Chapter M (12)

=prêter=, _v.n._, to lend; to give a hold to; to afford matter for; to stretch (of a thing). _Ce cuir-là prête comme un gant_; that leather stretches like a glove. _Donner un prêté pour un rendu_; to give a Roland for an Oliver.

=prêter=, _n.m._, loan. _C’est un — à ne jamais rendre_; it is a loan never to be repaid.

=prétérit= (-rit), _n.m._, (gram.) preterit.

=prétérition=, _n.f._, (rhet.) preterition; pretermission.

=prétermission=, _n.f._ _V._ =prétérition=.

=prêteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lender. _— sur gages_; pawnbroker. _adj._, given to lending, of a lending disposition.

=préteur=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pretor, prætor.

=prétexte=, _n.m._, pretext, pretense; plea. _— spécieux_; plausible pretense. _Faux —_; false pretense. _Sous — de le secourir_; under pretense of assisting him.

=prétexte=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (Rom. antiq.) prætexta, tunic.

=prétexter=, _v.a._, to pretend, to feign, to affect, to sham; to allege, to plead.

=pretintaille=, _n.f._, furbelow; (fig.) accessory, appendage, incidental profit.

=pretintailler=, _v.a._, to tinsel, to trim (a dress).

=prétoire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pretorium.

=prétorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (antiq.) pretorian.

=prétorien=, _n.m._, (antiq.) pretorian guard.

*=prêtraille=, _n.f._, (b.s.) priesthood; parsons.

=prêtre=, _n.m._, priest, clergyman; parson. _Il s’est fait —_; he has taken orders. _— habitué_; an unpaid supernumerary priest. _Grand —_; high priest.

=prêtresse=, _n.f._, priestess.

=prêtrise=, _n.f._, priesthood.

=préture=, _n.f._, pretorship.

=preuve=, _n.f._, proof, evidence, testimony, token, mark; (com.) proof-sample; proof (of spirits). _En venir à la —_; to come to the proof. _Faire — de noblesse_; to give proof of nobility; to uphold the honor of one’s house. _Il a fait ses —s_; he has given proofs of his capacity. _Faire — de courage_; to show, _or_ approve, one’s self a man of courage. _Servir de —_; to serve as a proof. _—s induites des circonstances_; (jur.) circumstantial evidence.

=preux=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, valiant knight, gallant knight; worthy; gallant, doughty, valiant, stout, worthy.

=prévaloir=, _v.n._, to prevail, to stand. _La faveur prévaut souvent sur le mérite_; favor frequently prevails over merit.

_se_ =prévaloir=, _v.r._, to take advantage, to avail one’s self; to boast of, to pride one’s self upon; to glory in. _Se — de sa naissance_; to take advantage of, _or_ to glory in, one’s birth.

=prévaricateur=, _n.m._, prevaricator; betrayer of any one’s trust.

=prévaricat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, prevaricating.

=prévarication=, _n.f._, prevarication; breach of trust.

=prévariquer=, _v.n._, to prevaricate, to betray one’s trust.

=prévenance= (pré-vnans), _n.f._, kindness, kind attention.

=prévenant=, =-e=, _adj._, prepossessing; engaging; ready to oblige, attentive, obliging, kind. _Il a un air —_; he has a prepossessing look.

=prévenir= (pré-vnir), _v.a._, to go before, to precede, to come before, to be beforehand with, to get the start of, to anticipate; to forestall; to prevent, to hinder; to prepossess, to prejudice; to predispose, to bias, to inform, to warn; to caution, to give notice; to let know. _— le mal_; to prevent evil. _— les objections_; to forestall objections. _— les besoins de quelqu’un_; to anticipate any one’s wants. _Il m’a fait — de son arrivée_; he sent to tell me of his arrival. _On vous en avait prévenu_; you had had information of it _or_ you had been informed of it.

_se_ =prévenir=, _v.r._, to be prepossessed; to be prejudiced, to anticipate each other. _Se — en faveur de quelqu’un_; to take a liking to any one.

=préventi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preventive.

=prévention=, _n.f._, prepossession, prejudice, bias; suspicion, presumption; prevention; accusation; (jur.) prosecution; (jur.) commitment. _Donner des —s contre soi_; to raise prejudices against one’s self. _Vaincre les —s de quelqu’un_; to overcome any one’s prejudices. _Etat de —_; (jur.) commitment. _Être en état de —_; (jur.) to be committed for trial.

=préventivement=, _adv._, by way of prevention; (jur.) while awaiting trial, on suspicion.

=prévenu=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) prisoner (before trial), the accused, the prisoner (at the bar).

=prévision=, _n.f._, prevision; forecast; foreknowledge; conjecture.

=prévoir=, _v.a._, to foresee; to conjecture; to expect, to anticipate, to provide (for _or_ against); to meet. _Il faut tout —_; we must provide against everything, against all eventualities.

=prévôt=, _n.m._, provost; (nav.) marshal. _Grand —_, _grand — de l’armée_; (milit.) provost-marshal. _— de salle d’armes_; fencing-master’s assistant. _— des marchands_; (old) mayor of Paris.

=prévôtal=, =-e=, _adj._, relating, pertaining to a provost.

=prévôtalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, by a provost-court.

=prévôté=, _n.f._, provostship.

=prévoyance=, _n.f._, foresight, forethought, prudence, caution. _Rien n’échappe à sa —_; nothing escapes his foresight.

=prévoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, provident, prudent, careful, cautious.

=priapée=, _n.f._, obscene picture; obscene poem.

=priapisme=, _n.m._, (med.) priapism.

=prié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person invited, guest.

=prie-dieu=, _n.m._, (_—_) praying-desk; devotion-chair; faldstool.

=prier=, _v.a._ and _n._, to pray; to entreat, to beseech, to call upon, to beg (of), to implore, to supplicate, to request; to invite, to bid. _— quelqu’un d’une grâce_; to request a favor of any one. _Il m’a prié de l’accompagner_; he begged of me to accompany him. _On m’a prié de le faire_; I have been requested to do it. _Je vous en prie_; I beg of you. _— à dîner_; to invite to dinner. _— de dîner_; to press any one to stay to dinner. _Se faire —_ or _aimer à se faire —_; to require pressing.

=prière=, _n.f._, prayer, suit, request, entreaty, desire, invitation; petition. _Instante —_; earnest prayer. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to make a request to any one. _Être en —_; to be at prayers. _Faire une chose à la — de quelqu’un_; to do a thing at any one’s request, at any one’s entreaty. _Dire ses —s_, _faire sa —_, _faire ses —s_; to say one’s prayers. _— de faire renvoyer la lettre!_ will you kindly send back the letter!

=prieur=, _n.m._, prior (superior of a convent).

=prieure=, _n.f._, prioress.

=prieuré=, _n.m._, priory.

=prima donna=, _n.f._, (_prime donne_) the chief singer (in an opera).

=primage=, _n.m._, (com.) primage (allowance paid to the captain of a ship).

=primaire=, _adj._, primary. _Ecole —_; elementary school.

=primat=, _n.m._, primate, metropolitan.

=primatial=, =-e= (-ci-al), _adj._, primatial, primatical.

=primatie= (-ma-cî), _n.f._, primacy, primateship.

=primauté=, _n.f._, primacy, supremacy, priority; preeminence; the lead (at cards, dice). _Gagner quelqu’un de —_; to anticipate any one, to be beforehand with any one.

=prime=, _adj._, (alg.) accented. _b’_, _b —_; b’, b accented.

=prime=, _n.f._, premium, bounty; bonus, prize; (c.rel.) prime (first canonical hour succeeding lauds); (fenc.) prime; primero (card game); (com.) prime wool; (jewelry) pebble; (exchange language) agio; (customs) drawback. _A —_; at a premium. _Réponse des —s_; (com.) option.

_de_ =prime abord=, _adv._, at first.

_de_ =prime face=, _adv._, at first, _prima facie_.

=primer=, _v.n._, to play first, to lead (at play); to take the lead, to beat, to override, to excel, to surpass; to go before everything. _Il prime en tout_; he excels in everything. _Les affaires priment tout_; business before everything else.

=primer=, _v.a._, to surpass, to excel; to go before everything; to give a prize (at an agricultural show). _Il prime tous les autres_; he excels all the others.

=de prime-saut=, _adv._, suddenly; off-hand, spontaneously; all at once, at the first effort.

=prime-sauti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, quick (of thought), ready-witted; impulsive, off-handed; thoughtless, inconsiderate, heedless. _Les Français ont, en général, l’esprit —_; the French are, in general, ready-witted.

