Part 47

~Pro and con~, For and against.

~Probability~, _n._ Likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance.

~Probable~, _a._ Likely, presumable, credible, reasonable, to be expected, that stands to reason.

~Probably~, _ad._ Apparently, to all appearance, in all probability.

~Probation~, _n._ ~1.~ Novitiate.

~2.~ Moral trial.

~Probationer~, _n._ Novice.

~Probe~, _v. a._ Scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into.

~Probity~, _n._ Integrity, uprightness, honesty, worth, rectitude, virtue, goodness, righteousness, trustworthiness, trustiness, principle, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity, honor, justice, equity, fairness, incorruptibility.

~Problem~, _n._ Question (_to be solved_), enigma, puzzle, riddle, moot point, point in dispute, point to be solved or settled, question at issue, vexed question.

~Problematical~, _a._ Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable, disputable, enigmatical, puzzling, unsettled.

~Proboscis~, _n._ Snout, trunk.

~Procedure~, _n._ ~1.~ Conduct, practice, course, process, management, course of action, mode of operation.

~2.~ Act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure, step.

~Proceed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Progress, advance, go or pass on, move forward, make progress, get on, push on, go ahead, get ahead, make headway, get forward, get along, hold or keep one's course.

~2.~ Arise, spring, come, issue, emanate, originate, flow, follow, result, ensue, accrue, come out, go forth, be derived, be caused, take rise, be owing, be due.

~3.~ Act, conduct one's self, take steps, take measures, set to work, go about any thing.

~Proceeding~, _n._ Act, deed, transaction, action, measure, performance, step, procedure.

~Proceeds~, _n. pl._ Product, produce, income, yield, receipts, returns, avails.

~Process~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, progress.

~2.~ Operation, procedure, proceeding, action, performance, step, transaction, measure, conduct, management, series of measures, mode of operation.

~3.~ (_Law._) Suit, trial, action, case.

~4.~ (_Anat._) Projection, protuberance.

~Procession~, _n._ Train, CORTÈGE, turnout, retinue, CAVALCADE.

~Proclaim~, _v. a._ Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, advertise, trumpet, broach, cry, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of.

~Proclaimer~, _n._ Promulgator.

~Proclamation~, _n._ ~1.~ Announcement, publication, promulgation, advertisement.

~2.~ Edict, decree, ordinance, ban.

~Proclivity~, _n._ Inclination, tendency, proneness, propensity, bias, disposition, leaning, bent, aptitude, predisposition, direction, determination, bearing, drift, turn.

~Procrastinate~, _v. a._ Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, put off, stave off, lay over, let lie over.

~Procrastinate~, _v. n._ Delay, wait, lag, loiter, be dilatory.

~Procrastination~, _n._ Dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness.

~Procreant~, _a._ Productive.

~Procreate~, _v. a._ Generate, engender, beget, breed, produce, propagate, bring into being.

~Procreation~, _n._ Generation, begetting, production.

~Procreator~, _n._ Generator, father, sire, begetter.

~Procurement~, _n._ Management, contrivance, agency, intervention, procuration.

~Procurer~, _n._ Pimp, pander, bawd.

~Procumbent~, _a._ Prone, lying down, prostrate.

~Procuration~, _n._ ~1.~ Agency, PROCUREMENT.

~2.~ Authority as an agent, authority to act for another.

~Procurator~, _n._ (_Law._) Agent, proxy, attorney, deputy, representative.

~Procure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve, gain, provide, furnish.

~2.~ Contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about.

~Prodigal~, _a._ Wasteful, lavish, extravagant, profuse, too liberal.

~Prodigal~, _n._ Spendthrift, waster, squanderer.

~Prodigality~, _n._ Wastefulness, extravagance, excess, profusion, lavishness, unthriftiness, squandering.

~Prodigious~, _a._ ~1.~ Marvellous, wonderful, portentous, amazing, astonishing, surprising, astounding, strange, startling, extraordinary, uncommon, wondrous, miraculous, very strange, unheard of.

~2.~ Enormous, monstrous, huge.

