pro chorionic (prokorionik), (prokorionik)

[ IMG:content-1026.jpg:[graphic] Isa. lxi. 1. The countenance proclaims the heart and inclinations. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., ii. 9. The schoolhouse porch, the heavenward pointing spire, Proclaim , in letters every eye can read, Knowledge and Faith, the new world's simple creed. Holmes , A Family Record. 2. To make announcement concerning; pub- lish; advertise, as by herald or crier: said of persons. I heard myself proclaim'd ; And by the happy hollow of a tree Escaped the hunt. 3. To apply prohibition to by a proclamation. - Proclaimed district, any county or other district in Ireland in which the provisions of the Peace Preservation Acts are for the time being in force by virtue of official proclamation. = Syn. 1. Declare , Publish , Announce, Pro- claim , etc. (see announce ), blaze abroad, trumpet, blazon. proclaim (prō-klām′), n . [= Sp. Pg. It. pro- clam a , proclaim; from the verb.] A calling or crying out; proclamation. [Rare.] Hymns of festival,. Voices of soft proclaim , and silver stir Of strings in hollow shells. proclamation (prok-lā-ma'shọn), n . [ clam at i on = Sp. pro clam a cion = Pg . proclama- ção = It. pro clam azione , proclamatio (n-), a calling or crying out, pro clam are , pp. pro clam at us, cry out: see proclaim.] 1. The act of proclaiming, or making publicly known; publication; official or general notice given to the public. King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah. 1 Ki. xv. 22, 2. That which is put forth by way of public no- tice; an official public announcement or decla- ration; a published ordinance. The Prince and his Lordship of Rochester pa ed many hours of this day composing Proclamations and Addre es to the Country, to the Scots,... to the People of Lon- don and England. Thackeray , Henry Esmond, iii. 11. The deacon began to say to the minister, of a Sunday, "I suppose it 's about time for the Thanksgiving procla- mation ." H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 337. 3. Open declaration; manifestation; putting in evidence, whether favorably or unfavorably. Upon that day that the gentleman doth begin to hourde vp money, from thence forth he putteth his fame [reputa- tion] in proclamation . Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 153. You love my son; invention is ashamed, Against the proclamation of thy pa ion, fendant in outlawry, or one failing to appear L. Proen law : A writ once i ued to warn a de- in chancery. (b) In modern public law, usu- ally, if not always, an executive act in writing and duly authenticated, promulgating a com- mand or prohibition which the executive has discretionary power to i ue, or a notification of the executive intent in reference to the exe- cution of the laws. In early English history positive laws were to some extent made by proclamation, which were usually allowed the force of statutes. The opinion of some that a proclamation usually ceased to operate on a de- mise of the crown does not seem to be well founded.-Case of proclamations, a noted case in English constitution- al history, decided in 1610 (2 How. St. Tr., 723, and 12 Coke, 74), upon questions submitted by the lord chancellor and others, wherein it was held "that the king by his procla- mation cannot create any offense which was not an offense before"; "that the king hath no prerogative but that which the law of the land allows him"; and that, "if the offense be not punishable in the star-chamber, the pro hi- bition of it by proclamation cannot make it punishable there."-Emancipation proclamation. See emanci- pation . Fine with proclamations. See fine1 .