=primeur=, _n.f._, first of the season (of vegetables, fruit, flowers, wine); early fruit; early vegetables; early flower; early sentiment, first love; freshness, bloom; earliest communication. _Les fruits sont chers dans la —_; fruit is dear in the early part of the season, fruit is dear when it first comes in. _Certains vins ne sont pas bons dans la —_; certain wines are not good when they are new. _Servir à table un plat de —s_; to serve up a dish of early vegetables. _Je vous en donnerai la —_; you will be the first to get the news.

=primevère=, _n.f._, primrose, cowslip, oxlip.

=primicériat=, _n.m._, dignity, office of primicerius, dean (in some churches).

=primicier=, _n.m._, local dean.

=primidi=, _n.m._, Primidi (first day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic).

=primipare=, _adj._, primiparous.

=primiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, primitive, primeval, primogenial, original; native, aboriginal; (gram.) primitive, original.

=primitif=, _n.m._, (gram.) primitive.

=primitivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, primitively, originally.

=primitivité=, _n.f._, primitiveness.

=primo=, _adv._, firstly, first, in the first place.

=primogéniture=, _n.f._, primogeniture.

=primordial=, =-e=, _adj._, primordial.

=primordialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, primordially.

=primulacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) primulaceæ.

=prince=, _n.m._, prince. _— royal_; crown prince. _Être bon —_; (fam.) to be a good fellow (easy-going, good-natured). _Vivre en —_; to live like a prince. _Dîner de —_; princely dinner.

=princeps= (-sèps), _adj. invariable_, (print.) earliest, first, original (edition).

=princerie= (prin-srî), _n.f._, (local) deanery.

=princesse=, _n.f._, princess. _Oui, ma —_; (fam.) yes, my charmer.

=princi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, princely, like a prince.

=princier=, _n.m._, primicerius, first dignitary. _V._ =primicier=.

=principal=, =-e=, _adj._, principal, chief, main; leading, capital, senior, superior; (astron.) primary.

=principal=, _n.m._, principal, chief thing, principal point, chief point, material point; principal, capital (money); principal, head-master; (jur.) principal cause of action. _Pour vous, le — est que vous ayez soin de votre santé_; the main thing for you is to take care of your health. _Payer le — et l’intérêt_; to pay both principal and interest.

=principalat=, _n.m._, head-mastership, principalship.

=principalement= (-pal-mān), _adv._, principally, chiefly.

☉=principalité=, _n.f._ _V._ =principalat=.

=principat=, _n.m._, princedom.

=principauté=, _n.f._, principality, princedom.

=principe=, _n.m._, beginning, source, outset, origin, motive, cause, principle. _pl._, principles, rudiments. _Dès le —_; from the very origin. _Etablir_, _poser_, _un —_; to establish, to lay down, a principle. _Partir d’un —_; to start from a principle. _Homme sans —s_; unprincipled man. _L’amour-propre est le — de presque toutes nos actions_; self-love is the motive of almost all our actions.

=principion=, =principule=, _n.m._, petty prince, princelet.

=printani-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, spring, spring-like, vernal; youthful; early. _Fleurs —ères_; spring-flowers; cowslips. _Etoffes —ères_; spring materials, _or_ stuffs; spring goods. _Potage —_; spring-soup (with early vegetables).

=printemps= (-tān), _n.m._, spring, spring-time; prime, bloom. _Le — de la vie_; the morning of life. _Dans le — de sa vie_; in the prime of one’s days. _Au — de ses jours_; in the bloom of one’s youth.

_à_ =priori=, _adv._, à priori (_i.e._ from what precedes).

=priorité=, _n.f._, priority.

=pris=, =-e=, _part._, taken, caught, seized, congealed, curdled, frozen, frozen over; stuffed up (of the nose). _Homme bien — dans sa taille_; well-set man. _Cet homme est — de vin_; that man is the worse for liquor. _La rivière a — dans la nuit_; the river was frozen over in the night. _— dans les glaces_; ice-bound.

=prisable=, _adj._, estimable, valuable.

=prise=, _n.f._, taking, capture; prize; hold, handle, purchase; quarrel; dose; pinch. _pl._, fighting, close quarters. _La — d’une ville_; the taking of a town. _— de possession_; taking possession. _— de possession d’un bénéfice_; induction to a living. _— d’habit_; (c.rel.) taking the habit, _or_ the veil. _Décret de — de corps_; writ of arrest. _Part de —_; prize-money. _Amariner une —_; to man a prize. _Être de bonne —_; to be a lawful prize. _Lâcher —_; to let go one’s hold. _Donner — à la critique_; to lay one’s self open to criticism, to expose one’s self to criticism, to afford matter for criticism. _Donner — sur soi à son ennemi_; to give one’s enemy a hold over one. _— de tabac_; pinch of snuff. _En venir aux —s_; to grapple with one another, to come to blows. _Les deux chiens sont aux —s_; the two dogs are fighting. _Être aux —s avec la mauvaise fortune_; to be struggling with, _or_ against, adversity. _Être aux —s avec la mort_; to be on the point of death, _or_ at death’s door; to be in great danger. _Mettre aux —s_; to set (together) by the ears.

=prisée=, _n.f._, estimate, appraisement, valuation. _Faire la — de_; to make an estimate of.

=priser=, _v.a._, to prize, to rate, to value, to set a high price on, to appraise, to estimate; to esteem, to have an esteem for.

_se_ =priser=, _v.r._, to be valued, to be esteemed; to set a high value on one’s self.

=priser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to take snuff.

=priseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snuff-taker.

=priseur=, _adj._, who appraises. _Commissaire —_; appraiser, auctioneer. _Expert — assermenté_; sworn appraiser.

=prismatique=, _adj._, prismatic.

=prisme=, _n.m._, prism.

=prismoïde=, _n.m._ and _adj._, prismoid; prismoidal.

=prison=, _n.f._, prison, gaol, jail; imprisonment, confinement. _S’échapper de —_; to break out of prison. _— d’état_; state prison. _Être dans la — de saint Crépin_; to wear shoes which pinch. _Envoyer en —_; to send to prison.

=prisonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, prisoner. _— d’état_; state-prisoner.

=privati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) privative; (jur.) in severalty.

=privation=, _n.f._, privation, deprivation, want, need, bereavement, loss; hardship. _Vivre de —s_; to lead a life of privation. _Être dans la —_; to be in want. _La — de la vue_; the loss of sight.

=privativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, exclusively.

=privauté=, _n.f._, extreme familiarity, liberty. _Prendre des —s_; to take liberties.

=privé=, =-e=, _part._, deprived. _Corps — de vie_; lifeless body. _Homme — de sa raison_; man deprived of his reason.

=privé=, =-e=, _adj._, private; tame (animal); privy, intimate, free. _Vie —e_; private life. _De son autorité —e_; of one’s own authority.

☉=privément=, _adv._, familiarly, intimately.

=priver=, _v.a._, to deprive, to debar; to bereave; to tame (animal). _— quelqu’un de ses biens_; to deprive any one of his property. _Je ne veux pas vous — de cela_; I won’t rob you of that.

_se_ =priver=, _v.r._, to deprive, _or_ debar, one’s self; to stint, _or_ deny, one’s self; to abstain (from).

=privilège=, _n.m._, privilege, exemption, immunity; grant, favor; (jur.) preference; (thea.) license; franchise, prerogative, right. _Accorder un — à_; to grant a privilege to; to license (printers). _Priver de ses —s_; to deprive any one of his privileges; to disfranchise. _Atteinte portée aux —s_; breach of privilege. _Les —s de la noblesse_; the privileges of the nobility.

=privilégié=, =-e=, _adj._, privileged, exempt; (thea.) licensed; (jur.) entitled to preference (of creditors); (of shares) preference, preferential. _Lieu —_; privileged place. _C’est un être —_; he is a privileged, _or_ favored, being.

=privilégié=, _n.m._, privileged person.

=privilégier=, _v.a._, to grant a privilege, to privilege, to license.

=prix=, _n.m._, price, cost, value, worth, terms; return, premium; estimation; reward; prize. _— fait_; settled price. _Mettre un — à_; to set a price upon. _— excessif_; extravagant price. _Juste —_; moderate price. _— de fabrique_; manufacturer’s price. _Une chose de —_; a thing of great value. _Hors de —_; extravagantly dear. _De —_; precious, valuable. _Une chose qui n’a point de —_; a thing that is invaluable, beyond all price. _Vendre à tout —_; to sell at any price, at any cost. _Mettre la tête d’un homme à —_; to set a price upon a man’s head. _— fixe_; (com.) net price, no abatement. _À tout — or à quelque — que ce soit_; cost what it will. _La vertu trouve son — en elle-même_; virtue is its own reward. _Remporter le —_; to carry off the prize. _Au — de_; at the cost of, in comparison with. _À vil —_; under price, dirt-cheap. _— courant_; (com.) current price, market price. _— coûtant_; cost price. _À — d’argent_; for money. _N’avoir pas de —_; to be invaluable, _or_ priceless; also, to be valueless.