~Prodigy~, _n._ ~1.~ Marvel, portent, wonder, miracle.

~2.~ Monster, monstrosity, mooncalf, unnatural product.

~Produce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhibit, show, bring forward, bring out, bring into view, hold up to view, bring to light.

~2.~ Beget, procreate, engender, generate, propagate, breed, bring into being.

~3.~ Cause, occasion, originate, make, create, effect, give rise to.

~4.~ Yield, bear, furnish, supply, give, afford, impart, render, bestow.

~5.~ Extend, protract, prolong, draw out, lengthen.

~Produce~, _n._ ~1.~ PRODUCT.

~2.~ Agricultural products.

~Product~, _n._ ~1.~ Produce, yield, proceeds, returns.

~2.~ Result, effect, work, fruit, production, performance.

~Production~, _n._ ~1.~ Produce, product, fruit, work, performance.

~2.~ Prolongation, extension, lengthening.

~Productive~, _a._ Fertile, generative, prolific, fruitful.

~Proem~, _n._ Preface, introduction, prelude, exordium, prolegomena, preliminary remarks.

~Proemial~, _a._ Introductory, prefatory, preliminary, precursory.

~Profanation~, _n._ Desecration, pollution, misuse, abuse.

~Profane~, _a._ ~1.~ Irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impious.

~2.~ Unhallowed, impure, polluted.

~3.~ Secular, not sacred.

~Profane~, _v. a._ Desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse.

~Profaneness~, _n._ PROFANITY.

~Profanity~, _n._ ~1.~ Irreverence, profaneness, blasphemy.

~2.~ Profane language.

~Profess~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Avow, acknowledge, own, confess, declare, affirm, avouch, aver, allege.

~2.~ Pretend, lay claim to.

~Profession~, _n._ ~1.~ Declaration, avowal, claim.

~2.~ Employment (_that requires a learned education_), calling, occupation, business, AVOCATION.

~Proffer~, _v. a._ Tender, offer, volunteer.

~Proffer~, _n._ Tender, offer, proposal.

~Proficiency~, _n._ ~1.~ Advancement, improvement, progress.

~2.~ Skill, accomplishment, acquirement, mastery.

~Proficient~, _a._ Skilled, skilful, conversant, competent, well- versed, qualified, practised, trained, accomplished, able, thoroughbred, finished, good, at home, AU FAIT.

~Proficient~, _n._ Adept, expert, dab, master-hand, DABSTER, capital hand, good hand.

~Profile~, _n._ ~1.~ Side-face.

~2.~ Outline, contour.

~Profit~, _n._ ~1.~ Gain, produce, emolument, return, avails.

~2.~ Advantage, benefit, service, weal, interest, welfare, behoof, behalf, account, utility.

~Profitless~, _a._ Useless, worthless, fruitless, bootless, unprofitable, valueless, of no use.

~Profligate~, _a._ Depraved, corrupt, dissolute, corrupted, very wicked, graceless, very vicious, shameless, abandoned.

~Profligate~, _n._ Debauchee, rake, libertine, man of pleasure.

~Profound~, _a._ ~1.~ Deep.

~2.~ Penetrating, sagacious, skilled, not superficial.

~3.~ Lively, vivid, strong, deep-felt.

~4.~ Lowly, humble, submissive.

~Profundity~, _n._ Depth, deepness.

~Profuse~, _a._ ~1.~ Lavish, prodigal, improvident, extravagant, wasteful, too liberal, too bountiful.

~2.~ Exuberant, over-abounding, in profusion.

~Profuseness~, _n._ PROFUSION.

~Profusion~, _n._ ~1.~ Lavishness, excess, prodigality, extravagance, waste.

~2.~ Abundance, exuberance.

~Prog~, _n._ [_Low._] Victuals, FOOD.

~Progenitor~, _n._ Ancestor, forefather.

~Progeny~, _n._ Offspring, children, issue, descendants, race, breed, stock, lineage.

~Prognosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Prophasis.

~Prognostic~, _a._ Foreshowing, foretokening.

