Prehensile Pre·hen"sile adjective [ Latin
prehensus , past participle of
prehendere to lay hold of, seize;
pre- (equiv. to
prae before) +
hendere (in comp.), akin to English
get : confer French
préhensile . See
Get , and confer
Prison ,
Prize ,
noun ]
Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
Prehension Pre·hen"sion noun [ Latin
prehensio ; confer French
préhension . See
Prehensile .]
The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.
Prehensory Pre·hen"so·ry adjective Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Prehistoric Pre`his·tor"ic adjective Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man.
Prehnite Prehn"ite noun [ So called from the German Colonel
Prehn , who first found it.]
(Min.) A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates having a botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinct crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
Prehnitic Prehn·it"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, a tetrabasic acid of benzene obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- probably so called from the resemblance of the wartlike crystals to the mammillæ on the surface of prehnite.
Preignition Pre`ig·ni"tion noun (Engineering) Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed.
Preindesignate Pre`in·des"ig·nate adjective (Logic.) Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate .
Preindispose Pre·in`dis·pose" transitive verb To render indisposed beforehand. Milman.
Preinstruct Pre`in·struct" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Preinstructed ;
present participle & verbal noun Preinstructing .]
To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
Preintimation Pre·in`ti·ma"tion noun Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott.
Prejudge Pre·judge" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Prejudged ;
present participle & verbal noun Prejudging .] [ Prefix
pre +
judge : confer French
préjuger . Confer
Prejudicate ,
Prejudice .]
To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of Parliament" a universal clamor."
Swift.
Prejudgment Pre·judg"ment noun The act of prejudging; decision before sufficient examination.
Prejudicacy Pre·ju"di·ca·cy noun Prejudice; prepossession. [ Obsolete]
Sir. H. Blount.
Prejudical Pre·ju"di·cal adjective Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law.
Prejudicant Pre·ju"di·cant adjective [ Latin
praejudicans , present participle]
Influenced by prejudice; biased. [ R.] " With not too hasty and
prejudicant ears."
Milton.
Prejudicate Pre·ju"di·cate adjective [ Latin
praejudicatus , past participle of
praejudicare to prejudge;
prae before +
judicare to judge. See
Judge .]
1. Formed before due examination. "Ignorance and
prejudicate opinions."
Jer. Taylor. 2. Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced. "
Prejudicate readers."
Sir T. Browne.
Prejudicate Pre·ju"di·cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Prejudicated ;
present participle & verbal noun Prejudicating .] [ Confer
Prejudge .]
To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge. Our dearest friend
Prejudicates the business.
Shak.
Prejudicate Pre·ju"di·cate intransitive verb To prejudge. Sir P. Sidney.
Prejudicately Pre·ju"di·cate·ly adverb With prejudice.
Prejudication Pre·ju`di·ca"tion noun 1. The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment. 2. (Rom. Law) (a) A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute. (b) A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent.
Prejudicative Pre·ju"di·ca·tive adjective Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. Dr. H. More.
Prejudice Prej"u·dice noun [ French
préjudice , Latin
praejudicium ;
prae before +
judicium judgment. See
Prejudicate ,
Judicial .]
1. Foresight. [ Obsolete]
Naught might hinder his quick prejudize .
Spenser. 2. An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
Macaulay. 3. (Law) A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment. 4. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. Locke. England and France might, through their amity,
Breed him some prejudice .
Shak. Syn. -- Prejudgment; prepossession; bias; harm; hurt; damage; detriment; mischief; disadvantage.
Prejudice Prej"u·dice transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Prejudiced ;
present participle & verbal noun Prejudicing .] [ Confer French
préjudicier . See
Prejudice ,
noun ]
1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman. Suffer not any beloved study to prejudice your mind so far as to despise all other learning.
I. Watts 2. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause. Seek how may prejudice the foe.
Shak
Prejudicial Prej`u·di"cial adjective [ Latin
praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: confer French
préjudiciel .]
1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [ Obsolete]
Holyday. 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. Hooker. His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs.
Clarendon. --
Prej`u*di"cial*ly ,
adverb --
Prej`u*di"cial*ness ,
noun
Preknowledge Pre·knowl"edge noun Prior knowledge.
Prelacy Prel"a·cy noun ;
plural Prelacies . [ Late Latin
praelatia . See
Prelate ; confer
Prelaty .]
1. The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates. Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices.
Ayliffe. 2. The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries. "Divers of the reverend
prelacy , and other most judicious men."
Hooker.
Prelal Pre"lal adjective [ Latin
prelum a press.]
Of or pertaining to printing; typographical. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Prelate Prel"ate noun [ French
prélat , Late Latin
praelatus , from Latin
praelatus , used as past participle of
praeferre to prefer, but from a different root. See
Elate .]
A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church. » This word and the words derived from it are often used invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by dissenters, respecting the Established Church system.
Hear him but reason in divinity, . . .
You would desire the king were made a prelate .
Shak.
Prelate Prel"ate intransitive verb To act as a prelate. [ Obsolete]
Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording.
Latimer.
Prelateity Prel`a·te"i·ty noun Prelacy. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Prelateship Prel"ate·ship noun The office of a prelate. Harmar.
Prelatess Prel"a·tess noun A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton.
Prelatial Pre·la"tial adjective Prelatical. Beaconsfield.
Prelatic, Prelatical Pre·lat"ic, Pre·lat"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority. Macaulay.
Prelatically Pre·lat"ic·al·ly adverb In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates. Milton. The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Æneis.
Prelation Pre·la"tion noun [ Latin
praelatio : confer French
prélation . See
Prelate , and confer
Prefer .]
The setting of one above another; preference. [ R.]
Jer. Taylor.
Prelatism Prel"a·tism noun Prelacy; episcopacy.
Prelatist Prel"a·tist noun One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist .
T. Scott.
Prelatize Prel"a·tize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Prelatized ;
present participle & verbal noun Prelatizing .]
To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.
Prelatize Prel"a·tize intransitive verb To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. An episcopacy that began then to prelatize .
Milton.
Prelatry Prel"a·try noun Prelaty; prelacy. [ Obsolete]
Prelature Prel"a·ture (?; 135),
Prel"a*ture*ship noun [ French
prélature , or Late Latin
praelatura .]
The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. Milman.
Prelaty Prel"a·ty noun Prelacy. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Prelect Pre·lect" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Prelected ;
present participle & verbal noun Prelecting .] [ Latin
praelectus , past participle of
praelegere to read before. See
Pre- , and
Lection .]
To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.
Prelect Pre·lect" intransitive verb To discourse publicly; to lecture. Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon.
De. Quincey. To prelect upon the military art.
Bp. Horsley.
Prelection Pre·lec"tion noun [ Latin
praelectio .]
A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company. "The
prelections of Faber."
Sir M. Hale.
Prelector Pre·lec"tor noun [ Latin
praelector .]
A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer. Sheldon.
Prelibation Pre`li·ba"tion noun [ Latin
praelibatio , from
praelibare to taste beforehand: confer French
prelibation .]
1. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss. 2. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
Preliminarily Pre·lim"i·na·ri·ly adverb In a preliminary manner.
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