=probabilisme=, _n.m._, probabilism.

=probabilité=, _n.f._, probability, likelihood.

=probable=, _adj._, probable, likely, credible. _Cela est bien peu —_; that is anything but probable.

=probablement=, _adv._, probably, likely.

=probante=, _adj.f._, probatory (of documents); convincing, conclusive (arguments). _En forme —_; in an authentic form. _Raison —_; convincing reason.

=probation=, _n.f._, probation.

=probatique=, _adj._, only used in _piscine —_ (the reservoir near the Temple in which Hebrew Priests washed the animals that were to be sacrificed).

☉=probatoire=, _adj._, probatory.

=probe=, _adj._, honest, upright; of probity. _Homme —_; man of probity.

=probité=, _n.f._, probity, honesty, integrity, uprightness. _— éprouvée_; tried probity.

=problématique=, _adj._, problematical.

=problématiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, problematically.

=problème=, _n.m._, problem, question. _Poser un —_; to state a problem. _Résoudre un —_; to solve a problem. _C’est un —_; it is a question.

=proboscide=, _n.f._, (natural hist., her.) proboscis.

=proboscidiens=, _n.m.pl._, (zoöl.) proboscidians, proboscideæ.

=procédé=, _n.m._, behavior, proceeding, way of acting; dealing, conduct; (billiards) cue-tip; process, operation. _pl._, delicate, gentlemanly manners, fair dealings. _Je n’aime pas ces —s_; I don’t like that way of acting, I dislike those manners. _Manquer aux —s_; to behave in an unhandsome manner. _C’est un homme à —s_; he is a gentlemanly man, _or_ a man of fair dealings. _— chimique_; chemical process.

=procéder=, _v.n._, to proceed, to go on; to come from; to arise (from), to originate (in); to behave, to conduct one’s self; (jur.) to proceed. _— criminellement contre quelqu’un_; to proceed (criminally) against any one. _Cela procède bien_; that is going on very well.

=procédure=, _n.f._, (jur.) proceedings; practice, procedure, process.

=procès=, _n.m._, lawsuit, suit, action, trial, process. _Être en —_; to be at law. _Intenter un —_, _faire un —_, _à quelqu’un_; to bring an action against any one, to institute proceedings against any one. _Gagner son —_; to gain one’s suit, _or_ case. _Perdre son —_; to lose one’s case. _Faire le — à quelqu’un_; to try any one, to bring any one to trial; to call any one to account, to find fault with, to censure. _Sans autre forme de —_; without more ado, without further formality.

=processi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, litigious.

=procession=, _n.f._, procession.

=processionnal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) processional.

=processionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, processional.

=processionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, in procession.

=procès-verbal=, _n.m._, (_—-verbaux_) (authentic written minute, _or_ report, of an official act _or_ proceeding); proceedings, official report, information against; (parl.) journal, minute of proceedings.

=prochain=, =-e=, _adj._, near, nearest, next, approaching, near at hand, nigh, approximate, proximate; (com.) proximo. _Village —_; neighboring village. _Le mois —_; next month. _La semaine —e_; next week. _Son départ est —_; his departure is nigh at hand, _or_ imminent. _Fin —e_; approaching end. _Fin —_; (com.) at the end of next month.

=prochain=, _n.m._, neighbor, fellow-creature.

=prochainement= (-shé-n-mān), _adv._, in a short time, shortly, soon.

=prochaineté=, _n.f._, nearness, proximity.

=proche=, _adj._, near, next, near at hand, neighboring, nigh, approaching. _La ville la plus —_; the nearest town. _— parent_; near relation.

=proche=, _prep._, near, nigh.

=proche=, _adv._, near, nigh. _De — en —_; from place to place; gradually, one after another. _Le choléra s’étendit rapidement de — en —_; the cholera spread rapidly from place to place.

=proches=, _n.m.pl._, near relations, near relatives; relations, relatives, kinsmen, kin, kindred.

=prochronisme=, _n.m._, prochronism.

=procidence=, _n.f._, (med.) prolapsus.

=proclamateur=, _n.m._, proclaimer, proclaiming.

=proclamation=, _n.f._, proclamation.

=proclamer=, _v.a._, to proclaim, to cry out, to give out, to announce, to trumpet forth; to publish, to declare.

=proclitique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) unaccented word; unaccented.

=proclive=, _adj._, inclined.

=proclivité=, _n.f._, proclivity.

=procombant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) procumbent.

=proconsul=, _n.m._, (Roman hist.) proconsul.

=proconsulaire=, _adj._, (Roman hist.) proconsular.

=proconsulat=, _n.m._, (Roman hist.) proconsulship.

=procréateur=, _adj._, procreative, procreating.

=procréation=, _n.f._, procreation.

=procréer=, _v.a._, to procreate, to beget.

=procurateur=, _n.m._, procurator, proxy.

=procuratie= (-ci), _n.f._, procuracy (at Venice); procurator’s palace.

=procuration=, _n.f._, procuration, power of attorney, letter of attorney, warrant of attorney; proxy (deed).

=procuratrice=, _n.f._ _V._ =procureur=.

=procurer=, _v.a._, to procure, to obtain, to help to, to get. _— une charge à quelqu’un_; to procure, to obtain, to get, a post for any one.

_se_ =procurer=, _v.r._, to procure, to obtain, to get for one’s self; to be procured, to be obtained, to be procurable. _Se — de l’argent_; to obtain money. _Ce poisson se procure très-difficilement_; this sort of fish is hard to get.

=procur-eur=, _n.m._, =-atrice=, _n.f._, proxy. _Agir par —_; to act by proxy.

=procureur=, _n.m._, ☉solicitor, attorney, procurator. ☉_— fiscal_; (feudalism) lord’s attorney; purveyor (of monastic orders). _— général_; Attorney General. _— du roi_, _— impérial_, _— de la république_; public prosecutor.

=procureuse=, _n.f._, procuress; bawd.

=prodigalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, prodigally, extravagantly, lavishly, profusely.

=prodigalité=, _n.f._, prodigality, profusion, extravagance, lavishness.

=prodige=, _n.m._, prodigy, wonder, marvel.

=prodigieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, prodigiously, wonderfully, wondrously, marvelously; stupendously.

=prodigieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, prodigious, wondrous, wonderful, marvelous; vast, stupendous.

=prodigue=, _adj._, prodigal, profuse, lavish, wasteful. _L’enfant —_; the prodigal son.

=prodigue=, _n.m.f._, prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer.

=prodiguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to lavish, to waste, to squander away, to be prodigal of, to be lavish of, to throw away. _— sa vie_; to expose one’s life.

_se_ =prodiguer=, _v.r._, to be lavished, to be thrown away; to expose one’s self.

=prodrome=, _n.m._, introduction, preface; (med.) premonitory symptoms.

=product-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, productive, producing.

=producteur=, _n.m._, (polit. econ.) producer.

=productibilité=, _n.f._, producibleness.

=productible=, _adj._, producible.

=producti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, productive.

=production=, _n.f._, act of producing, production; (jur.) exhibition (of deeds); (jur.) deeds exhibited; (anat.) process, growth.

=productivement=, _adv._, productively.

=productivité=, _n.f._, productiveness.

=produire= (produisant, produit), _v.a._, to produce, to bring forth; to bear, to yield, to be worth; to be productive of, to be the cause of; to breed, to generate, to show, to exhibit, to adduce; to make known. _— des titres_; to show title-deeds. _— des témoins_; to bring forward witnesses. _Cette charge produit dix mille francs par an_; this office, _or_ post, is worth four hundred a year. _La guerre produit de grands maux_; war is productive of, _or_ begets, great evils. _— un jeune homme dans le monde_; to introduce a young man into society; to bring out, _or_ make known, a young man.

_se_ =produire=, _v.r._, to introduce one’s self, to put one’s self forward, to make one’s way; to be produced, _or_ brought forth; to occur, to happen, to manifest itself.

=produire=, _v.n._, (jur.) to deliver particulars, to show title-deeds.

=produit=, _n.m._, produce, product, yield; production, exhibit; (arith., geom.) product, proceeds. _Il vit du — de sa terre_; he lives on the produce of his land. _—s agricoles_; agricultural produce. _— chimique_; chemical product. _— net_; (com.) net proceeds.

