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& s. [Gr. proklinō =to lean forward; pro =forward, and klino =to bend, to lean.] A. As adjective: Gram.: Applied to a monosyllabic word which leans upon or is so closely attached to a following word as to have no independent existence, and therefore no accent; atonic. B. As subst.: A proclitic or atonic word. †prō-clive', adj . [Lat. proclivis : pro =forward, and clivus a hill.] Inclined, bent. "A woman is fraile and proclive unto all evils."Latimer First Sermon before King Edward , fol. 29. prō-cliv-1-ty, s . [Latin proclivitas , from pro clivis proclive (q. v.).] 1. Inclination, bent; natural disposition or propensity; tendency. 2. Readine ; facility or quickne of learning. tprō-cli-vous, s, a. [Lat. proclivus .] [PROCLIVE.] Inclined, disposed; having a natural tendency. prō-çœ-11-a, s. pl . [Pref. pro- , and Gr. koilos = hollow.] 1. Zoology : A sub-order of Owen's Crocodilia, having the dorsal vertebræ concave in front. Called also Eucrocodilia. 2. Palæont.: From the Greensand onward. prō-çœ'-li-an, a. & s. [PROCELIA.] A. As adj .: Having the dorsal vertebræ concave in front. B. As subst.: Any individual of Owen's sub-order Procœlia (q. v.). prō-çœ'-lous, a. [PROCELIAN.) The same as PROCELIAN (q. v.). prō còn-fěs-sō, phr. [Lat.=for a thing con fe ed.] Law: Held or taken as confe ed or admitted; as, if a defendant in chancery did not file an answer the matter contained in the bill was taken pro con fes so , that is, as though it had been confe ed or admitted. prō-con-sŭl, subst. [Latin, from pro =for, and consul a consul.] Roman Antiq .: An officer who, though not actually holding the office of Consul, exercised in some particular locality all the powers of a consul. The office was held for a year, and appears to have been originally an extension of power during the progre of a campaign, primarily for finishing the war without a change in the command, and then for the peaceful settlement and rule of the conquered territory. Later, certain of the provinces were ruled by ex-consuis sent out from Rome on the expiration of their terms of office, with the title of proconsul, the others being under the rule of propre tors. IMG:content-1563.png:[blocks in formation] 3251 prō-crăs'-ti-nā-tör, s. [Lat.] One who procrastinates; one who puts off the doing of anything from day to day. "He will tell the procrastinator , that the thief upon the cro was heard by our Savior at the last hour."-Junius: Sin Stigmatized , p. 543. prō-crăs-ti-nā-tör-y, a. [Eng. proc rast in at(e); -ory.] Pertaining or given to procrastination; dilatory. *pro-crăs'-tine, v . t . [Fr. procrastiner .] To procrastinate (q.v.). ( Hall : Henry VII ., an. 1.) †prō-crě-ant, a . & s. [Lat. proc reans , pr. par. of procreo=to procreate (g.v.).] A. As adjective : 1. Generating; producing young. "The lo of liberty is not the whole of what the pro creant bird suffers."- Paley : Nat. Theol ., ch. xviii. 2. A isting in producing young; containing a brood. "No coign of vantage, but this bird hath made His pendent bed, and procreant cradle." Shakesp. Macbeth , i. 6. B. As subst.: One who or that which procreates. "Two most unlike procreants , the sun and mud."_ Milton: Anim. on Remonstrant's Defense, § 13.