prayeret

[ME., ere, a meadow, A castel the com lock est that euer knyzt azte, Pyched on a prayere , a park ål aboute. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 768. prayerful (prar'ful), a . [ prayer1 + -ful.] 1. Praying much; devout. ful They melt, retract, reform, and are watchful and prayer Jay, Sermons, p. 70. ( Latham.) prevent similar miscarriages in future. 2. Devotional; given to prayer; occupied with prayer: as, a prayerful spirit. He had sunk back in his chair, and was pursuing a sort of prayerful meditation. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xxxviii. prayerfully (prar'fül-i), adv . In a prayerful manner; with prayer. prayerfulne (prar'fül-nes), n . being prayerful. The state of prayerle (prar'les), a. [ prayingly (pra'ing-li), adv. In a praying manner; with devout supplication. It is indeed the same ability to speak affirmatively, or doctrinally, and only by changing the mood to speak pray ingly . Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. praying-machine (prā'ing-ma-shēn"), n. See praying- wheel. praying-mantis (prā'ing-man"tis), n. A praying-insect. See cut under Mantis. praying-wheel (pra'ing-hwēl), n. A revolving apparatus used for prayer. (a) Among the Buddhists of Tibet and other parts of the East, a wheel or cylinder, varying in size, used as a mechanical aid to prayer. One variety contains the Buddhist canon; to another written prayers are attached, and upon being set in motion each revolution of the wheel or cylinder counts as an uttered prayer. Sometimes the wheel is fixed in the bed of a stream, and kept in motion by the current, thus praying night and day for the person who has placed it there. See cut in next column. ( b ) In western Europe, a wheel set with bells and fastened to the ceiling of certain medieval chapels. This contrivance was used as a means of divination, being set in motion during high ma or on feast days, when its position on coming to rest was supposed to denote a favorable or an unfavorable response to the prayer of the applicant. Also called wheel of fortune. The praying - wheel exists in old chapels in Britt any as a religious toy, formerly used with rites half magical under the sanction of the local clergy. Let a servant or child go prayerle to their work, and few regard it; but they will not go without meat, or drink, or clothes. The Century , XXXVII. 371. Baxter , Self-denial, iv. prayset, v. t. An obsolete form of praise . Never on prayerle bed pre-. [In L. form also præ- ; = F. pré -Sp. Pg. To lay thine unblest head. Margaret Mercer, Exhortation to Prayer. It. pre- , præ- (ML. usually pre- ), prefix, Praying-wheel in the Buddhist Temple at Asakusa, Tokio, Japan. præ, adv., before, in front, prep., before, in front of, in advance of: in comparison, with, on account of, etc.; OL. * prai, akin to Skt. pra-, before, etc.: see pro and fore -1. This prefix occurs disguised or absorbed in preach, premium, prcy2, 12, prison, prizel, etc., and as proin provand, provender, provost, etc.] A prefix in words of Latin origin, meaning 'before, in place, time, or rank. By reason of its great frequency in compounds of Latin origin or formation, it has been used and felt as an English formative, whether with words of Latin or Greek origin, as in pre act, prehistoric, etc., or with other words, as in pre raphae lite, preadamite, etc., though rarely with native English verbs, as in pre - look. In zoölogy pre- (or præ- ) is a frequent prefix, used almost at will, indicating precedence, whether in time or place; it is quite synonymous with ante, and to some extent with pro or proto-, and is opposed to post- or meta- in any sense. In recent technical terms it is often in the Latin form præ-, such words, whether Latin or English in termination, having pre- or præ -almost indifferently. Strictly, in all such words having a Latin termination the prefix should be præ-; in words fully Englished, the form pre- is to be used. It is sometimes interchanged with pro-. [ pre [ pre accusation (pre-ak-u-zā'shon), n . + accusation .] Previous accusation. preacet, n. An obsolete form of pre 1 . pre acetabular (pre-as-e-tab'ū-lär), a. præ , before, + L. acetabulum , the socket of the hip-bone: see acc tabular .] Situated in front of the acetabulum or cotyloid cavity of the hip- bone: as, the pre acetabular area of the ilium. preach (prech), v . [ ME.prechen , precher , prechier, precher , preecher , preescher , preeschier , F. précher = Pr. predicar , prezicar = Sp. pre- dicar =Pg. pregar = It. predicare = AS. predi- cian = OS. predicon = D. prediken = MLG. pre- diken, predigen = OHG. predigōn, bredigōn , MHG. bredigen , G. predigen = Icel. prēdika = prædicare , declare in public, publish, proclaim, Sw. predika = Dan. prædike , præke , preach, præ , before, + dicare , declare, proclaim, dicere , say, tell: see diction , and cf. predicate .] I. in trans . 