=proême=, _n.m._, proem, preface, prelude, introduction.

=proéminence=, _n.f._, prominence, protuberance, projection.

=proéminent=, =-e=, _adj._, prominent, protuberant.

=profanateur=, _n.m._, profaner.

=profanation=, _n.f._, profanation.

=profane=, _adj._, profane, secular, unworthy.

=profane=, _n.m.f._, profane person, unlearned person; outsider, black sheep; the vulgar herd.

=profaner=, _v.a._, to profane, to defile, to pollute; to desecrate. _C’est — le talent que de faire cela_; it is a profanation of talent to do that.

=proférer=, _v.a._, to utter, to speak; to pronounce. _Se —_; to be uttered.

=prof-ès=, =-esse=, _n._ and _adj._, professed friar; professed nun; professed.

=professer=, _v.a._, to profess, to make a profession of; to exercise, to practice, to teach, to be a professor of, to lecture on. _— le plus grand respect pour quelqu’un_; to profess the greatest respect for any one. _— une science_; to teach a science. _— un métier_; to practise a trade, to exercise a calling.

=professer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to be a professor, to be a lecturer; to lecture, to teach.

=professeur=, _n.m._, professor; teacher; lecturer; practicer (of an art or calling). _Chaire de —_; professorship. _— en droit_; professor of law.

=profession=, _n.f._, profession, declaration; profession (occupation), calling; trade, business. _Il fait — de bel esprit_; he sets up for a wit. _De quelle — est-il?_ what is his profession? _Dévot de —_; professed bigot.

=professionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, professional.

_ex_ =professo=, _adv._, ex professo; thoroughly; in a professional manner.

=professoral=, =-e=, _adj._, professorial.

=professorat=, _n.m._, professorship, lectureship; teaching.

=profil=, _n.m._, profile, side face; side-view; section, outline; (drawing) section. _Un visage de —_; a face in profile.

=profiler=, _v.a._, to profile; to represent in profile, to show in profile. _Se —_; to appear in profile; to stand out.

=profit=, _n.m._, profit, gain, emolument, benefit, utility; improvement, progress; use. _Au — de_; for the benefit of, for the use of, in support of, in aid of. _— net_; clear profit. _Il ne m’en revient aucun —_; I get nothing by it. _Mettre tout à —_; to turn everything to the best advantage; to turn everything to account. _Faire son — de_; to make a profit by; to make the best of, to avail one’s self of. _Tirer du — de_; to profit by. _—s éventuels_; perquisites.

=profitable=, _adj._, profitable; advantageous.

=profiter=, _v.n._, to profit, to gain; to benefit, to avail one’s self; to improve. _— sur des marchandises_; to profit by goods. _Faire — son argent_; to lay out one’s money advantageously. _— des bons avis_; to profit by good advice. _— de l’occasion_; to avail one’s self of, to improve, the opportunity. _Les biens mal acquis ne profitent point_; ill gotten goods never go far, _or_ never serve. _— en sagesse_; to improve in wisdom. _C’est un terrain où rien ne profite_; it is a soil where nothing thrives.

=profond=, =-e=, _adj._, deep, profound; wide, vast, extensive; sound; downright, consummate; heavy (of sighs); dark (of the night). _Un — sommeil_; a sound sleep. _—e révérence_; low bow, low courtesy. _Science —e_; profound learning. _Puits —_; deep well. _Un savant —_; a profound scholar. _Un — penseur_; a profound thinker. _Un — scélérat_; a consummate villain. _Nuit —e_; dark night, pitch dark.

=profond=, _n.m._, depth, abyss.

=profondément=, _adv._, deep, deeply, profoundly, widely, greatly, soundly, fast. _Saluer —_; to bow low. _Dormir —_; to sleep soundly.

=profondeur=, _n.f._, depth; profoundness, profundity; penetration; extent.

=profus=, =-e=, _adj._, profuse.

=profusément=, _adv._, profusely.

=profusion=, _n.f._, profusion, profuseness. _Donner avec —_; to give profusely, lavishly. _À —_; in profusion.

☉=progéniture=, _n.f._, (jest.) progeny, offspring.

=prognathe=, _adj._, (ethnology) prognathous.

=prognathisme=, _n.m._, (ethnology) the being prognathous.

=prognostic=, _n.m._ _V._ =pronostic=.

=prognostique=, _adj._, (med.) prognostic.

=programme=, _n.m._, programme, bill, list, syllabus. _— de spectacle_; play-bill.

=progrès=, _n.m._, progress; course, advancement, improvement, proficiency, furtherance, rise. _— d’une maladie_; progress of a disease. _Il a fait de grands —s_; he has greatly improved, he has made great progress.

=progresser=, _v.n._, to progress, to improve.

=progressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, progressive.

=progression=, _n.f._, progression.

=progressiste=, _n.m._, progressist, liberal, radical.

=progressivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, progressively, by degrees.

=prohiber=, _v.a._, to forbid, to interdict, to prohibit.

=prohibiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, prohibitive, prohibitory.

=prohibition=, _n.f._, prohibition, interdiction.

=prohibitionniste=, _n.m._, (com.) prohibitionist.

=proie=, _n.f._, prey, prize, booty. _Oiseaux de —_; birds of prey. _Être en — à la douleur_; to be a prey to grief. _Être ardent à la —_; to be eager after booty. _Partager la —_; to divide the spoil. _Être en — à ses valets_; to be pilfered by one’s own servants.

=projectile=, _n.m._ and _adj._, projectile.

=projection=, _n.f._, projection.

=projecture=, _n.f._, (arch.) projecture, projection.

=projet=, _n.m._, project, scheme, design, plan, contemplation, idea, first sketch; rough draft. _Former_, or _concevoir_, _un —_; to form, _or_ to contrive, a scheme. _Homme à —s_; schemer.

=projeter= (proj-té), _v.a._, to project, to plan, to contrive, to scheme; to contemplate, to intend; to project, to throw out, to cast forward; to project, to delineate. _— d’aller à la campagne_; to contemplate going into the country. _La terre projette son ombre_; the earth throws forward its shadow.

_se_ =projeter=, _v.r._, to project, to jut out, to shoot out, to be prominent, to stand out.

=projeter=, _v.n._, to form projects.

=projeteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, projector, person full of projects; schemer.

=prolapsus=, _n.m._, (med.) prolapsus, prolapse. _— de la luette_; prolapse of the uvula.

=prolégomènes=, _n.m.pl._, prolegomena (prefatory matter).

=prolepse=, _n.f._, (rhet.) prolepsis.

=proleptique=, _adj._, (med.) proleptic, proleptical.

=prolétaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, proletary; proletarian.

=prolétariat=, _n.m._, proletariat, pauperism.

=prolifère=, _adj._, (bot.) proliferous.

=prolifique=, _adj._, prolific.

=prolixe=, _adj._, prolix, tedious, diffuse, verbose.

=prolixement=, _adv._, prolixly, diffusely.

=prolixité=, _n.f._, prolixity, diffuseness.

=prologue= (-log), _n.m._, prologue.

=prolongation=, _n.f._, prolongation, protraction, delay.

=prolonge=, _n.f._, (artil.) binding rope, lashing; (artil.) small ammunition-wagon.

=prolongement= (-lonj-mān), _n.m._, prolongation, continuation, extension.

=prolonger=, _v.a._, to prolong, to lengthen, to continue, to extend, to protract, to lengthen out, to draw out; (geom.) to produce; (nav.) to bring alongside; to sail along. _— un trève_; to prolong a truce. _— un quai_; to prolong a quay. _— le temps_; to spin out the time. _— le terme d’un payement_; to extend the time for payment.

_se_ =prolonger=, _v.r._, to be prolonged; to extend, to be continued. _Les débats se sont prolongés fort avant dans la nuit_; the debate was continued far into the night.

=promenade= (pro-mnad), _n.f._, walking, walk; airing; walk, promenade (place); ambulatory, drive, excursion, pleasure-trip. _— à pied_; walk. _— à cheval_; ride (on horseback). _— en voiture_; drive, airing. _— en bateau_; row, sail. _Faire une —_; to take a walk, to go for a walk. _Faire une — en voiture_; to take a drive, to go for a drive. _La — est belle aujourd’hui_; it is beautiful weather for a walk. _C’était une vraie —_; it was a real pleasure-trip.