~Prognostic~, _n._ Sign, token, presage, omen, indication, augury, foreboding, prognostication.

~Prognosticate~, _v. a._ Foretell, predict, foretoken, betoken, prophesy, foreshow, foreshadow, indicate, portend, augur.

~Prognostication~, _n._ ~1.~ PROGNOSTIC.

~2.~ Augury, prediction, vaticination, prophecy, indication.

~Programme~, _n._ Order of exercises.

~Progress~, _n._ ~1.~ Advancement, advance, progression, proficiency.

~2.~ Growth, increase, improvement.

~Progress~, _v. n._ Advance, proceed, go on, get on, go ahead, get ahead, get forward, get along, make head, make headway, work one's way, make one's way, make progress.

~Progression~, _n._ Advancement, advance, progress.

~Progressive~, _a._ ~1.~ Advancing, proceeding.

~2.~ Improving.

~Prohibit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hinder, prevent, debar, preclude, restrain.

~2.~ Forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict.

~Prohibition~, _n._ Interdiction, interdict, inhibition, disallowance, embargo.

~Prohibitive~, _a._ PROHIBITORY.

~Prohibitory~, _a._ Restrictive, prohibiting, prohibitive.

~Project~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, cast, throw out.

~2.~ Scheme, devise, contrive, frame, plan, plot, concoct, brew.

~3.~ Delineate (_as a sphere upon a plane_).

~Project~, _v. n._ Protrude, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.

~Project~, _n._ Plan, scheme, contrivance, devise, design, proposal.

~Projectile~, _n._ Missile.

~Projection~, _n._ ~1.~ Propulsion, throwing.

~2.~ Planning, designing, contriving.

~3.~ Prominence, protuberance, bulge, process.

~4.~ Plan, delineation, map.

~Projector~, _n._ Schemer, designer, planner.

~Prolegomena~, _n. pl._ Introduction, preface, prelude, prologue, preamble, proem, preliminary remarks.

~Prolétaire~, _n._ [Fr.] Laboring class, proletariat.

~Proletarian~, _a._ [_Rare._] Mean, vulgar, vile, plebeian.

~Proletariat~, _n._ PROLÉTAIRE, laboring class.

~Proletary~, _n._ Churl, peasant, rustic, clodhopper, countryman, ploughman, lout, clown, boor, hind, laboring man.

~Prolific~, _a._ Fruitful, fertile, productive, generative, teeming.

~Prolix~, _a._ ~1.~ Diffuse, wordy, verbose, loose, long, long-spun, spun-out, long-winded, discursive, rambling, not concise.

~2.~ Tiresome, tedious, uninteresting, wearisome.

~Prolixity~, _n._ Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious length.

~Prolixness~, _n._ Prolixity.

~Prolocutor~, _n._ Speaker, spokesman.

~Prologue~, _n._ Introduction (_to a play_), preface.

~Prolong~, _v. a._ Lengthen, protract, extend, continue, draw out.

~Prolongation~, _n._ Extension, protraction, lengthening.

~Promenade~, _n._ Walk, stroll.

~Promenade~, _v. n._ Take a walk.

~Prominence~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, projection, bulge, process.

~2.~ Conspicuousness, eminence, distinction, celebrity.

~Prominent~, _a._ ~1.~ Protuberant, projecting.

~2.~ Conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous.

~Promiscuous~, _a._ Mixed, mingled, miscellaneous, indiscriminate, confused.

~Promise~, _n._ ~1.~ Word, engagement, assurance, pledge.

~2.~ Promising character.

~Promise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pledge, engage, covenant, assure.

~2.~ Give expectation of, excite a hope of.

~Promise~, _v. n._ Engage, agree, stipulate, bargain, be sworn, pledge one's self, plight one's word, pass one's word, give assurance, make an agreement, tie one's self.

~Promising~, _a._ Encouraging, giving ground of hope.

~Promissory note~, Note of hand.

~Promontory~, _n._ Headland, foreland, cape.

~Promote~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Forward, advance, further, encourage, help, assist.

