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_precheor_; Lat. _praedicatorem_.
+Predicament+, _sb._ in logic, one of the most general cla.s.ses into which things can be distributed; +predicamentes+, _pl._, S3.--Schol.
Lat. _praedicamentum_.
+Prees+, _sb._; see +Presse+.
+Preie+, _sb._ prey, S; +pray+, Prompt., PP; +prayes+, _pl._, spoils, S2.--OF. _preie_ (mod. _proie_); Late Lat. _preda_; Lat. _praeda_); cp.
AF. _praie_.
+Prente+, _sb._ print, impression, SkD; +prent+, S3; +preynt+, Prompt.; +prynte+, PP, W.--OF. _preint_, pp. of _preindre_; Lat. _premere_, to press.
+Prenten+, _v._ to print, impress, CM; +preentyn+, Prompt.
+Prentis+, _sb._ apprentice, S2, P; +prentyce+, Prompt.; +prentys+, PP; _pl._, PP; +prentises+, PP. See +Aprentis+.
+Prentishode+, _sb._ apprenticeship, PP.
+Presse+, _sb._ a press, throng, SkD, PP; +pres+, CM, C2; +prees+, CM, S2, C2, C3; +prease+, Cotg., S3; +preace+, S3.--AF. _presse_, a throng.
+Pressour+, _sb._ press for cloth, S2, PP; winepress, W; +pressoure+, _pressorium_, Cath.; +presour+, W; +pressours+, _pl._, W2.--OF.
_pressoir_; Lat. _pressorium_.
+Prest+, _adj._ ready, quick, G, S2, S3; _adv._, PP, S3; +presteste+, _superl._, S2; +prestest+, P; +prestliche+, _adv._, readily, PP; +prestly+, PP; +prestely+, S2.--AF. _prest_; Late Lat. _praestum_ (Ducange).
+Prest+, _sb._ priest, S, PP, S2, C2; +preest+, PP; +preeste+, Prompt.; +preostes+, _pl._, S2; +prestes+, S2; +prustes+, S2.--AS. _preost_; Church Lat. _presbyter_ (Vulg.); Gr. p?es?te???, elder (LXX).
+Preste+, _adj. superl._ (for _pret-ste_), proudest, highest, S2; see +Proud+.
+Presthod+, _sb._ presthood, PP; +preesthood+, Prompt.
+Preuen+, _v._ to prove, try, test, abide a test, C2, C3; see +Prouen+.
+Prevy+, _adj._ privy, secret, S3; see +Pryue+.
+Preyen+, _v._ to pray, C2, PP, Prompt.; +preien+, PP, S, S2; +preith+, _pr. s._, S2; +prei?ede+, _pt. s._, PP; +preide+, S, PP; +preyd+, S2; +y-prayed+, _pp._, S2, C2.--AF. _preier_ (_praier_); Late Lat.
_precare_. (Lat. _precari_).
+Preyere+, _sb._ prayer, Prompt., S2, C2; +preiere+, PP.--AF. _preiere_: It. _pregaria_; Church Lat. _precaria_.
+Pricasour+, _sb._ a hard rider, C, CM.
+Price+, _sb._ high esteem, S2; see +Prys+.
+p.r.i.c.ket+, _sb._ a buck; see +Pryket+.
+Primate+, _sb._ the first place, H.--Lat. _primatus_ (Vulg.).
+Primordyall+, _sb._ origin, S3.--OF. _primordial_; Church Lat.
_primordialem_ (Ducange).
+Prim-se?nen+, _v._ to give the _prima signatio_, to sign with the cross, an act preliminary to christening; +primm-se??nesst+, _2 pr. s._, S; +y-primisined+, _pp._, S2.--OF. _primseigner_ (Ducange); cp. Icel.
_primsigna_.
+Princ.i.p.atus+, _sb. pl._ powers, dominions, rulers, W.--Lat.
_princ.i.p.atus_ (Vulg.).
+Prisun+, _sb._ prison, S.--AF. _prisun_; Lat. _prensionem_, _prehensionem_, a taking, a capture. Cf. +Pryson+.
+Prisun+, _sb._ a prisoner; +prisunes+, _pl._, S; +prysouns+, PP; +prysuns+, H; +prisons+, S2; +prisounes+, P; +presons+, WA.--AF.
_prisoun_, OF. _prison_; see Constans.
+Prisuner+, _sb._ gaoler, keeper of a prison, S.
+Proces+, _sb._ narrative, history, C2, HD, WA.--OF. _proces_; Lat.
_processum_.
+Proche+, _v._ to approach; +prochinge+, _pr. p._, S3.--OF. _procher_ (in _approcher_); Late Lat. _propiare_.
+Procuratour+, _sb._ proctor, agent, PP; +procuratoure+, steward, W; +proketowre+, Prompt.--AF. _procuratour_; Lat. _procuratorem_ (Vulg.).
+Profyte+, _sb._ profit, Prompt.; +prophete+, PP.--AF. _profit_; Lat.
_profectum_.
+Profyten+, _v._ to profit, Prompt.; +profitide+, _pt. s._, grew, W; +prophitide+, _pl._, S2.
+Proheme+, _sb._ a proem, prologue, C2.--OF. _proeme_; Lat. _proemium_; Gr. p???????.
+Proinen+, _v._ to prune, preen, trim, adorn, SkD, HD, ND; +proigne+, HD; +prune+, CM, SkD; +proynd+, _pp._, S3.--OF. _progner_, also _provigner_, to propagate by taking cuttings (Cotg.); from OF. _provin_, a sucker (Cotg.), also _provain_; Lat. _propaginem_.
+Proiner+, _sb._ pruner, ND.
+Prollen+, _v._ to search about, prowl, C3, Prompt., Palsg.; +proule+, Manip.
+Promissioun+, _sb._ promise. _Phr._: +the lond of promyssioim+ (+or of beheste+), the Holy Land, S2.--Lat. _promissionem_; cp. _terra repromissionis_ (Heb. II.9, Vulg.).
+Promyt+, _v._ to promise, S3, JD.--Lat. _promittere_; cp. OF.
_prometre_.
+Propre+, _adj._ separate, distinct, PP, C2; +fine+, +goodly+, PP, C3; +proper+, S2.--AF. _propre_, fit; Lat. _proprium_.
+Propreliche+, _adv._ properly, suitably, PP.
+Proprete+, _sb._ property, peculiarity, SkD; +propirte+, PP; +propertes+, _pl._, S2, WA; +propurtes+, PP.--OF. _propriete_, a property (Cotg.); Lat. _proprietatem_.
+Prospectyues+, _sb. pl._ perspective gla.s.ses, C2. _Comb._: +prospective gla.s.s+, telescope, C2 (_n_).--OF. _prospective_, 'the prospective, perspective or Optick art' (Cotg.).
+Proud+, _adj._ proud, PP, WA; +prowd+, PP; +prout+, PP, S2; +prud+, S; +prut+, S; +prute+, _pl._, S; +prude+, S; +preste+ (+pretste+), _superl._, S2.--AS. _prut_; cp. Icel. _prur_.
+Proue+, _sb._ proof, S3; +preue+, CM, C2; +preef+, C3; +prief+, S3.--OF. _preuve_; Late Lat. _proba_; from Lat. _probare_.