_se_ =promener= (pro-mné), _v.r._, to walk, to take a walk, to go for a walk, to promenade; to wander, to ramble. _Se — à cheval_; to ride, to take a ride, to go out riding. _Se — en voiture_; to take a drive, to drive out. _Se — sur l’eau_; to go on the water; to go for a row; to go for a sail. _Du haut de Montmartre la vue se promène sur toute la ville de Paris_; from the top of Montmartre the eye wanders over all the city of Paris. _Envoyer quelqu’un se —_; to send any one packing, _or_ about his business. _Qu’il aille se —_; let him go to Bath. _Allez vous —_; go about your business. _En se promenant_; slowly; leisurely.

=promener=, _v.a._, to take out for a walk, to take out walking; to take, to take out, for an airing, for a drive; to take, to take out, for a ride; to take out (animal); to turn (one’s eyes, looks); to run one’s eyes over; to scan, to survey; to lead about, to take about. _— sa vue sur une assemblée_; to survey an assembly. _— quelqu’un_; to bandy any one about.

=promeneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, walker, pedestrian; rider, person taking a ride; person taking a drive; (fig.) humbug.

=promenoir=, _n.m._, walk, place for walking; covered walk _or_ gallery.

=promesse=, _n.f._, promise, word; promissory note, note of hand. _Tenir sa —_; to keep one’s promise. _Satisfaire à sa —_; to be as good as one’s word. _Vendre avec — de garantir_; to warrant the quality of one’s goods.

=promettant=, _n.m._, (jur.) promisor, obligor.

=prometteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, promiser.

=promettre=, _v.a._, to promise, to forebode. _Il m’a promis de venir_; he promised me that he would come. _— et tenir sont deux_; it is one thing to promise, another to perform. _Voilà un temps qui promet un orage_; this weather forebodes a storm.

_se_ =promettre=, _v.r._, to promise one’s self; to purpose, to resolve, to intend; to expect, to hope, to promise each other; to be promised.

=promettre=, _v.n._, to promise, to be promising, to bid fair. _Ce jeune homme promet beaucoup_; that is a very promising young man.

=prominence=, _n.f._, prominence.

=prominent=, =-e=, _adj._, prominent.

=prominer=, _v.n._, to rise above; to be prominent.

=promis=, =-e=, _part._, promised, intended, engaged. _La terre —e_; the promised land. _Chose —e, chose due_; promises should be kept. _Un —_, _n._, an intended, a lover.

=promiscuité=, _n.f._, promiscuousness.

=promission=, _n.f._, (Bib.) promise. _La terre de —_; the land of promise.

=promontoire=, _n.m._, (geog.) promontory, headland.

=promoteur=, _n.m._, promoter. _adj._, promoting, inducing.

=promotion=, _n.f._, promotion, preferment.

=promouvoir=, _v.a._, to promote, to prefer, to raise, to advance.

=prompt=, =-e= (prōn, prōnt), _adj._, prompt, quick, active, ready; sudden, speedy, swift; hasty, passionate. _—e réponse_; quick answer. _Il a la repartie —e_; he is quick at repartee. _Il est — à servir ses amis_; he is ever ready to serve his friends. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to have a quick understanding, to be very sharp.

=promptement= (prōn-tmān), _adv._, promptly, quickly, readily, suddenly, speedily, swiftly; hastily, passionately.

=promptitude= (prōn-ti-tud), _n.f._, promptitude, speed, speediness; quickness, readiness, suddenness, swiftness; hastiness, passion.

=promulgation=, _n.f._, promulgation.

=promulguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to promulgate. _Se —_; to be promulgated.

=pronaos=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch., antiq.) pronaos.

=pronateur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) pronator.

=pronation=, _n.f._, (anat.) pronation.

=prône=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) sermon (after or before mass); lecture, rebuke, sermon.

=prôner=, _v.a._, to cry up, to extol, to preach up, to commend, to praise, to set forth; to preach to, to lecture, to sermonize; (l.u.) to preach.

=prôner=, _v.n._, to lecture, to remonstrate.

=prôneur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) preacher.

=prôneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, puffer, trumpeter; lecturer, preacher, rebuker.

=pronom= (-non), _n.m._, (gram.) pronoun.

=pronominal=, =-e=, _adj._, pronominal.

=pronominalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, (gram.) pronominally.

=prononçable=, _adj._, pronounceable.

=prononcé=, _n.m._, (jur.) judgment delivered, sentence, decree.

=prononcé=, =-e=, _adj._, pronounced, decided, decisive, marked; (paint., sculpt.) prominent. _Les muscles en sont bien —s_; the muscles are very prominent. _Caractère —_; decided character. _Goût —_; decided taste. _Fortement —_; strongly marked.

=prononcer=, _v.a._, to pronounce, to articulate, to utter, to say, to speak, to give utterance to; to give; to deliver; to make; to declare; (jur.) to find, to give in; (paint.) to delineate strongly, to bring out, to give prominence to. _— un discours_; to deliver a discourse, to make a speech. _— une sentence_; (jur.) to pass sentence.

_se_ =prononcer=, _v.r._, to pronounce one’s self, to declare one’s self, to speak out, to express one’s sentiments; to show one’s self, to manifest one’s self; to be pronounced; to be marked; to become evident.

=prononcer=, _v.n._, to pronounce; to declare one’s sentiment, to decide with authority.

=prononciation=, _n.f._, pronunciation; utterance, delivering, delivery. _— d’une sentence_; passing sentence. _— nette_, _distincte_; clear, distinct pronunciation. _— vicieuse_, _locale_; vicious, local pronunciation. _Il a la — belle_; he has a fine utterance, _or_ delivery.

=pronostic=, _n.m._, prognostic, prognostication; (med.) prognostic, prognosis.

=pronostiquer=, _v.a._, to prognosticate.

=pronostiqueur=, _n.m._, prognosticator.

=propagande=, _n.f._, propaganda.

=propagandiste=, _n.m._, propagandist.

=propagateur=, _n.m._, propagator, spreader. _adj._, propagating, spreading.

=propagation=, _n.f._, propagation, spread, spreading, diffusion. _La — d’une maladie_; the spread of a disease. _La — des connaissances_; the diffusion of knowledge.

=propager=, _v.a._, to propagate, to spread, to spread abroad, to diffuse.

_se_ =propager=, _v.r._, to be propagated, to be diffused, to be spread abroad; to propagate, to spread.

=propension=, _n.f._, propensity, tendency, inclination, bent, disposition.

=prophète=, _n.m._, prophet, seer. _Personne n’est — dans son pays_; no man is a prophet in his own country.

=prophétesse=, _n.f._, prophetess.

=prophétie= (-cî), _n.f._, prophecy, prophesying.

=prophétique=, _adj._, prophetic, prophetical.

=prophétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, prophetically.

=prophétiser=, _v.a._, to prophesy, to foretell.

=prophylactique=, _adj._, (med.) prophylactical, prophylactic.

=prophylactique= _or_ =prophylaxie=, _n.f._, (med.) the science of prophylactic medicine.

=propice=, _adj._, propitious, favorable, kind. _Le ciel soit — à ses vœux_; heaven favor his wishes. _Rendre —_; to render propitious, to propitiate.

=propitiation=, _n.f._, propitiation.

=propitiatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, propitiatory, mercy-seat; propitiatory.

=propitier=, _v.a._, to propitiate.

=propolis= (-lis), _n.f._, propolis.

=proportion=, _n.f._, proportion, relation, ratio, due share; suitableness. _— gardée_; in proportion. _À —_; proportionable, proportional, proportionably, proportionately, proportionally. _A de —_; in proportion to.

=proportionnalité=, _n.f._, proportionality, proportionateness.

=proportionné=, =-e=, _adj._, proportioned; suited.

=proportionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, proportional.

=proportionnelle=, _n.f._, (math.) proportional.

=proportionnellement=, (-nèl-mān), _adv._, proportionably, proportionately.

=proportionnément=, _adv._, proportionally, proportionately, in proportion to.

=proportionner=, _v.a._, to proportion, to adjust, to fit, to accommodate, to adapt, _or_ to adjust; to suit. _— sa dépense à son revenu_; to suit one’s expenditure to one’s revenue, to cut one’s cloth according to one’s measure.

_se_ =proportionner=, _v.r._, to be proportioned; to proportion one’s self, to suit one’s self.

