‖ prep. [ L.; akin to prae before, Gr. &unr_;, and E. for. See For, prep., and cf. Prior, a. ] A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pro confesso [ L. ] (Law),
Pro rata. [ L. See Prorate. ]
Pro re nata [ L. ] (Law),
adv. For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with
Pro and con,
Pros and cons,
[ L. pro, or Gr. &unr_;. See Pro. ] A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to;
n. [ Malay prā&unr_;, prāh&unr_;. ] (Naut.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the
v. i. See Approach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. pro- + atlas. ] (Anat.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The doctrine of the probabiliorists. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. probabilior, compar. of probabilis probable. ] (Casuistry) One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. probabilisme. ] The doctrine of the probabilists. [ 1913 Webster ]