-Proc- lamation Act, an English statute of 1539 (31 Hen. VIII., c. 8), enacting that proclamations made by the king and council which did not prejudice estates, offices, liberties, etc., should be obeyed as if made by act of Parliament, and providing for the prosecution and punishment of those who refused to observe such proclamations. - Proc- lamation of a fine, at common law , the public notice repeatedly to be given of a fine of lands. - Proclamation of neutrality. See neutrality . pro clam at or (prok'la-ma-tor), n . [= F. pro- clamateur = Pg. proclamador = It. proclama- tore , pro clam at or , a crier, pro clam at us , pp . of pro clam are , cry out: see proclaim .] In Eng. law , an officer of the Court of Common proc line (prō-klīn'), v . i.; pret. and pp.proc lined , ppr. proc lining . [L. proc lin are , lean forward, pro , forward, + clinare , lean: see cline .] To lean forward. Inclining dials... were further distinguished as. proc lining when leaning forwards. Encyc. Brit., VII. 155. proclitic (prō-klit'ik), a . and n . [= F. procli- tique , NL.proclitic us , προκλίνειν , lean for- ward, πρό , forward, + κλίνειν , lean, bend: see cline. Cf. enclitic.] I. a. In Gr. gram ., depen- dent in accent upon the following word: noting certain monosyllabic words so closely attached to the word following as to have no accent. II. n. In Gr. gram ., a monosyllabic word which leans upon or is so closely attached to a following word as to have no independent ac- cent. The proclitics are certain forms of the article, certain prepositions and conjunctions, and the negative οὐ. Compare atonic . proclivet (pro-klīv'), a . [OF. proclif , m., proclive , f., proclivus , sloping downward, pro , forward, + clivus, vus , a declivity or slope: see clivus, cli- vous.] Inclined; prone; disposed; proclivous. A woman is fraile, and proclive unto all evils. Latimer , 1st Sermon bef. Edw. VI. The world knows a foolish fellow somewhat proclive and B. Jonson, Case is Altered, i. 2. proclive (prō-kliv'), v .; pret. and pp. proc lived , ppr.proc living . [ proclive , a.] I. trans . To incline; make prone or disposed. That guilt proc lives us to any impiety. proclivity (prō-klivi-ti), n. [F. proclivité = Sp. proclividad = It. proclivită , proclivi- ta (t-)s, a declivity, a propensity, proclivus , sloping, disposed to: see proclive .] 1. Inclina- And still retain'd a natural proclivity to ruin. Fletcher, Purple Island, i. procœlial (prō-sē'li-ä), n.; pl. procæliæ (-ē). [NL. (Wilder), πρό , before, + κοιλία , a hol- low: see cœlia.] A prosencephalic ventricle; either lateral ventricle of the brain. Procœlia2 (pro-sē'li-ä), n . pl . [NL., κοίλος , hollow.] A suborder of Cro- codilia ; crocodiles with procœlous vertebræ, as distinguished from Amphicælia . All the living crocodiles, alligators, and gavials, and extinct ones down to the Chalk, are Procœlia . Also called Eucrocodilia . procœlian (pro-sēʻli-an), a . and n. [As pro- cat . cal - ous , procalia1 , + -an .] I. a. 1. Hollowed or cupped in front, as the centrum or body of a vertebra: correlated with amphicælian , opistho- cœlian, and hetero cal i an .-2. Having procœlian vertebræ, as a crocodile; belonging to the Procælia .-3. Hollowed by a ventricle, as the prosencephalon; of or pertaining to the pro- cœliæ of the brain. II. n. A member of the suborder Procælia . procœlous (pro-sē'lus), a . [ πρό , before, + κοίλος , hollow (cf. procælial ).] Same as pro- cælian. Huxley , Lay Sermons, p. 224. pro confe o (pro kon-fes'ō). [L.: pro , for, in place of; confe o , abl. sing. neut. of confe us , pp. of confiteri , confe : see confe .] In law , held as confe ed or admitted. For example, if a defendant in chancery did not file an answer, the matter contained in the bill was taken pro confe o - that is, as though it had been confe ed. IMG:content-1027.jpg:[graphic] proconsul to administer the affairs of some province. The duration of the office was one year. Prætors, proconsuls to their provinces Hasting, or on return, in robes of state. Milton, P. R., iv. 63. proconsular (prō-kon'sū-lär), a. [= F. proc on sulaire = Sp. Pg. proconsular = It. pro consol are, Beyond the capital the proconsular power was vested in him [August us] without local limitations. W. W. Capes, The Early Empire, i. Schaff, Hist. Christ. Church, I. § 85. The proconsular status of Achaia under Gallio. IMG:content-1028.jpg:[blocks in formation] Proconsularie authority, election to be consull, and other steps to mount to the empire were procured. Grenewey, tr. Tacitus's Annales, xiii. 5. proconsulate (prō-kon'sū-lật), n. [= F. pro consul at = Sp. Pg. proconsul a do = It. proconsu lato , L.proconsul at us , the office of a proconsul, proconsul , a proconsul: see proconsul .] The office of a proconsul, or the term of his office. proconsulship (prō-kon's