=propos=, _n.m._, discourse, talk, words; purpose, resolution, design. _pl._, idle remarks, tittle-tattle, talk. _Changeons de —_; let us talk of something else. _— de table_; table-talk. _— interrompu_; desultory talk. _Je me moque des —_; what do I care for people’s tattle! _Jeter des — d’accommodement_; to hint at reconciliation. _À —_, _adj._, seasonable, proper, fit, to the purpose. _À —_, _adv._, seasonably, opportunely, pertinently, by the way, talking of that, now I come to think of it. _Venir fort à —_; to come in the nick of time. _Elle fait chaque chose à —_; she does everything at the proper time. _Mal à —_; ill-timed, unseasonable, unseasonably. _Hors de —_; unseasonably; not to the purpose, impertinent, impertinently. _À —, j’ai oublié de vous dire l’autre jour_; now I think of it, I forgot to tell you the other day. _Il s’est fâché à — de rien_; he got angry for nothing at all. _Il est venu me quereller à — de bottes_; he came to quarrel with me for no earthly reason. _À quel —?_ what about? _À — de quoi?_ for what reason? why? _À tout —_; at every turn, ever and anon. _À — de_; with respect to. _À —_, _n._, fitness, expediency, appositeness, pertinence; design. _L’à — fait le mérite_; seasonableness gives everything its price. _De — delibéré_; of set purpose. _Juger à —_; to think proper. _Il est à — de_; it is expedient to.

=proposable=, _adj._, that can be proposed, proposable.

=proposant=, _n.m._, (French protestant) student in divinity.

=proposant=, _adj.m._, (c.rel.) proposing.

=proposer=, _v.a._, to propose, to offer, to propound, to move, to make a motion; to designate, to set up, to state, to move. _— un sujet à traiter_; to propose a subject for writing upon. _— une question_; to propound a question. _— quelqu’un pour exemple_; to set up anybody as a pattern.

_se_ =proposer=, _v.r._, to propose one’s self, to offer one’s self; to be proposed, to be offered; to propose, to purpose, to intend, to have in view.

=proposer=, _v.n._, to propose. _L’homme propose et Dieu dispose_; man proposes and God disposes.

=proposeur=, _n.m._, proposer, propounder.

=proposition=, _n.f._, proposition; motion; proposal, offer. _Pain de —_; show-bread _or_ shew-bread. _Faire des —s à quelqu’un_; to make proposals to any one.

=propre=, _adj._, own; very, same, self-same, very same; adapted, appropriate, calculated, fit, fitted; qualified, proper, suitable; clean; neat, tidy; nice; accurate, right, correct. _C’est son — fils_; it is his own son. _En main —_; in one’s own hands. _Amour-—_, (_—s-—s_) self-love, conceit. _Nom —_; proper name. _Ce sont ses —s paroles_; they are his very words. _Termes —s_; proper, _or_ correct, expressions. _Il est — à tout_; he is fit for anything. _Le mot —_; the proper _or_ right word. _Il est toujours fort —_; he is always very neat. _Avoir une écriture —_; to write a neat hand.

=propre=, _n.m._, characteristic, attribute; peculiar quality, property, part; (gram.) proper sense, literal sense; (jur.) real estate, real property; (c.rel.) particular prayers. _Le — des oiseaux est de voler_; it is in the nature of birds to fly. _Avoir en —_; to own. _N’avoir rien en —_; to have no property. _Posséder en —_; to possess in one’s own right. _Le — et le figuré_; the literal and figurative sense. _Prendre un mot au —_; to use a word in its literal sense. _C’est du —!_ what a dirty action! what a nasty thing!

=proprement=, _adv._, properly, correctly, rightly; literally; cleanly; neatly, tidily. _— dit_; properly called, properly so called. _À — parler_; properly speaking. _S’habiller —_; to dress neatly.

=propret=, =-te=, _adj._, spruce, neat, tidy, natty.

=propreté=, _n.f._, cleanness, cleanliness; spruceness, neatness, niceness.

=propréteur=, _n.m._, (Roman hist.) propretor.

=propriétaire=, _n.m.f._, owner; proprietor; proprietress; landlord; landlady; freeholder, esquire, man of independent means. _Nu —_; (jur.) owner without the usufruct of his property.

=propriété=, _n.f._, property; ownership; estate; peculiar quality, essential faculty; propriety, correctness (of words, terms). _pl._, lands, estates. _— littéraire_; copyright. _Nue —_; (jur.) property without the usufruct of it, reversionary interest. _Doter quelqu’un d’une —_; to settle an estate upon any one. _Violer la —_; to trespass.

=propulser=, _v.a._, to propel.

=propulseur=, _n.m._, (tech.) propeller. _— à hélice_; screw-propeller.

=propulsion=, _n.f._, propulsion.

=propylée=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) propylæum.

=prorata=, _n.m._, proportion. _Au — de_; pro rata, in proportion.

=prorogati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, prorogative.

=prorogation=, _n.f._, prolongation; adjournment; prorogation (of parliament).

=proroger=, _v.a._, to prolong time, to protract, to adjourn, to delay; to prorogue (parliament).

=prosaïque=, _adj._, prosaic, prosy; dull, tedious, matter of fact.

=prosaïquement=, _adv._, prosaically, dully, unpoetically, tediously, coldly.

=prosaïser=, _v.n._, to write prose, to vulgarize.

=prosaïsme=, _n.m._, prosaism; (fig.) prosiness, dullness, monotony, vulgarity. _Le — de la vie_; the monotony of life.

=prosateur=, _n.m._, prose-writer, prosaist.

=proscénium= (-sé-ni-om), _n.m._, (antiq.) proscenium.

=proscripteur=, _n.m._, proscriber, banisher.

=proscription=, _n.f._, proscription, outlawry.

=proscrire=, _v.a._, (proscrivant, proscrit), to proscribe, to outlaw; to expel, to banish; to taboo. _Se —_; to be proscribed, to proscribe each other.

=proscrit=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, proscribed person, exile, outlaw, refugee, outcast. _Figure de —_; disagreeable face, displeasing face.

=prose=, _n.f._, prose; (c.rel.) prose. _Mettre en —_; to turn into prose.

=prosecteur=, _n.m._, (anat.) prosector.

=prosélyte=, _n.m.f._, proselyte.

=prosélytisme=, _n.m._, proselytism.

=prosodie=, _n.f._, (gram.) prosody.

=prosodique=, _adj._, prosodial, prosodical.

=prosopopée=, _n.f._, (rhet.) prosopopœia.

=prospectus= (-tus), _n.m._, prospectus; hand-bill.

=prospère=, _adj._, prosperous, thriving; propitious, favorable.

=prospérer=, _v.n._, to prosper, to be prosperous, to be successful, to thrive, to speed.

=prospérité=, _n.f._, prosperity, success, well-being. _Quel visage de —!_ what a happy, cheerful face! how well you look!

=prostate=, _n.f._, (anat.) prostate, prostate gland.

=prostatique=, _adj._, (anat.) prostatic.

=prosternation=, _n.f._, prostration, obeisance.

=prosternement=, _n.m._, prostration.

=prosterner=, _v.a._, to prostrate.

_se_ =prosterner=, _v.r._, to prostrate one’s self, to fall down, to bow one’s head; to bow low.

=prosthèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) prosthesis; (surg. l.u.) prosthesis. _V._ =prothèse=.

=prostituée=, _n.f._, prostitute.

=prostituer=, _v.a._, to prostitute.

_se_ =prostituer=, _v.r._, to prostitute one’s self.

=prostitution=, _n.f._, prostitution.

=prostration=, _n.f._, prostration.

=prostyle=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (arch.) prostyle.

=protagoniste=, _n.m._, (theat.) principal character, protagonist.

=protase=, _n.f._, protasis.

=protatique=, _adj._, protatic.

=prote=, _n.m._, (print.) overseer; (iron.) reader.

=protect-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, protector, protectress, patron, patroness, patronizer, fosterer; protective, patronizing, fostering. _Société —rice des animaux_; society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

=protection=, _n.f._, protection, defense; support, patronage, influence, favor, countenance; (nav.) shelter, cover.

=protectionniste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (com.) protectionist.

=protectorat=, _n.m._, protectorate, protectorship.

=protée=, _n.m._, Proteus.

=protégé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, favorite, dependant; protégé; protégée.

=protéger=, _v.a._, to protect, to defend, to shield, to shelter; to patronize, to countenance, to favor. _— contre le mal_; to shield from harm.

=protestant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Protestant.

=protestantisme=, _n.m._, Protestantism.

=protestation=, _n.f._, protestation, protest. _— d’amitié_; profession of friendship. _Faire insérer une — dans le procès-verbal_; to enter a protest.

=protester=, _v.a._, to protest; to vow. _Je vous le proteste sur mon honneur_; I swear to you on my honor. _— une lettre de change_; to protest a bill of exchange. _Se —_; to be protested.

=protester=, _v.n._, to protest. _— de nullité_; to protest against the validity of a deed.

=protêt=, _n.m._, (com.) protest. _— faute de payement_; protest for non-payment. _Faire signifier un —_; to give notice of a protest.

