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PREVE'NIENT, a. [L. proeveniens.] Going before; preceding; hence,preventive; as ...
PREVE'NE, v.t. [L. proevenio; proe, before, and venio, to come.] Literally, to c...
PREVAR'ICATOR, n. One that prevaricates; a shuffler; a quibbler. 1. A sham deale...
PREVARICA'TION, n. A shuffling or quibbling to evade the truth or the disclosure...
PREVAR'ICATE, v.i. [L. proevaricor; proe and varico, varicor, to straddle.] 1. T...
PREV'ALENTLY, adv. With predominance or superiority; powerfully. The evening sta...
PREV'ALENT, a. Gaining advantage or superiority; victorious. Brennus told the Ro...
PREV'ALENCE PREV'ALENCY, n. Superior strength, influence or efficacy; most effic...
PREVA'ILMENT, a. Prevalence. [Little used.]
PREVA'ILING, ppr. Gaining advantage, superiority or victory; having effect; pers...
PREVA'IL, v.i. [L. proevaleo; proe, before, and valeo, to be strong or well. Val...
PRETYP'IFYING, ppr. Prefiguring.
PRETYP'IFY, v.t. [pre and typify.] To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.
PRETYP'IFIED, pp. [from pretypify.] Antecedently represented by type; prefigured.
PRETTY, a. prit'ty. 1. Having diminutive beauty; of a pleasing form with the str...
PRETTINESS, n. prit'tiness. [from pretty.] 1. Diminutive beauty; a pleasing form...