~2.~ Elevate, exalt, raise, prefer.

~Promotion~, _n._ ~1.~ Furtherance, encouragement, advancement.

~2.~ Elevation, preferment.

~Prompt~, _a._ ~1.~ Ready, quick, apt.

~2.~ Early, timely, punctual.

~Prompt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Incite, induce, stimulate, impel, engage, incline, dispose, urge, set on, draw on.

~2.~ Put in mind, give the cue to.

~3.~ Dictate, suggest, hint.

~Promptitude~, _n._ PROMPTNESS.

~Promptness~, _n._ Readiness, quickness, alacrity, alertness, promptitude.

~Promulgate~, _v. a._ Publish, announce, proclaim, declare, advertise, trumpet, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make promulgation of.

~Promulgation~, _n._ Announcement, advertisement, publication, declaration.

~Prone~, _a._ ~1.~ Prostrate (_with the face downwards_), recumbent, lying, flat.

~2.~ Sloping, inclining.

~3.~ Disposed, inclined, tending.

~Proneness~, _n._ Disposition, tendency, proclivity, inclination, bias, bent, propensity, aptness, turn, leaning, predisposition.

~Pronounce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Utter (_with proper accent and tone_), speak, enunciate, ARTICULATE.

~2.~ Declare, affirm.

~3.~ Deliver (_as an oration_).

~Pronunciamento~, _n._ Proclamation, announcement, declaration, manifesto.

~Proof~, _n._ ~1.~ Test, trial, essay, experiment, ordeal.

~2.~ Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence.

~3.~ Proof-sheet.

~Proof-sheet~, _n._ Proof.

~Prop~, _v. a._ Support, sustain, uphold, hold up, shore up.

~Prop~, _n._ Support, stay, brace, FULCRUM.

~Propagate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Multiply, increase, continue.

~2.~ Spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad.

~3.~ Generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into being.

~Propagation~, _n._ ~1.~ Multiplication, increase, continuance.

~2.~ Dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement.

~3.~ Generation, procreation, breeding.

~Propel~, _v. a._ Impel, drive forward, push forward, urge on.

~Propensity~, _n._ Inclination, PRONENESS.

~Proper~, _a._ ~1.~ Particular, peculiar, individual, special, specific, not common.

~2.~ Fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly, convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate.

~Property~, _n._ ~1.~ Quality, attribute, peculiarity, characteristic, nature.

~2.~ Wealth, estate, goods, possessions, one's own.

~3.~ Ownership, exclusive right.

~Prophasis~, _n._ (_Med._) Prognosis.

~Prophecy~, _n._ Prediction, prognostication, vaticination, foretelling, divination.

~Prophesy~, _v. a._ Predict, foretell, prognosticate, VATICINATE, divine.

~Prophet~, _n._ Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.

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

~Prophylactic~, _a._ (_Med._) Preventive, preservative.

~Prophylactic~, _n._ (_Med._) Preventive, preservative.

~Propinquity~, _n._ ~1.~ Nearness, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood.

~2.~ Kindred, affinity.

~Propitiate~, _v. a._ Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the favor of, make propitious, make favorable.

~Propitiation~, _n._ ~1.~ Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.

~2.~ Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.

~Propitious~, _a._ ~1.~ Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.

~2.~ Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way.

~Proportion~, _n._ ~1.~ Symmetry, symmetrical relation.

~2.~ Share, lot, part, portion.

~Proportion~, _v. a._ Adjust (_in proper relations_), regulate, graduate, put in proportion.

~Proportionable~, _a._ PROPORTIONAL.

~Proportionably~, _ad._ PROPORTIONALLY.

~Proportional~, _a._ Proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent.

~Proportionally~, _ad._ Proportionably, proportionately, in proportion, PRO RATA.

~Proportionate~, _a._ PROPORTIONAL.

~Proportionately~, _ad._ PROPORTIONALLY.

~Proposal~, _n._ Offer (_of something to be done_), proffer, tender, overture, PROPOSITION.

