Protasis, prot -a-sis, s

a proposition; a maxim; the antecedent clause of a conditional proposition; the first part of an ancient drama, in which the audience ] were introduced to the characters and the plot (Gr. from pro, and teino, to stretch). placed in the beginning; introductory. S. Africa, of several species, remarkable for their variable foliage and large flowers (Proteus ). See Proteus. to shield or defend (L. pro, and tego, tectum, to cover). tion. state of being protected; that which protects;defence; a writing that protects; a pa port; exemption, as from arrest; the presumed encouragement to home industry specially by imposing a duty upon the imported products of foreign nations. certain home commodities should be protected against foreign ones. protection of certain branches of industry by legal enactments. ing protection to home commodities. jury, evil, or oppre ion; a defender; a guardian; one who formerly had the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent; the title a umed by Cromwell by a protector. tor. tector.: Protectre , pro-tek' -tres, s. a female protector. patronage of another (Fr.) patronage of another.; Proteins, pro -te-ids, s.pl., a cla of compounds, such as albumen, gluten, casein, ., which go to form animal ti ues. albumen, fibrine, or caseine (Gr. protos, first). (L. pro, and ten do, tensum,to stretch). (L. protervus trampling on everything). aver; to make a solemn declaration against some public measure: v.a.to make a solemn declaration or; affirmation of; to make a formal to declaration prove. To protest against a bill the of of exchange, drawer e on account of non-payment (L. pro, before, and testis, a witne ). usually in writing, commonly against some public act; a formal declaration made by a notary public of the non-payment of a bill. one who protests, in the name me of the rights of conscience, against the authority, in matters spiritual, claimed by the Church of Rome; one of the party who adhered to Luther at the Reformation, and in 1529 protested, at the Diet of Spires, against a decree of the Emperor Charles V.: a. protesting; pertaining to Protestants or to Protestant ism. religion, or the principles of Protestants. testantism. a solemn declaration of di ent; a protest; declaration in pleading. a Protest at or, prot-es-ta'-tur, s. one who protests. declaration; one who protests a bill. faculty of a uming different shapes at will, and so of eluding the grasp of those who would seize him and coerce him into a confe ion of the secrets of the future, with which he was presumed to be charged [Myth.]; one who easily changes his principles; a a genus of amphibious reptiles; a protozoan remarkable for changefulne of form (Gr.) honour of bride and bridegroom just before the ceremony of marriage. See Epithalamium.