Part 457

PrÊ`max*il"la (?), n. See Premaxilla.

PrÊ*mo"lar (?), a. See Premolar.

PrÊ*morse" (?), a. Same as Premorse.

||PrÊm`u*ni"re (?), n. [Corrupted from L. praemonere to forewarn, cite. ||See Admonish.] (Eng. Law) (a) The offense of introducing foreign ||authority into England, the penalties for which were originally ||intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom. (b) ||The writ grounded on that offense. Wharton. (c) The penalty ascribed ||for the offense of prÊmunire.

Wolsey incurred a prÊmunire, and forfeited his honor, estate, and life.

South.

The penalties of prÊmunire were subsequently applied to many other offenses; but prosecutions upon a prÊmunire are at this day unheard of in the English courts. Blackstone.

PrÊm`u*ni"re, v. t. 1. To subject to the penalties of prÊmunire. [Obs.] T. Ward.

PrÊ*mu"ni*to*ry (?), a. See Premunitory.

||PrÊ*na"res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pre-, Nares.] (Anat.) The anterior ||nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder.

PrÊ*na"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Prenasal.

PrÊ*no"men (?), n.; pl. PrÊnomina (#). [L., fr. prae before + nomen name.] (Rom. Antiq.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.

PrÊ`no*min"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a prÊnomen. [Obs.] M. A. Lower.

PrÊ`o*per"cu*lum, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Preoperculum. -- PrÊ`o*per"cu*lar, a.

PrÊ*o"ral, n., PrÊ*pu"bis, n., PrÊ*scap"u*la, n., PrÊ*scu"tum, n., PrÊ*ster"num, n. Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.

PrÊ"ter- (?). A prefix. See Preter- .

PrÊt"er*ist (?), n. (Theol.) See Preterist.

PrÊ`ter*mit" (?), v. t. See Pretermit.

PrÊ*tex"ta (?), n.; pl. PrÊtextÊ (#), E. PrÊtextas (#). [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

PrÊ"tor (?), n. See Pretor.

||PrÊ*to"res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pretor.] (Zoˆl.) A division of ||butterflies including the satyrs.

PrÊ*to"ri*an (?), a. See Pretorian.

PrÊ*to"ri*um (?), n. See Pretorium.

||PrÊ*zyg`a*poph"y*sis (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Prezygapophysis.

{ Prag*mat"ic (?), Prag*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [L. pragmaticus busy, active, skilled in business, especially in law and state affairs, systematic, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a thing done, business, fr. &?; to do: cf. F. pragmatique. See Practical.] 1. Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

The next day . . . I began to be very pragmatical.

Evelyn.

We can not always be contemplative, diligent, or pragmatical, abroad; but have need of some delightful intermissions.