prestigioust (prestijus)

[ But, of all the preternatural things which befel these people, there were none more unaccountable than those wherein the prestigious dæmons would ever now and then cover the most corporeal things in the world with a fascinating mist of invisibility. C. Mather , Mag. Chris., ii. 13. 2. Performed by prestidigitation; illusory; deceptive. Who only sweld thee with vain-glorious pride, Devising strange prestigious tricks beside, Only to draw me from thee. Heywood , Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 180). as, pre sternal bone bone; pre sternal region.-2. In entom., same as pro sternal. - Pre sternal muscle. Same as sternal is. prester nam, n. See præsternum. prestezza (pres-tet'sä), n. [It., quickne , The first his honest hard-working hand - the second his three-fingered Jack, his prest i hand. C. Reade , Never too Late to Mend, vi. nie = Sp. Pg. prestimonio, prestlyt (prest'li), adv. [ presume Prestili with al that puple to Palerne the i went. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5309. Then [he] leues the lede, and of londe paste To Pelleus pristly. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1043. 2. Earnestly; firmly. Madame, mourne ze namore; ze mow wel seie That the prince of heuen zou hath prestli in mynde, & soc or sendeth zou sone. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2925. Now full pristly I pray to my prise goddes That I may see thee come sounde to this sale enys, And me comford of thy cour e, kepe I no more. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 872. Therfore pristly I yow praye That ye will of youre talkyng blyn. Thomas of Er eldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 97).