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- English Word Proof Definition Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
- English Word Proof Definition Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
- English Word Proof Definition Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
- English Word Proof-arm Definition To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.
- English Word Proof-proof Definition Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
- English Word Proofless Definition Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved.
- English Word Proostraca Definition of Proostracum
- English Word Proostracum Definition The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.
- English Word Prootic Definition In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule.
- English Word Prootic Definition A prootic bone.
- English Word Prop Definition A shell, used as a die. See Props.
- English Word Prop Definition To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.
- English Word Prop Definition That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.
- English Word Propaedeutic Definition Alt. of Propaedeutical
- English Word Propaedeutical Definition Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.
- English Word Propaedeutics Definition The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction.
- English Word Propagable Definition Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.
- English Word Propagable Definition Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles.
- English Word Propaganda Definition A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.
- English Word Propaganda Definition The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.
- English Word Propaganda Definition Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles.
- English Word Propagandism Definition The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.
- English Word Propagandist Definition A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles.
- English Word Propagate Definition To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
- English Word Propagate Definition To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
- English Word Propagate Definition To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion.
- English Word Propagate Definition To multiply; to increase.
- English Word Propagate Definition To generate; to produce.
- English Word Propagate Definition To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
- English Word Propagated Definition of Propagate