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- English Word Proscriptive Definition Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
- English Word Prosdist Definition One skilled in prosody.
- English Word Prose Definition The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
- English Word Prose Definition Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- English Word Prose Definition A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
- English Word Prose Definition Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
- English Word Prose Definition Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
- English Word Prose Definition To write in prose.
- English Word Prose Definition To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
- English Word Prose Definition To write prose.
- English Word Prosector Definition One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.
- English Word Prosecutable Definition Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
- English Word Prosecute Definition To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
- English Word Prosecute Definition To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
- English Word Prosecute Definition To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
- English Word Prosecute Definition To follow after.
- English Word Prosecute Definition To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
- English Word Prosecuted Definition of Prosecute
- English Word Prosecuting Definition of Prosecute
- English Word Prosecution Definition The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.
- English Word Prosecution Definition The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
- English Word Prosecution Definition The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
- English Word Prosecution Definition The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
- English Word Prosecutor Definition One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
- English Word Prosecutor Definition The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
- English Word Prosecutrix Definition A female prosecutor.
- English Word Prosed Definition of Prose
- English Word Proselyte Definition A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.
- English Word Proselyte Definition To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.
- English Word Proselyted Definition of Proselyte