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2. Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities. Addison.

Pro*fu"sive (?), a. Profuse; lavish; prodigal.[Obs.]

Prog (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progged (&?;). p. pr. & vb. n. Progging.] [Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl.] 1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.

A perfect artist in progging for money.

Fuller.

I have been endeavoring to prog for you.

Burke.

2. To steal; to rob; to filch. Johnson.

3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [Scot.]

Prog, n. 1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift.

So long as he picked from the filth his prog.

R. Browning.

2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [Slang]

3. A goal; progue. [Scot.]

Pro*gen"er*ate (?), v. t. [L. progeneratus, p. p. of progenerare to beget; pro forth, forward + generare to generate.] To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race. [R.] Landor.

Pro*gen`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. progeneratio.] The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]

Pro*gen"i*tor (?), n. [OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor, fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring forth, to beget; pro forth + gignere to beget. See Gender kind.] An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

And reverence thee their great progenitor.

Milton.

Pro*gen"i*tor*ship, n. The state of being a progenitor.

Pro*gen"i*tress (?), n. A female progenitor.

Pro*gen"i*ture (?), n. [F. progÈniture.] A begetting, or birth. [R.]

Prog"e*ny (?), n. [OE. progenie, F. progÈnie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See Progenitor.] Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued from the progeny of kings." Shak.

Pro*glot"tid (?), n. (Zoˆl) Proglottis.

||Pro*glot"tis (?), n.; pl. Proglottides (#). [NL. fr. Gr. &?; the tip ||of the tongue; &?; forward + &?; the tongue.] (Zoˆl) One of the free, ||or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and ||female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent ||existence.

||Prog"na*thi (?), n. pl. [NL. See Prognathous.] (Zoˆl) A comprehensive ||group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws.

Prog*nath"ic, a. (Anat.) Prognathous.

Prog"na*thism (?), n. (Anat.) Projection of the jaws. -- Prog"na*thy (#), n.