~Propose~, _v. a._ Offer (_for consideration_), proffer, tender, propound, enounce, present, suggest, recommend, move, hold out.

~Propose~, _v. n._ [_Recent._] Intend, design, mean, purpose, have the intention, propose to one's self.

~Proposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Offer (_of something to be considered_), proffer, tender, overture, suggestion, PROPOSAL.

~2.~ Position, thesis, statement, declaration, dictum, doctrine.

~3.~ (_Logic._) Period, complete sentence.

~Propound~, _v. a._ PROPOSE.

~Proprietary~, _n._ PROPRIETOR.

~Proprietor~, _n._ Possessor, owner, proprietary.

~Propriety~, _n._ ~1.~ Fitness (_to a proper standard or rule_), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness.

~2.~ Decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality.

~Propulsive~, _a._ Propelling.

~Pro-rata~, [L.] Proportionally, proportionably, proportionately, in proportion.

~Prorogation~, _n._ Adjournment.

~Prorogue~, _v. a._ Adjourn (_as Parliament_).

~Prosaic~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosy, unpoetical.

~2.~ Dull, flat, bald, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious, prosing, vapid, tame, humdrum.

~Proscribe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Banish, exile, outlaw, doom to destruction.

~2.~ Exclude, interdict, prohibit, reject, forbid, shut out.

~3.~ Denounce, censure, condemn.

~Proscription~, _n._ ~1.~ Banishment, exile, outlawry.

~2.~ Exclusion, interdiction, prohibition.

~3.~ Denunciation, censure, condemnation.

~Prosecute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in.

~2.~ Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.

~Prosecution~, _n._ ~1.~ Pursuit.

~2.~ Arraignment, bringing to trial.

~Prosecutor~, _n._ Plaintiff, accuser.

~Proselyte~, _n._ Convert, catechumen.

~Proselyte~, _v. a._ Convert, bring over.

~Proser~, _n._ Bore, buttonholder, tedious narrator.

~Prosing~, _a._ Dull, flat, stupid, PROSAIC.

~Prosopopœia~, _n._ (_Rhet._) Personification.

~Prospect~, _n._ ~1.~ View, survey, display, sight, scene, show, spectacle, vista, perspective.

~2.~ Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.

~3.~ Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation, expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.

~Prospective~, _a._ Future, coming.

~Prospective~, _n._ ~1.~ Distant view.

~2.~ View, prospect, contemplation.

~Prospectively~, _ad._ In the future, hereafter.

~Prospectus~, _n._ Plan (_of a literary work_), outline, scheme.

~Prosper~, _v. a._ Favor, befriend, aid, forward, help, make successful.

~Prosper~, _v. n._ SUCCEED, flourish, thrive, go on well, be successful.

~Prosperity~, _n._ Success, thrift, welfare, happiness, well-being, luck, good fortune, good luck, run of luck, palmy days, halcyon days, smiles of fortune.

~Prosperous~, _a._ ~1.~ Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, happy, well off, well to do.

~2.~ Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.

~Prostitute~, _v. a._ Misuse, abuse, misapply, pervert, make a bad use of.

~Prostitute~, _n._ Courtesan, STRUMPET.

~Prostitution~, _n._ ~1.~ Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation.

~2.~ Unlawful sexual intercourse (_on the part of a woman, for hire_), harlotry.

~Prostrate~, _a._ ~1.~ Prostrated, prone, stretched out.

~2.~ Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.

~Prostrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat, bring to the ground.

~2.~ Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.

~Prostration~, _n._ ~1.~ Overthrow, destruction, demolition.

~2.~ Exhaustion, depression.

~Prosy~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosaic, unpoetical.

~2.~ Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious.

~Protect~, _v. a._ Defend (_by a covering_), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.

~Protection~, _n._ ~1.~ Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.

~2.~ Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.

~Protective~, _a._ Defensive.

~Protector~, _n._ Guardian, champion, defender.

~Pro tempore~, [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present occasion.

~Protest~, _v. n._ Declare (_solemnly_), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.

~Protest~, _v. a._ Declare (_solemnly_), assert, affirm.

