PREDOMINATE, _v.n._ prevail; be supreme in influence
PREFI"X, _v.a._ appoint beforehand; settle; establish; put before another thing
PRELI"MINARY, _a._ previous; introductory
PREJUDICE, _s._ prepossession; judgment formed beforehand; mischief; injury
PREPARATION, _s._ anything made by process of operation; previous measures
PREROGATIVE, _s._ an exclusive or peculiar privilege
PRE"SCIENT, _a._ foreknowing; prophetic
PRESENT, _a._ not past; not future; ready at hand; not absent; being face to face; being now in view
PRESE"NT, _v.a._ offer; exhibit
PRESE"RVE, _v.a._ save; keep; defend from destruction or any evil
PRESU"MPTION, _s._ arrogance; blind confidence
PREVE"NT, _v.a._ hinder; obviate; obstruct
PRINc.i.p.aL, _a._ chief; capital; essential; important; considerable
PRINCIPLE, _s._ const.i.tuent part; original cause
PRO"BABLE, _a._ likely
PRO"BABLY, _a._ very likely
PROBA"TION, _s._ proof; trial; noviciate
PROCEE"D, _v.n._ pa.s.s from one thing or place to another; go forward; issue; arise; carry on; act; transact
PRO"CESS, _s._ course of law; course
PROCE"SSION, _s._ a train marching in ceremonious solemnity
PRODI"GIOUS, _a._ enormous; amazing; monstrous
PRO"DUCE, _s._ amount; profit; that which anything yields or brings
PRODU"CE, _v.a._ offer to the view or notice; bear; cause; effect
PRODU"CTION, _s._ the act of producing; fruit; product; composition
PROFESSION, _s._ vocation; known employment
PROFU"SE, _a._ lavish; too liberal
PROFUSION, _s._ extravagance; abundance
PRO"GRESS, _s._ course; advancement; motion forward
PROHI"BIT, _v.a._ forbid; debar; hinder
PROJE"CT, _v.a._ throw out; scheme; contrive; form in the mind
PRO"PAGATE, _v.a._ extend; widen; promote
PRO"PER, _a._ fit; exact; peculiar
PRO"PHECY, _s._ a declaration of something to come
PROPHE"TIC, _a._ foreseeing or foretelling future events
PROPORTION, _s._ symmetry; form; size; ratio
PROPOSITION, _s._ one of the three parts of a regular argument, in which anything is affirmed or denied; proposal
PROPRIETOR, _s._ possessor in his own right
PROPRI"ETY, _s._ accuracy; justness
PROSA"IC, _a._ belonging to or resembling prose
PROTE"CTOR, _s._ defender; supporter; guardian
PROTRU"DE, _v.a._ thrust forward
PROVI"DE, _v.a._ procure; furnish; supply; stipulate
PROVIDE"NTIAL, _a._ effected by Providence; referrible to Providence
PRO"VINCE, _s._ a conquered country; a region
PROVINCIAL, _a._ that which relates to provinces
PROVISION, _s._ the act of providing beforehand; measures taken beforehand; stock collected; victuals
PROVOCATION, _s._ an act or cause by which anger is raised; an appeal to a judge
PROXI"MITY, _s._ nearness
PTA"RMIGAN, _s._ (p.r.o.nounced _tar-mi-gan_) a bird of the grouse species
PU"BLIC, _s._ the people; general view; open view