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- English Word Procreating Definition of Procreate
- English Word Procreation Definition The act of begetting; generation and production of young.
- English Word Procreative Definition Having the power to beget; generative.
- English Word Procreativeness Definition The power of generating.
- English Word Procreator Definition One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
- English Word Procris Definition Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
- English Word Procrustean Definition Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.
- English Word Procrusteanize Definition To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.
- English Word Procrusteanized Definition of Procrusteanize
- English Word Procrusteanizing Definition of Procrusteanize
- English Word Procrustes Definition A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
- English Word Procrustesian Definition See Procrustean.
- English Word Proctitis Definition Inflammation of the rectum.
- English Word Proctocele Definition Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani.
- English Word Proctodaeum Definition See Mesenteron.
- English Word Proctor Definition One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
- English Word Proctor Definition A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.
- English Word Proctor Definition An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
- English Word Proctor Definition A representative of the clergy in convocation.
- English Word Proctor Definition An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.