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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ preservative caution; preventive measures
PRECE'PTOR, _s._ a teacher; an Instructor
PRE'CINCT, _s._ outward limit; boundary
PRECI'PITOUS, _a._ headlong; steep
PREDECE'SSOR, _s._ one who was in any state or place before another;
ancestor
PREDOMINANCE, _s._ prevalence; ascendancy
PREDOMINANT, _a._ prevalent; ascendant; supreme influence
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
PRINCIPAL, _a._ chief; capital; essential; important; considerable
PRINCIPLE, _s._ constituent part; original cause
PRO'BABLE, _a.


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