=prothèse=, _n.f._, (surg.) prothesis. _— dentaire_; setting of artificial teeth.

=proto=, a prefix from Gr. πρῶτος.

=protocarbure=, _n.m._, (chem.) carburet.

=protochlorure=, _n.m._, (chem.) protochloride.

=protocole=, _n.m._, protocol; formulary, preamble.

=protonotaire=, _n.m._, protonotary.

=prototype=, _n.m._, prototype, model.

=protoxyde=, _n.m._, (chem.) protoxide.

=protubérance=, _n.f._, (anat.) protuberance.

=protubérant=, _adj._, protuberant.

=protuteur=, _n.m._, (jur.) person acting as guardian.

☉=prou=, _adv._, enough, much. _Ni peu ni —_; neither little nor much. _Peu ou —_; little or much.

=proue=, _n.f._, (nav. and poetic) prow, stem.

=prouesse=, _n.f._, prowess, valor; performance; (iron.) feat of valor.

=prouvable=, _adj._, provable.

=prouver=, _v.a._, to prove, to show; to make good, to substantiate; to be a proof of, to give proof of, to verify.

=provéditeur=, _n.m._, (Ital.) proveditore.

=provenance= (pro-vnāns), _n.f._, (com.) production, origin, source, growth; produce, goods. _En —_; proceeding, coming (from).

=provenant=, =-e= (pro-vnan, -t), _adj._, proceeding, accruing, arising.

=provençal=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Provençal.

=provende=, _n.f._, (l.u.) provision; (agri.) provender, provisions, victuals.

=provenir= (pro-vnir), _v.n._, to spring, to accrue, to issue, to proceed, to result (from); to come, to arise (from).

=proverbe=, _n.m._, proverb, saying. _Devenir —_, _passer en —_; to become a proverb, to become proverbial.

=proverbial=, =-e=, _adj._, proverbial.

=proverbialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, proverbially.

=providence=, _n.f._, Providence (of God).

=providentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, providential.

*=provignement=, _n.m._, layering of vines; (of words) pruning (Ronsard).

*=provigner=, _v.a._, to layer vines.

*=provigner=, _v.n._, (agri.) to increase; ☉to multiply, to increase.

=provin=, _n.m._, layer (of a vine).

=province=, _n.f._, province, shire, county. _Les gens de —_; country people. _En —_; in the country, in the provinces. _Il a encore l’air de —_; he has still a countrified air.

=provincial=, _n.m._, provincial, country person; superior of a monastic fraternity.

=provincial=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, provincial, country, country-like. _Manières —es_; country manners.

=provincialat=, _n.m._, provincialship (of convents).

=provincialisme=, _n.m._, (gram.) provincialism.

=proviseur=, _n.m._, head-master, principal of a (government) college.

=provision=, _n.f._, provision, stock, store, supply; (fam.) hoard; (com.) stock on hand; provisional maintenance. _Par —_; provisionally, in the mean time. _Faire ses —s_; to provide one’s self with necessaries. _Faire sa — de bois_, _de charbon_; to take in, to lay in, one’s stock of wood, of coal, of fuel. _—s de bouche_; provisions. _—s de guerre_; ammunition. _Aller à la —_; to go marketing. _Faire — de_; to get in a supply of. _Faire la — d’une lettre de change_; (com.) to provide for a bill of exchange.

=provisionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, provisional.

=provisionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, provisionally.

=provisoire=, _n.m._, provisional state.

=provisoire=, _adj._, provisional, temporary.

=provisoirement= (-zoar-mān), _adv._, provisionally, temporarily; in the mean time.

=provisorat=, _n.m._, head-mastership, principalship.

=provocant=, _adj._, provoking, provocative; exciting, defiant, instigating.

=provocat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, provoker; instigator, abettor, aggressor; provoking, instigating, abetting. _Agent —_; hired plotter, hireling.

=provocation=, _n.f._, provocation, instigation. _— en duel_; challenge to fight.

=provoquer=, _v.a._, to provoke, to incense, to call forth, to promote; to instigate; to challenge. _— des applaudissements_; to call forth applause. _— en duel_; to challenge. _— au sommeil_; to invite to sleep.

=proxénète=, _n.m._, (com.) ☉broker; pimp, pander; go-between.

=proximité=, _n.f._, proximity, nearness, near relationship. _Le théâtre est à sa —_; the theater is in his neighborhood. _Il y a — de sang entre vous et moi_; you and I are nearly related by the ties of blood. _À — de_; within a short distance of, in the neighborhood of.

=proyer=, _n.m._, (orni.) common bunting.

=prrr!= _int._, not I! not a bit of it! don’t you wish you may get it! whistle for it!

=prude=, _n.f._ and _adj._, prude; prudish.

=prudemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, prudently, discreetly, wisely, cautiously.

=prudence=, _n.f._, prudence; discretion.

=prudent=, =-e=, _adj._, prudent, cautions, discreet.

=pruderie= (pru-drî), _n.f._, prudery.

☉=prud’homie=, _n.f._, uprightness, integrity, probity; (com.) trade-arbitration.

=prud’homme=, _n.m._, skillful _or_ able person (in an art or trade); expert; ☉upright, honest man. _Conseil des —s_; council of experts.

=pruine=, _n.f._, bloom (of fruits).

=pruiné=, _adj._, covered with bloom (of fruits).

=prune=, _n.f._, plum. _— de Brignoles_; prunello. _— de Monsieur_; Orleans plum. _— sauvage_; skeg. _— de mirabelle_; mirabelle plum. _— de reine-Claude_; greengage. _— de Damas_; damson. _Couleur —_; violet color. _Ce n’est pas pour des —s_; (fig.) it is not for nothing.

=pruneau=, _n.m._, prune, dried plum; French plum.

=prunelaie= (pru-n-lè), _n.f._, plum-orchard.

=prunelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) sloe, bullace; (woolen stuff) prunella, prunello; (anat.) pupil, apple (of the eye), eye-ball. _Jouer de la —_; to cast sheep’s eyes, to ogle, to leer.

=prunellier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sloe-tree, bullace-tree.

=prunier=, _n.m._, (bot.) plum-tree.

=prurigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) pruriginous.

=prurit=, _n.m._, (med.) prurience, pruriency, pruritus, itching.

=prusse=, _n.f._ _Pour le roi de —_; to no purpose, in vain, for nothing.

=prussiate=, _n.m._, (chem.) prussiate.

=prussien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Prussian.

=prussique=, _adj._, (chem.) prussic. _Acide —_; prussic acid.

=prytane=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) prytanis. _pl._, prytanes.

=prytanée=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) prytaneum.

=p.s.=, initial letters of _postscriptum_, P.S., postscript.

=psalmiste=, _n.m._, psalmist.

=psalmodie=, _n.f._, psalmody; sing-song.

=psalmodier=, _v.n._ and _a._, to recite, to chant, psalms; to read, to recite in a sing-song manner.

=psaltérion=, _n.m._, (mus.) psaltery.

=psammite=, _n.m._, (min.) psammite, graywacke or greywacke.

=psaume=, _n.m._, psalm.

=psautier= (-tié), _n.m._, psalter, psalm-book; (c.rel.) chaplet of 150 beads; nun’s veil.

=pseudo=, a prefix from Gr. ψεῦδος.

=pseudonyme=, _adj._, pseudonymous; under an assumed name. _n.m._, pseudonym, nom de plume; alias.

=psora= _or_ =psore=, _n.f._, (med.) psora, itch.

=psorique=, _adj._, (med.) psoric, itchy.

=psyché=, _n.f._, (myth.) Psyche; Psyche-glass, cheval-glass.

=psychique=, _adj._, psychical.

=psychologie= (-ko-), _n.f._, psychology.

=psychologique= (-ko-), _adj._, psychologic, psychological.

=psychologiste= _or_ =psychologue= (-ko-), _n.m._, psychologist.

=psylle=, _n.m._, snake-charmer.

=ptérodactyle=, _n.m._, (foss.) pterodactyl.

=ptyalisme=, _n.m._, (med.) ptyalism.

=puamment= (pu-a-mān), _adv._, stinkingly; grossly, impudently; (fig., fam.) impudently, in a barefaced manner.

=puant=, _-e_, _adj._, stinking; impudent, barefaced. _Devenir —_; to begin to stink. _Mensonge —_; impudent lie. _— menteur_; impudent liar.

=puant=, _n.m._, (pop.) stinkard.

=puanteur=, _n.f._, stink, stench, offensive smell.

=pubère=, _adj._, pubescent, of puberty.

=puberté=, _n.f._, puberty.