ul-ship), n. [ proconsulate . R. fixes on 158 A. D. as the date of the proconsulship of Claudius Maximus. Amer . Jour . Philol ., X. 106. procrastinate (prō-kras'ti-nāt), v.; pret. and pp . procrastinated , ppr. procrastinating . [L. proc rast in at us, pp. of proc rast in are , put off till the morrow, pro , for, + crastinus , pertaining to the morrow, cras , to-morrow. Cf. crastination, procrastine.] I. trans. To put off till another day, or from day to day; delay; defer to a future time. IMG:content-1029.png:[blocks in formation] Procrastination in temporals is always dangerous, but in spirituals it is often damnable. South, Sermons, XI. x. Procrastination is the thief of time. Young , Night Thoughts, i. 393. procrastinative (prō-kras'ti-nā-tiv), a. [ pro crastinate + -ive .] Given to procrastination; dilatory. I was too procrastinative and inert while you were still in my neighborhood. The Critic , XI. 140. procrastinator (prō-kras'ti-nā-tor), n. [=Pg. proc rast in a dor = It. proc rast in a tore ; as procras tinate + -or1.] One who procrastinates, fers the performance of anything to a future time. who procrastinates, or de [ procrastinatory (prō-kras'ti-nā-tō-ri), a. procrastinate + -ory.] Pertaining to or implying procrastination. Imp. Dict. proc rast i net (prō-kras'tin), v. t. [OF. procras tiner =Pg. procrastinar = It. proc rast in are, Thinkyng that if that pardon were any lenger space pro crastened or prolonged that in the meane ceas on, etc. Hall , Hen. VII., an. 1. procreant (prō'krē-ant), a . and n. [= Sp. It. procreante, procrean ( t- ) s , ppr. of procreare , bring forth, beget: see procreate .] I. a. Procreating; producing young; related to or connected with reproduction. No jutty, frieze, Buttre , nor coign of vantage, but this bird [the martlet] Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle. Shak., Macbeth, i. 6. 8. But the lo of liberty is not the whole of what the procreant bird suffers. Paley, Nat. Theol., xviii. Her procreant vigils Nature keeps Amid the unfathomable deeps. 4749 = He was lineally descended, and naturally procreated, of the noble stocke and familie of Lancaster. IMG:content-1030.jpg:[blocks in formation] procreation (pro-kre-a's hon), n. [OF. pro- creation, F. procréation = Sp. procreacion = Pg. procreação =It. procreazione , L.procreatio (n-), generation, procreare , pp. procreatus , bring forth, beget: see procreate .] The act of pro- creating or begetting; generation and produc- tion of young. 'Tis onlie incident To man to cause the bodies procreation ; The soule 's infusde by heavenly operation. Times ' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 7. Uncleanne is an unlawful gratification of the appetite of procreation. South . procreative (pro'krē-ā-tiv), a. [ The ordinary period of the human procreative faculty in males is sixty-five, in females forty-five. Sir M. Hale. proc top tom a 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling Procrustes, a robber of ancient Greece, who, according to the tradition, tortured his victims by placing them on a certain bed, and stretching them or lopping off their legs to adapt the body to its length; resembling this mode of torture. Hence -2. Reducing by violence to strict conformity to a measure or model; producing uniformity by deforming or injurious force or by mutilation. When a story or argument undergoes contortion or mutilation, it is said to go through a procrustean proce . Sir J. Davies, He stretches his favorite characters on a Procrustean bed, while he subordinates his plot and his episodes to conflicting calculations. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XL. 30. procrusteanize (prō-krus'tē-an-īz), v . t .; pret. and pp. procrustean i zed , ppr. procrustean i zing . [ Procrustean + -ize.] To stretch or contract to a given or required extent or size. Pro crus tes i an (prō-krus-te'si-an), a . [Irreg. Procrustes (see Procrustean ) + -ian ]. Same as Procrustean. Quarterly Rev. ( Imp . Dict .) Proc tacan thus (prok-ta-kanthus), n. [NL. (Macquart, 1838), ἄκανθα , a thorn.] A genus of dipterous insects of the family Asilidæ . They are among those known as robber - flies and hawk - flies . P. milberti is the Mi ouri bee-killer. See cut under hawk -fly.