prenanthes

[Gr. prēnēs = drooping, and anthos a flower.] Bot.: A genus of Lactucese. Prenanthes purpure a is naturalized in Skye and near Edinburgh. The old P. mural is is now Lactuca mural is. It is indig. enous. prěn-der, s. [French prendre (Lat. prendo )=to take.] Law : The right or power of taking a thing before it is offered. "This Heriot was Parcel of the Services, and those lie in Render, and not in Prender ." - Nelson: Lex Manerforum, p. 115. *prēne, s . [A. S. preon .] A pin, a preen. *prēne, v . t . [PRENE, 8.] To fasten with a pin; to stick with, or as with, a pin; to prick. prē-nō-měn, s. [PRÆNOMEN.] pre-năm-1-nal, adj . [Latin prænomen (gen it. prænominis)=prænomen (q.v.).] Serving as the first element in a compound name.