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PRITH'EE, a corruption of pray thee, as I prithee; but it is generally used with...
PRIS'TINE, a. [L. pristinus. See Prior and Proe.]original; primitive; as the pri...
PRIS'ONMENT, n. Confinement in a prison; imprisonment. [The latter is commonly u...
PRIS'ONING, ppr. Confining; imprisoning.
PRIS'ONER, n. One who is confined in a prison by legal arrest or warrant. 1. A p...
PRIS'ONED, pp. Imprisoned; confined; restrained.
PRIS'ON-HOUSE, n. A house in which prisoners are confined; a jail. Judg 16.
PRIS'ON-BASE, n. A kind of rural sports; commonly called prison-bars.
PRISON, n. priz'n. [L. prendo.] 1. In a general sense, any place of confinement ...
PRIS'MY, a. Pertaining to or like a prism.
PRIS'MOID, n. [L. prisma and Gr. form.] A body that approaches to the form of a ...
PRISMATOID'AL, a. [L. prisma.] Having a prismatic form.
PRISMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the form or manner of a prism.
PRISMAT'IC PRISMAT'ICAL, a. Resembling a prism; as a prismatic form. 1. Separate...
PRISM, n. [Low L. prisma; Gr. to cut with a saw, to press or strain.] A solid wh...
PRISCIL'LIANIST, n. In church history, one of a sect so denominated from Priscil...