1. To make a public announcement; especially, to pronounce a public discourse upon a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; deliver a sermon. But precheth nat, as freres doon in lente, To make us for our olde synnes wepe. Chaucer, Prol. to Clerk's Tale, 1. 12. Now, good Conscience, and thou wolt preche , Goo stele an abite, & bicome a frere. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 67. How oft, when Paul has serv'd us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preach'd ! Cowper , Task, ii. 540. 2. To give earnest advice, especially on religious or moral subjects; also, to give advice obtrusively on religious or moral matters. His form and cause conjoin'd, preaching to stones, Would make them capable. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 4. 126. Old Father Time deputes me here before ye, Not for to preach , but tell his simple story. Burns , Prol. Spoken at the Theatre, Dumfries. If it had been an unnamed species, surely it ought to have been called Diabolic us, for it is a fit toad to preach in the ear of Eve. Darwin , Voyage of Beagle, I. 124. Preaching friars, a name sometimes given to the Do mini cans, on account of the stre which they laid upon preaching. II. trans. 1. To proclaim as a herald; declare; make known; publish. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. Isa. lxi. 1. A world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the gen'ral doom. Cowper , Task, ii. 53. IMG:content-0803.png:[blocks in formation] A lytylle thens, 28 Pas, is a Chapelle, and there in is the Ston on the whiche oure Lord sat whan he prechede the 8 Ble ynges. Mandeville , Travels, p. 96. 4. To affect by preaching, in a manner ind i- cated by the context: as, to preach one into a penitent or a rebellious mood. To preach a fu- neral, to pronounce a public funeral discourse. [Colloq.] We are almost at the end of books: these paper-works are now preaching their own funerals . IMG:content-0804.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0805.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0806.png:[blocks in formation] The Ginn are said to be of præadamite origin, an inter- mediate cla of beings between angels and men. E. W. Lane , Modern Egyptians, I. 283. 2. Pertaining to the preadamites; relating to the period of the world's history prior to the time of Adam: as, the preadamite theory. pre adam i tic (prē-ad-a-mit'ik), a . [ preadam- ite + -ic .] Same as preadamite . pre adam i tical (pre-ad-a-mit'i-kal), a . Same as pre adam i tic . erected on a highway or in an open place, to mark a point where monks and others could as- semble the people for religious services. See cro 1 . preachmant (prēch'man), n.; pl. preach men (-men). [ preach + man .] A preacher. How- ell , Letters, ii. 33. [Contemptuous.] preachment (prech'ment), n. [ preche- ment , preschement , pre eche ment , preaching, dis- course, prædicamentum , preaching, dis- course, declaration, prædicare , declare, admonish .] To admonish previously. admi ion before the end of the back stroke - which, to- gether with the compre ion of steam left in the cylinder when the exhaust port closes, produces the mechanical effect of "cushioning." Encyc. Brit ., XXII. 501. LL. and ML. preach: see preach , and cf. pre- dicament .] A sermon; a lecture upon moral or religious subjects; hence, in contempt, any dis- course affectedly solemn, or full of obtrusive or preadmonition (pre-ad-mo-nish'on), n. [ pre- No doubt, such le ons they will teach the rest As by their preachments they will profit much. Was 't you that revell'd in our parliament, And made a preachment of your high descent? Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 72. The sum of her iniquities is recounted by Knox in his Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 407. preachy (pre'chi), a . [ preach + -y1.] In- clined to preach or give long-winded moral ad- vice; of a tedious moralizing tendency. loc loq.] Adam, being pre - advertised by the vision, was presently able to pronounce, This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh. Dr. H. More, Def. of Lit. Cabbala, ii. preæstival, a . See preëstival . pre-albuminuric (pre-al-bū-mi-nūʻrik), a . Pre- preacquaint (prē-a-kwānt'), v . t . [ pre- + ac- quaint .] To acquaint beforehand; inform pre-reviously [Rare] You have been pre - acquainted with her birth, education, and qualities. B. Jonson , Epicœne, ii. 3. I'll pre - acquaint her, that she mayn't be frightened. Steele , Grief A-la-Mode, iv. 1. preacquaintance (pre-a-kwan'tans), n . [ pre- + acquaintance .] Previous acquaintance or knowledge. preact (pre-akt'), v . t . [ pre- + act .] To act beforehand; perform previously; rehearse. Those which, though acted after evening service, must needs be preacted by the fancy all the day before. Fuller . ( Webster .) pre action (pre-ak's hon), n . [ pre- + action . ] Previous or antecedent action. