succeed, prosper, have the superiority, gain the advantage, be in the ascendant, get the upper hand, have one's own way, carry it, carry all before one, carry the day, win the day, gain the day, win the palm.

~2.~ Obtain, rage, have influence, have sway, have currency, be in vogue, be rife, be the rage.

~Prevailing~, _a._ ~1.~ Effectual, dominant, predominant, efficacious, preponderating.

~2.~ Received (_at the present time_), current, established, ordinary, usual, PREVALENT, widely extended, most general.

~Prevail on~, Persuade (_by argument_), influence, induce.

~Prevail upon~, Persuade (_by argument_), influence, induce.

~Prevail with~, Persuade (_by an appeal to the feelings_), influence, induce.

~Prevalence~, _n._ ~1.~ Superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity.

~2.~ Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength.

~3.~ Universality, wide extension, general reception.

~Prevalent~, _a._ ~1.~ Superior, victorious, predominant, successful.

~2.~ Powerful, efficacious, effectual.

~3.~ Received (_generally_), established, current, ordinary, usual, PREVAILING, widely extended, most general.

~Prevaricate~, _v. n._ Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, EQUIVOCATE (_by loose or indefinite expressions_).

~Prevarication~, _n._ Equivocation, cavil, quibble.

~Prevent~, _v. a._ Obstruct, HINDER, stop, impede, thwart, intercept, interrupt, obviate, preclude, frustrate, forefend, avert.

~Prevention~, _n._ Obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption.

~Preventive~, _a._ Prophylactic.

~Preventive~, _n._ Prophylactic.

~Previous~, _a._ Antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing.

~Previously~, _ad._ Before, antecedently, beforehand.

~Prevision~, _n._ Foresight, foreknowledge, prescience.

~Prey~, _n._ Plunder (_to satisfy the appetite_), spoil, BOOTY, pillage, rapine, ravin.

~Prey on~ (~or upon~), ~1.~ Plunder, pillage, rob, despoil.

~2.~ Devour, feed upon.

~3.~ Waste, corrode.

~Price~, _n._ ~1.~ Value (_in money_), charge, expense, cost.

~2.~ Estimation, worth.

~3.~ Recompense, reward.

~Priceless~, _a._ Invaluable, inestimable.

~Prick~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce (_with a small hole_), perforate, puncture.

~2.~ Spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive.

~3.~ Sting, wound, pain, hurt.

~Prick~, _v. n._ Spur, ride, gallop, hasten.

~Prick~, _n._ ~1.~ Goad, point.

~2.~ Puncture.

~Pricked~, _a._ Acid, sour, tart, sharp.

~Prickleback~, _n._ Stickleback.

~Prickly pear~, _n._ Indian fig.

~Prick up the ears~, Listen, attend, hear.

~Pride~, _n._ ~1.~ Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit.

~2.~ Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, HAUTEUR, presumption.

~3.~ Elevation (_of character_), dignity, self-respect.

~4.~ Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, lustre, brightness, effulgence, glory.

~Pride one's self on~, Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in, pique one's self on, plume one's self on, stand upon.

~Priest~, _n._ Clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

~Priestly~, _a._ Sacerdotal.

~Prig~, _n._ Puppy, coxcomb; conceited, pert, saucy, or pragmatical fellow.

~Priggery~, _n._ Pertness, conceit, sauciness, coxcombry.

~Priggish~, _a._ Conceited, pert, saucy, coxcomical.

~Prim~, _a._ Formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced, in buckram.

~Primacy~, _n._ Primateship.

~Prima facie~, [L.] At first sight, on the first view.

~Primary~, _a._ ~1.~ Primitive, aboriginal, original, primordial, primeval, pristine, first.

~2.~ Chief, principal, leading.

~3.~ Elementary, lowest.

~Primate~, _n._ Archbishop, metropolitan.

~Primateship~, _n._ Primacy.

~Prime~, _a._ ~1.~ First, original, primitive, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine, aboriginal.