=pubescence=, _n.f._, (bot.) pubescence, down.

=pubescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pubescent, downy.

=pubien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) pubic.

=pubis=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) of pubis; pubic. _Os —_; os pubis, pubic bone, share-bone; pubes.

=publi-c=, =-que=, _adj._, public; notorious. _Rendre —_; to make public, to publish; (of women) on the town, loose, fast. _La chose —que_; the common weal. _La partie —que_; the crown, the public prosecutor.

=public=, _n.m._, public. _En —_; publicly.

=publicain=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) publican; (fig.) extortioner.

=publicateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) publisher.

=publication=, _n.f._, publication; publishing, proclamation.

=publiciste=, _n.m._, publicist.

=publicité=, _n.f._, publicity, notoriety; advertising, advertisements.

=publier=, _v.a._, to publish, to make public, to proclaim, to celebrate, to trumpet forth, to bring out, to issue. _— quelque chose sur les toits_; to proclaim anything from the house-tops, to trumpet forth anything. _— une ordonnance_; to issue an ordonnance.

=publiquement= (-blik-mān), _adv._, publicly, in public.

=puce=, _n.f._, (ent.) flea. _Herbe aux —s_; flea-bane, fleawort. _— d’eau_; water-beetle. _— de mer_; psyllus marinus. _— de terre_; earth-puceron. _Avoir la — à l’oreille_; to have a flea in one’s ear, to be uneasy, anxious. _Mettre à quelqu’un la — à l’oreille_; to give any one cause for uneasiness.

=puce=, _adj._, puce, puce-colored.

=puceau=, _n.m._, chaste youth; (iron.) spoony, simpleton.

=pucelage= (pu-slaj), _n.m._, (l.ex.) maidenhead, virginity; (mol.) cowry; (bot.) periwinkle.

=pucelle=, _n.f._, (fam.) maid, maiden, virgin; (ich.) shad. _La — d’Orléans_; the maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc).

=puceron= (pu-sron), _n.m._, (ent.) plant-louse; green-fly.

=puddlage=, _n.m._, (metal.) puddling.

=puddler= (-dlé), _v.a._, (metal.) to puddle.

=puddleur=, _n.m._, (metal.) puddler.

=pudeur=, _n.f._, bashfulness, shame; modesty, decency; discretion, reserve. _— virginale_; virgin bashfulness.

=pudibond=, =-e=, _adj._, bashful, modest.

=pudicité=, _n.f._, modesty, pudicity, chastity.

=pudique=, _adj._, chaste, modest, bashful.

=pudiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, chastely, purely.

=puer=, _v.n._ and _a._, to stink, to have an offensive smell; to smell of; to stink of; to be full of conceit. _Il pue le vin_; he stinks, _or_ smells, very strong of wine.

=puéril=, =-e=, _adj._, juvenile, boyish; puerile, childish.

=puérilement= (-ril-mān), _adv._, puerilely, childishly.

=puérilité=, _n.f._, puerility, childishness.

=puerpéral=, =-e=, _adj._, puerperal.

=puff= (puf, peuf), _n.m._, exaggerated statement, puff. _Faire le —_; to puff.

=puffin=, _n.m._, (orni.) puffin.

=pugilat=, _n.m._, pugilism, boxing.

=pugiliste=, _n.m._, pugilist, boxer.

=puine=, _n.m._, (forestry) wood of little value. _V._ _mort-bois_ under =bois=.

=puîné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, younger brother; younger sister; younger.

=puis=, _adv._, then, afterwards, after that, next, besides. _Et —_; and besides, and then. _Et —?_ what then? what next? well?

=puisage=, _n.m._, drawing water, drawing up.

=puisard=, _n.m._, cesspool; sink; dip-well; (mining) sump, water-sump.

=puisatier=, _n.m._, well-sinker.

=puiser=, _v.a._, to draw, to fetch up, to take, to borrow; to imbibe; to let in. _— de l’eau à la rivière_; to draw water out of the river. _— à la source_; to go to the fountain-head. _— des opinions_; to imbibe opinions.

=puiser=, _v.n._, to draw, to borrow, to take; (nav.) to make water. _C’est un auteur qui puise partout_; he is an author who borrows from all quarters.

=puisque=, _conj._, since, seeing, seeing that, inasmuch as.

=puissamment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, powerfully, forcibly, potently; extremely, very. _Il est — riche_; he is exceedingly rich.

=puissance=, _n.f._, power; dominion, sway, empire; ability, force; faculty; influence; influential man; virtue, quality, property; (mining) thickness (of layers or lodes); (mec.) power; horse-power. _Toute-—_, (_n.p._) omnipotence, almighty power. _Haute —_; high-mightiness (title). _Cette femme est en — de mari_; that woman is under the control of her husband. _Soumettre à sa —_; to bring under one’s dominion. _Traiter de — à —_; to treat on equal terms. _— motrice_; moving power. _Les grandes —s_; the great powers.

=puissant=, =-e=, _adj._, powerful, potent, mighty; forcible, strong, lusty, stout, corpulent; wealthy, rich. _— prince_; mighty prince. _Famille —e_; influential family. _Le Tout-—_, (_n.p._) the Almighty. _Il est tout-— auprès de lui_; he can get him to do anything.

=puits= (puî), _n.m._, well, hole for water; pit, shaft; well-hole (of staircases); (nav.) well-room. _— commun_; public well. _— à pompe_; pump-well. _— à roue_; _— à poulie_; draw-well. _— artésien_; artesian well. _— perdu_; drain-well, blind-well. _— de mine_; shaft of a mine. _— d’aérage_; air-shaft. _— d’abondance_; (fig.) an inexhaustible mine. _C’est un — de science_; he is extremely learned; he is a walking dictionary, a living encyclopædia. _La vérité est au fond d’un —_; truth lies at the bottom of a well (_i.e._, has to be sought out).

=pullulation=, _n.f._, rapid increase, swarming.

=pulluler= (pul-lu-), _v.n._, to increase, to multiply, to pullulate, to swarm.

=pulmonaire=, _adj._, (anat., med.) pulmonary. _Phthisie —_; pulmonary disease, consumption.

=pulmonaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) pulmonaria, pulmonary. _Grande —_; lungwort; sage of Jerusalem, Jerusalem cowslip. _— des Français_; golden lungwort. _— de chêne_; liverwort.

=pulmonie=, _n.f._ _V._ =pneumonie=.

=pulmonique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, consumptive.

=pulpation=, _n.f._, (pharm.) reducing to pulp, pulpation.

=pulpe=, _n.f._, pulp; pap. _— cérébrale_; (anat.) cerebral substance.

=pulper=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to reduce to pulp.

=pulpeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) pulpous, pulpy.

=pulsati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) pulsative, pulsatory.

*=pulsatille=, _n.f._, (bot.) pasque-flower, pulsatilla.

=pulsation=, _n.f._, beating of the pulse, pulsation; (phys.) pulse.

=pulvérat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) pulverulent.

=pulvérescence=, _n.f._, pulverulence.

=pulvérescent=, =-e=, _adj._, pulverulent.

=pulvérin=, _n.m._, priming powder; priming powder-horn; mist, spray (from waterfalls).

=pulvérisable=, _adj._, pulverizable.

=pulvérisateur=, _n.m._, pulverizer. _adj._, pulverizing.

=pulvérisation=, _n.f._, pulverization.

=pulvériser=, _v.a._, to reduce to powder, to grind to dust, to pulverize; to annihilate; to reduce to atoms.

=pulvérulent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pulverulent; easy to reduce into powder.

=puma=, _n.m._, puma, cougar (American lion).

=pumicin=, _n.m._, palm-oil.

=punais=, =-e=, _adj._, affected with ozæna.

=punaise=, _n.f._, bug; (ent.) bug; B-flat. _Couvain de —s_; nest of bugs.

=punaisie=, _n.f._, ozæna.

=punch= (ponsh), _n.m._, punch (beverage). _Offrir un — a quelqu’un_; to entertain any one.

=punique=, _adj._, punic.

=punir=, _v.a._, to punish, to chastise, to avenge. _Puni de mort_; punished with death.

=punissable=, _adj._, punishable.

=punisseur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, avenger, punisher; avenging, punishing.

=punition=, _n.f._, punishment. _Par —_; as a punishment.

=pupillaire= (-pil-lèr), _adj._, pupillary.

=pupillarité= (-pil-la-), _n.f._, (jur., l.u.) nonage, minority.

=pupille=, _n.m.f._, ward, pupil (under a guardian).

=pupille=, _n.f._, pupil, apple of the eye.

=pupitre=, _n.m._, desk, writing-desk; reading-desk.