Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ress earnestrequest to, entreat; to askearnestly for, beseech.— Prayer, n. One who prays;a supplicant. —Prayer, prar, n. Act of praying or ofasking a favor; an earnest memorial; esp. the act ofaddressing supplication to God; form of words usedin praying; an expressed petition; entreaty; suit; re-quest.— Prayer-book, n. A book containing prayersor forms of devotion.—Prayer^fol, -ful, a. Givento
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ress earnestrequest to, entreat; to askearnestly for, beseech.— Prayer, n. One who prays;a supplicant. —Prayer, prar, n. Act of praying or ofasking a favor; an earnest memorial; esp. the act ofaddressing supplication to God; form of words usedin praying; an expressed petition; entreaty; suit; re-quest.— Prayer-book, n. A book containing prayersor forms of devotion.—Prayer^fol, -ful, a. Givento prayer; devotional. — Prayer-less, a. Not usingprayer; habitually neglecting the duty of prayer toGod.— Precarious, -karl-us, a. Depending on thewill or pleasure of another; held by courtesy, or bya doubtful tenure; exposed to constant risk; uncer-tain; dubious; equivocal. Preach, prech, v. i. [preached (precht), peeachix^g.]To pronounce a public discourse on a religious sub-ject, deliver a sermon, give earnest advice on moralor religious grounds. — v. t. To proclaim in a ser-mon, inculcate in public jdiscourse, deliver or pro-nounce.— Predicate, -t-kat, v. t. To assert to belong. Prawn. fim, fame, far, p^ss or opera, fare ; end, eve, tSrm ; Tn, ice ; 6dd, tone, 5r; PREAMBLE 311 PREDISPOSE to somethiag; to affirm, declare, assert, — followedby of; improp. used as meaning to found, base,—followed by o» or upon. — n. {Logic.) The thing orquality affirmed of the subject; in grammar, theword or words in a proposition expressing that whichis affirmed of the subject. —Pred-icatory. -T-ka-to-rl, a. Affirmative; positive.—Predicabfe,-t-ka-bl,a. Capable of being affirmed of something.— ?z. Ageneral attribute or notion as affirmable of many in-dividuals; a general abstract notion. {Logic.) Oneof the 5 most general relations of attributes in-volved in logical arrangements (genus, species, dif-ference, property, and accident). — Predicability,-biKl-tt, n. Qua
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