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2. Conversion to a religion, system, or party.

Pros"e*ly*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. proselytized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Proselytizing (?).] To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.

One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize.

Burke.

Pros"e*ly*tize, v. i. To make converts or proselytes.

Pros"e*ly*ti`zer, n. One who proselytes.

Prose"man (?), n. A writer of prose. [R.]

Pro*sem"i*na*ry (?), n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton.

Pro*sem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. proseminare, proseminatum, to disseminate.] Propagation by seed. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Pros*en`ce*phal"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

Pros`en*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; toward, near to + E. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. (b) The cerebrum. Huxley.

Pros*en"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; near + -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.

Pros"er (?), n. 1. A writer of prose. [Obs.]

2. One who talks or writes tediously. Sir W. Scott.

Pro*sil"i*en*cy (?), n. [L. prosilere to leap forth.] The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. "Such prosiliency of relief." Coleridge.

Pros"i*ly (?), adv. In a prosy manner.

Pros`i*met"ric*al (?), a. [Prose + metrical.] Consisting both of prose and verse. Clarke.

||Pro*sim"i*Ê (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pro-. and Simia.] (Zoˆl.) Same as ||Lemuroidea.

Pros"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.

Pros"ing, n. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott.

Pros"ing*ly, adv. Prosily.

Pro*si"phon (?), n. [Pref. pro- for + siphon.] (Zoˆl.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.

Pro*slav"er*y (?), a. [Pref. pro- + slavery.] Favoring slavery. -- n. Advocacy of slavery.

Pros"o*branch (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Prosobranchiata.

||Pros`o*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; forward, further + ||&?; a gill.] (Zoˆl.) The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod ||mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or ||forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.

Pros"o*cúle (?), n. [Gr. &?; forward + &?; hollow.] (Anat.) The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

||Pros`o*cú"li*a (?), n.; pl. Prosocúlle (#), [NL.] (Anat.) Same as ||Prosocúle.

Pros`o*di"a*cal (?), a. Prosodical.