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., ii. 2. preadt, v. See prede . preadamic (prē-a-dam'ik), a . ic .] Existing prior to Adam; preadamite. preadamite (pre-ad'a-mit), n. and a. [ præadamita , præ , before, + LL. Adam , Adam: see Adamite .] I. n. 1. One who lived before Adam; an inhabitant of the earth be- fore the date a igned to Adam. He is of great antiquity, perhaps before the creation, at least a præadamite ; for Lucifer was the first of his family. Butler , Remains (ed. 1759), II. 408. Emerson , N. A. Rev., CXXVI. 406. The black races, then, are preadamites ; and there is no objection to allowing all the time requisite for their di- vergence from some common stock. Pop . Sci . Mo. , XIII. 499. IMG:content-0807.png:[blocks in formation] preamble preliminary statement; an introductory paragraph or division of a discourse or writing; a preface; prologue; prelude. This is a long preamble of a tale. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 831. After this fabulous preamble , they proceeded to handle the matter of fact with logical precision. Motley, Hist. Netherlands, II. 228. Specifically-2. The introductory part of a statute or resolution, which states or indicates the reasons and intent of what follows. = Syn. Preface, Prologue, etc. See introduction. 4674 To believe.. [pygmies] should be in the stature of a foot or span requires the pre aspect i on of such a one as Philetas the poet, in Athenæus, who was fain to fasten lead unto his feet, lest the wind should blow him away. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 11. preaudience (prē-a'di-ens), n. [ ML.præaudi entia , præaudire , hear beforehand, præ , before, + audire , hear: see audient , audience . ] Right of previous audience; precedence or rank at the English bar among serjeants and barristers; the right to be heard before another. The preaudience of the English ar is as follows: (1) The queen's attorney-general; (2) the queen's solicitor-gene preambular (pre-am'bū-lär), a . [L. præam -ral; (3) the queen's advocate-general; (4) the queen's pre- bulus , going before, + ar2 .] Same as pre am- bulary . preambulary (pre-am bū-lā-ri), a. [ I must begin with the fulfilling of your Desire in a pre ambulary Way, for the Subject admits it. mier serjeant; (5) the queen's ancient serjeant, or the eldest among the queen's serjeants; (6) the queen's jeants; (7) the queen's counsel, (s) sergeants-at-lucente recorder of London; (10) advocates of the civil law; (11) barristers. Imp . Dict. A custom has of late years prevailed of granting letters patent of precedence to such barristers as the crown thinks proper to honour with that mark of distinction, whereby they are entitled to such rank and preaudience as These three evangelical resuscitations are so many pre Bp . Pearson , Expos. of Creed, xi. ambulary proofs of the last general resurrection. This famous revenue stands, at this hour, on all the debate, as a description of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive (but too comprehensive!) vocabulary of finance - a preambulary tax. Burke , American Taxation. preambulatet (prē-am'bū-lāt), v . i . [ præambulatus , pp. of præambulare , walk or go before: see preamble , v .] To walk or go before. Mistre , will it please you to preambulate ? Chapman, Humorous Day's Mirth. When fierce destruction follows to hell gate, Pride doth most commonly preambulate . Jordan, Poems, §§ 3 b. ( Latham.) preambulationt (pre-am-bū-lā'shon), n. [ following quotation in consequence of the previous use of preamble. What spekestow of preambulacioun ? What? amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun! Thou lettest our disport in this manere. Chaucer , Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 837. preambulatorył (pre-am'bū-la-to-ri), a. [ Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties; he was covetous and ambitious long before he offered to buy the Holy Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 855. Ghost. preambuloust (pre-am bū-lus), a. [ He under min eth the base of religion, and destroy eth the principle preambulous unto all belief. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 10.