~Protest~, _n._ Declaration (_made in a formal manner against something_).

~Protestation~, _n._ Declaration, asseveration, affirmation, averment, avowal.

~Protoplast~, _n._ PROTOTYPE.

~Prototype~, _n._ Original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example, archetype, protoplast.

~Protract~, _v. a._ Prolong, continue, draw out, lengthen, spin out.

~Protrude~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.

~2.~ Beetle, jut out, hang over.

~Protrude~, _v. n._ Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.

~Protuberance~, _n._ Prominence, projection, swelling, bulge, process, excrescence.

~Protuberant~, _a._ Projecting, prominent, salient, bulging.

~Proud~, _a._ ~1.~ Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.

~2.~ Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.

~3.~ Grand, stately, noble.

~Prove~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.

~2.~ Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.

~Prove~, _v. n._ Turn out, be found to be.

~Provender~, _n._ Food (_as hay, corn, &c., for brutes_), fodder, forage.

~Proverb~, _n._ Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.

~Provide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.

~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock.

~Provide~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cater, furnish supplies.

~2.~ Take measures, make provision.

~3.~ Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.

~Provided~, _conj._ If, on condition, with the understanding.

~Providence~, _n._ ~1.~ Forethought, forecast, timely care.

~2.~ Divine government, divine superintendence.

~Provident~, _a._ Careful (_for the future_), prudent, discreet, cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.

~Province~, _n._ ~1.~ Territory, region, tract, domain, district.

~2.~ Dependency, colony.

~3.~ Business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office, part, post, capacity.

~Provincial~, _a._ ~1.~ Of a province, of provinces.

~2.~ Rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified.

~Provision~, _n._ ~1.~ Providing, provident care.

~2.~ Preparation, provident measures or steps.

~3.~ Stock, store, hoard, fund.

~4.~ Proviso, stipulation, clause.

~Provisions~, _n. pl._ FOOD, victuals, provender, fare, eatables, viands, subsistence, BREAD.

~Provisional~, _a._ Temporary, provisory.

~Provisionally~, _ad._ Temporarily, for the present occasion.

~Proviso~, _n._ Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.

~Provisory~, _a._ PROVISIONAL.

~Provocation~, _n._ ~1.~ Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, incentive, provocative.

~2.~ Affront, offence, indignity, insult.

~Provocative~, _a._ Stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes.

~Provocative~, _n._ Stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation.

~Provoke~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Excite, stimulate, arouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up.

~2.~ Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put out, put out of humor, work into a passion, lash into fury, raise one's ire, raise one's dander, make one's blood boil, drive one mad.

~Provoking~, _a._ Irritating, vexing, vexatious, annoying, tormenting, aggravating, offensive.

~Prow~, _n._ Bow, stern, beak.

~Prowess~, _n._ Bravery, valor, intrepidity, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness, daring.

~Proximate~, _a._ Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.

~Proximity~, _n._ Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.

~Proximo~, _n._ [L.] Next month.

~Proxy~, _n._ Substitute, agent, deputy, representative, LOCUM TENENS.

~Prudence~, _n._ Discretion (_accompanied with forecast_), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (_applied to the ordinary affairs of life_), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast.

~Prudent~, _a._ ~1.~ Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.

~2.~ Frugal, economical.

~Prudential~, _a._ Politic, PRUDENT.

~Prudery~, _n._ Coyness, demureness, stiffness, affected reserve.

~Prudish~, _a._ Coy, demure, reserved, over-modest, affectedly modest.

~Prune~, _v. a._ Lop, trim, clip, dock, cut short.

~Prune~, _n._ Dried plum.

~Prurience~, _n._ Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

~Pruriency~, _n._ Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

~Prurient~, _a._ Itching, longing, hankering, craving, lustful.

~Prussian blue~, Ferrocyanide of iron, ferrocyanuret of iron.

~Prussic acid~, Hydrocyanic acid.

~Pry~, _v. n._ Peer, pry, search, look closely or narrowly.

~Prying~, _a._ Curious, inquisitive, peering, scrutinizing.

~Psalm~, _n._ Sacred song.