~2.~ Highest, chief, principal, best, capital, first-rate.

~Prime~, _n._ ~1.~ Beginning, opening, first part, earliest stage.

~2.~ Youth, spring of life, early days.

~3.~ Perfection, flower, greatest beauty, health or strength, best days.

~Primitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Primeval, primal, prime, primordial, original, aboriginal, pristine, primary, first.

~2.~ Radical, underived.

~Prime minister~, _n._ Premier.

~Primeval~, _a._ Original, PRIMITIVE.

~Primitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Original, primeval, primal, primordial, aboriginal, prime, primary pristine, first.

~2.~ Radical, underived.

~Primness~, _n._ Stiffness, formality.

~Primordial~, _a._ Original, PRIMITIVE.

~Prince~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereign, ruler, monarch, potentate.

~2.~ Sovereign's son (_especially the eldest son_).

~Princely~, _a._ ~1.~ Royal, regal, imperial, exalted, august, grand, stately, dignified.

~2.~ Munificent, beneficent, generous, liberal, bounteous, bountiful, noble.

~Princess~, _n_. ~1.~ Female ruler.

~2.~ Sovereign's daughter.

~3.~ Prince's wife.

~Principal~, _n._ Chief, main, first, highest, supreme, leading, cardinal, most considerable, most important.

~Principal~, _n_. ~1.~ Chief, head, leader, chief actor.

~2.~ Master, head master.

~3.~ Employer, constituent.

~4.~ Capital sum (_placed at interest_).

~Principally~, _a._ Chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.

~Principle~, _n._ ~1.~ Origin, source, cause, spring, mainspring, fountain, groundwork, prime mover, fountain-head.

~2.~ Element, substratum, fundamental or primordial substance.

~3.~ Postulate, axiom, law, elementary proposition, fundamental truth.

~4.~ Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, maxim, rule.

~5.~ Ground, motive, reason.

~6.~ Integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty, virtue, righteousness, incorruptibility, goodness, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, honor.

~Prink~, _v. n._ Spruce, dress finically.

~Print~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impress, imprint, stamp.

~2.~ Make an impress or impression of.

~Print~, _n._ ~1.~ Impression, impress, mark, stamp.

~2.~ Engraving.

~3.~ Newspaper, journal.

~4.~ Calico, printed cotton cloth.

~Printing~, _n._ Typography.

~Prior~, _a._ Former, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory.

~Priority~, _n._ Antecedence, anteriority, precedence.

~Priory~, _n._ Convent, monastery, cloister, abbey.

~Prismatic Spectrum~, Solar spectrum.

~Prison~, _n._ Jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON.

~Prisoner~, _n._ Captive.

~Pristine~, _a._ Primitive, primary, original, aboriginal, primeval, primordial, first.

~Prithee~, [For _I pray thee_.] Pray, please, do, vouchsafe, be so good as, have the goodness, be good enough, I beseech you.

~Privacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Secrecy, concealment.

~2.~ Retreat, retirement, seclusion, solitude.

~Private~, _n._ ~1.~ Secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated.

~2.~ Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular.

~3.~ Secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close.

~4.~ Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated.

~Private~, _n._ Common soldier.

~Private parts~, Genitals, sexual organs.

~Privation~, _n._ ~1.~ Deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENT.

~2.~ Poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distress.

~3.~ Absence, negation.

~Privilege~, _n._ Prerogative, right, claim, advantage, immunity, franchise, liberty, favor.

~Privity~, _n._ Knowledge, cognizance, private concurrence.

~Privy~, _a._ ~1.~ Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar,

## particular.

~2.~ Secret, clandestine.

~3.~ Cognizant of, acquainted with.

~Privy~, _n._ Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.

~Prize~, _n._ ~1.~ Reward, premium, trophy.

~2.~ Capture.

~Prize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Estimate, rate, appraise.

~2.~ Esteem, value highly.