Prot eros pong i a (prot"erosponjia)

[NL., as furnishing a stock-form from which, by the proce of evolution, all sponges might have been derived. A species is named P. haeckeli. protervity (pro-ter'vi-ti), n.; pl. protervities (-tiz). [OF. protervite = Sp. protervidad = It. protervità, It. Sp. Pg. protervo = OF. proterve ), violent, wanton, prob. Companion to T. Becket in his exile, but no partner in his protervity against his Prince. Fuller , Worthies, Wilts, II. 442. ( Davies .) In his [Victor Hugo's] poems and plays there are the same unaccountable protervities that have already astonished us in the romances. R. L. Stevens on , Victor Hugo's Romances. protest (prō-test'), v . [ protester = Sp. Pg. protestar = It. protest are , protestari , pro test are , declare in public, bear witne , pro , before, forth, + testari , bear witne , testis , a witne , one who attests: see test2 .] I. trans. 1. To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; bear witne or testimony to; a ert; a everate; declare: as, to protest one's in no cence. other lithologists, generally with reference to rocks of the diabasic type, but in a highly altered condition. Proteroglo a (prot"e-rō-glos'ä), n . pl . [NL., πρότερος , fore, + γλῶσσα , tongue: see glo 2.] spital, the Tuesday in Easter week, that he was never of In Günther's cla ification, one of three prime divisions of salient batrachians, having the tongue free in front, represented by the family Verily he [D. Barnes] protested openly at St. Mary's that mind. Cover dale, Remains (Parker Soc.), p. 341. To think upon her woes I do protest That I have wept a hundred several times. Shak ., T. G. of V., iv. 4. 149. protest Their own guilty carriage protests they doe feare. Milton, Church-Government, i. 5. "I protest , Charles," cried my wife, "this is the way you always damp my girls and me when we are in spirits." Goldsmith, Vicar, v. 2. To call as a witne in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; appeal to. [Rare.] Fiercely opposed My journey strange, with clamorous uproar Protesting fate supreme. Milton , P. L., Χ. 480. IMG:content-1144.png:[blocks in formation] The Protestant ism of a great number of the Anglican clergy is supposed to be but languid. M. Arnold , A Persian Pa ion Play. any lo to be sustained by him by reason of the non-acceptance or non-payment, as the case may be, of the bill or note in question, and the calling of a notary to witne that due steps have been Protestantize (prot'es-tan-tiz), v . t .; pret. and taken to prevent such lo . (c) The document pp. Protestant i zed , ppr. Protestant i zing . [ Prot- authenticating this act. (d) A written dec lar a est ant + -ize.] To render Protestant; con- tion, usually by the master of a ship, attested vert to Protestant ism. by a justice of the peace or a consul, stating the circumstances under which any injury has hap To Protestantize Ireland. Disraeli . Protestantlył (prot ́es-tant-li), adv . [ Protes IMG:content-1145.png:[blocks in formation] The moral market had the usual chills Of Virtue suffering from protested bills . O. W. Holmes , The Banker's Dinner. =Syn. 1. Protest differs from the words compared under a ert ( aver , a everate , etc.) in being more solemn and earnest, and in implying more of previous contradiction or expectation of contradiction (see the quotations above); like them, it is used to make the statement seem certainly true. II. in trans. 1. To bear testimony; affirm with solemnity; make a solemn declaration of a fact or an opinion; a everate. The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. Gen. xliii. 3. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 2. 240. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. 2. To make a solemn or formal declaration (often in writing) in condemnation of an act or measure proposed or accomplished: often with against. Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 1 Sam. viii. 9. When they say the Bishops did antiently protest , it was only di enting, and that in the case of the Pope. Selden , Table-Talk, p. 68. Warham, as an old lawyer, protested in a formal document against all legislation which might be enacted against ecclesiastical or papal power. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 279. protest (prō'test, formerly also pro-test'), n. [ Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, A good mouth-filling oath, and leave "in sooth," And such protest of pepper-gingerbread, To velvet-guards. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1. 260. He [Spenser] is a standing protest against the tyranny of Commonplace. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 199. He took away the reproach of silent consent that would otherwise have lain against the indignant minority, by uttering, in the hour and place wherein these outrages were done, the stern protest. Emerson, Theodore Parker. Two protests of peers against the proceedings of the ministers were expunged from the records of the House of Lords. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 2. In law: ( a ) In a popular sense, all the steps taken to fix the liability of a drawer or indorser of commercial paper when the paper is dishonored. ( b ) Technically, the solemn declaration on the part of the holder of a bill or note against stances calculated to affect the liability of the owners, officers, crew, etc. - Acceptance supra protest. See acceptance, 1.- Acceptor supra protest. See acceptor. Protest of Spires (Speyer), a protest of Luther ans against the decision of the Diet of Spires in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation. The e ential principles involved in the protest against this de or the Protestants. To protestants. nothing can with more conscience, more equitie, nothing more protestantly can be permitted then a free and lawful debate at all times of what opinion soever, disputable by scripture. Milton , Civil Power. not judge the Reformed churches, because they were no longer in communion with her; (b) that the authority of the Bible is supreme, and above that of councils and according to tradition, but is to be interpreted by means bishops; and (c) that the Bible is not to be interpreted of itself.