~Psalmody~, _n._ Psalm-singing.

~Psalm-singing~, _n._ Psalmody.

~Psalm-tune~, _n._ Choral.

~Psalter~, _n._ Book of Psalms.

~Pseudonyme~, _n._ False name.

~Pshaw~, _interj._ Poh, pugh, fiddle-stick, nonsense, fudge.

~Psora~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Scabies, the itch.

~Psychological~, _a._ Metaphysical.

~Psychology~, _n._ Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.

~Public~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the whole, not private.

~2.~ Open, notorious, generally known.

~3.~ Common, general.

~Public~, _n._ [Preceded by _The_.] Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.

~Publican~, _n._ Tax-gatherer.

~Publication~, _n._ ~1.~ Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.

~2.~ Literary production (_book, pamphlet, magazine, &c._).

~Public-house~, _n._ Inn, tavern, house of entertainment.

~Publicity~, _n._ Notoriety, currency.

~Publish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Promulgate, proclaim, blaze, blazon, announce, declare, disclose, divulge, reveal, advertise, impart, communicate, broach, make known, spread abroad, blaze abroad.

~2.~ Issue (_as a book_), emit, send forth, bring out.

~Puceron~, _n._ Plant-louse, vine-fretter, aphis.

~Pucker~, _v. a._ Corrugate, cockle, wrinkle, gather into wrinkles or folds.

~Pucker~, _n._ ~1.~ Fold, wrinkle.

~2.~ [_Vulgar._] Confusion, bother, perplexity, agitation, flurry, bustle, flutter, excitement, discomposure, fever, fret, tremor, perturbation, FUSS.

~Pudder~, _n._ Bustle, tumult, turmoil, confusion, pother.

~Pudding-stone~, _n._ Conglomerate.

~Puddle~, _n._ Pool (_of dirty water_).

~Puerile~, _a._ ~1.~ Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.

~2.~ Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.

~Puerility~, _n._ ~1.~ Boyishness, childishness, youthfulness, juvenility.

~2.~ Folly, foolishness, nonsense.

~Puff~, _n._ Whiff, sudden gust.

~Puff~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Blow in puffs.

~2.~ Pant, breathe hard.

~Puff~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blow.

~2.~ Praise (_extravagantly_).

~Puff up~, Inflate, swell, blow up.

~Puffed up~, Conceited, proud, haughty, overweening, vainglorious.

~Puffer~, _n._ (_Ich._) Globe-fish.

~Puffin~, _n._ Coulter-neb, Labrador auk (_Alca arctica_).

~Puffy~, _a._ ~1.~ Swelled, swollen, tumid.

~2.~ Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous.

~Pugh~, _interj._ Pshaw, poh.

~Pugilism~, _n._ Boxing, fisticuffs.

~Pugilist~, _n._ Boxer, bully, prize-fighter.

~Pugnacious~, _a._ Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.

~Pugnacity~, _n._ Quarrelsomeness.

~Pugnis et calcibus~, [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might, TOOTH AND NAIL, HAMMER AND TONGS.

~Puissance~, _n._ Power, force, strength, might, potency.

~Puissant~, _a._ Powerful, strong, mighty, forcible, potent.

~Puke~, _v. n._ Vomit, spew.

~Puke~, _v. a._ Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.

~Pule~, _v. n._ Whine, whimper, cry.

~Pull~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, haul, tug, drag.

~2.~ Pluck, gather.

~3.~ Tear, rend, draw apart.

~Pull~, _v. n._ Tug, give a pull.

~Pull in one's horns~, [_Colloquial._] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.

~Pullulate~, _v. n._ Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push, grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Pullulation~, _n._ Germination, budding, sprouting.

~Pull up~, ~1.~ [_Active._] Draw up, haul up.

~2.~ [_Active._] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.

~3.~ [_Neuter._] Stop, halt.

~Pulmonary~, _a._ Pulmonic.

~Pulmonic~, _n._ Pulmonary.

~Pulp~, _n._ Soft part, soft mass.

~Pulpit~, _n._ Desk, sacred desk.

~Pulsate~, _v. n._ Beat, throb.

~Pulsation~, _n._ Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.

~Pulsatory~, _a._ Throbbing.

~Pulse~, _n._ ~1.~ Beating or throbbing of an artery.

~2.~ Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.

~Pulverable~, _a._ Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable, easily crumbled.

~Pulverizable~, _a._ PULVERABLE, that may be pulverized.

~Pulverize~, _v. a._ Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.

~Pulverulent~, _a._ Dusty, powdery.

~Pun~, _n._ Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.

~Pun~, _v. n._ Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.

~Punch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, bore, pierce.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~Punch~, _n._ ~1.~ Borer.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~3.~ Horse (_short and thick_).

~4.~ Buffoon (_of a puppet-show_), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack- pudding.

~Pummel~, _n._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Knob, protuberant part.

~Pummel~, _v. a._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.

~Punchinello~, _n._ Buffoon, PUNCH.

~Punctilio~, _n._ Nicety (_of behavior_), nice point.

~Punctilious~, _a._ Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over- scrupulous, punctual.

~Punctual~, _a._ ~1.~ Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.

~2.~ Prompt, seasonable, timely.

~Punctuality~, _n._ ~1.~ Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.

~2.~ Promptness.

~Punctuate~, _v. a._ Point.

~Puncture~, _n._ Small hole.

~Puncture~, _v. a._ Prick, perforate.

~Pungency~, _n._ ~1.~ Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.

~2.~ Keenness, pointedness, smartness.

~Pungent~, _a._ ~1.~ Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.

~2.~ Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.

~Punic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Carthaginians.

~2.~ Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.

~Punic faith~, Treachery, perfidiousness.

~Punish~, _v. a._ Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline, correct, scourge, whip.

~Punishment~, _n._ Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.

~Punitive~, _a._ Penal.

~Punk~, _n._ ~1.~ Prostitute, STRUMPET.

~2.~ Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.

~Punner~, _n._ PUNSTER.

~Punster~, _n._ Punner, quibbler.

~Puny~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, inferior.

~2.~ Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.

~Pup~, _n._ Puppy, whelp, young dog.

~Pupa~, _n._ Chrysalis, aurelia.

~Pupil~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Apple of the eye.

~2.~ Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE.

~3.~ (_Law._) Ward.

~Pupilage~, _n._ Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.

~Puppy~, _n._ Pup, whelp, young dog.

~Purblind~, _a._ Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.

~Purchase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Buy, bargain for.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.

~Purchase~, _n._ Bargain.

~Purchaser~, _n._ Buyer.

~Pure~, _a._ ~1.~ Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.

~3.~ Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.

~4.~ Modest, chaste.

~5.~ Mere, absolute, sheer.

~6.~ Classic, classical, Attic.

~Pureness~, _n._ PURITY.

~Purgative~, _a._ Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.

~Purgative~, _n._ Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.

~Purgatory~, _n._ Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.

~Purge~, _v. a._ Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.

~Purge~, _n._ PURGATIVE.

~Purging~, _n._ (_Med._) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.

~Purification~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleansing, purifying.

~2.~ Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.

~Purify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free from impurity, make pure.

~2.~ Defecate (_as liquors_).

~Purism~, _n._ Nicety (_in the use of words_), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.

~Puritanic~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Puritanical~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Purity~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.

~2.~ Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness, honesty, integrity.

~3.~ Genuineness, excellence.

~4.~ Modesty, chastity.

~Purl~, _v. n._ Murmur, ripple, gurgle.

~Purlieus~, _n. pl._ [_Used generally in a bad sense._] Environs, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.

~Purloin~, _v. a._ Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.

~Purport~, _n._ Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.

~Purport~, _v. a._ Intend, mean, signify, import.

~Purpose~, _n._ Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.

~Purpose~, _v. a._ Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.

~Purpose~, _v. n._ Intend, design, mean, have in mind.

~Purposely~, _ad._ Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.

~Pursuance~, _n._ Pursuit, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuant to~, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in pursuance of.

~Pursue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.

~2.~ Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.

~3.~ Seek, strive for, try to obtain.

~Pursuit~, _n._ ~1.~ Chase, race.

~2.~ Pursuance, prosecution, following out.