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Pro"logue, n. Etym:

Pro"logue, v. t.

Defn: To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. Shak.

Defn: Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care. Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush.

Defn: To prolong; to extend in space or in time.

Defn: A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.

Defn: One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

Defn: Prolongation.

Defn: A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise. "Domestic prolusions." Thackeray. Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted. Sir W. Scott.

Defn: The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux. Dr. H. More.

Defn: To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

Defn: One who promenades.

Defn: A large American bombycid moth . Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.

Defn: In a prominent manner.

Defn: Promiscuousness; confusion. H. Spencer.

Defn: In a promiscuous manner.

Defn: The quality or state of being promiscuous.

PROMISE Prom"ise, a. Etym:

Defn: An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made. Chitty. Parsons. Burrill.

PROMISE Prom"ise, v. t.

PROMISE Prom"ise, v. i.

Defn: The person to whom a promise is made.

Defn: One who promises.

Defn: One who engages or undertakes; a promiser. Burrill.

Defn: Making a promise; implying a promise; promising.

Defn: In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.

Defn: Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne. Promissory note , a written promise to pay to some person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; -- frequently called a note of hand. Kent. Byles. Story.

PROMONT Prom"ont, n.

Defn: Promontory. Drayton.

Defn: A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. Shak.

Defn: A projecting part. Especially: The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.

Defn: Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.

Defn: One versed in the science of promorphology.

Defn: Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.

Syn. -- To forward; advance; further; patronize; help; exalt; prefer; elevate; dignify.

Defn: To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.

Defn: The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment. Milton. Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. Ps. lxxv. 6.

Defn: Tending to advance, promote, or encourage. Hume.

Defn: To move forward; to advance; to promote. Bp. Fell.

Defn: A promoter.

PROMPT Prompt, a. Etym:

Syn. -- Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble. -- Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness.

PROMPT Prompt, n.

Defn: A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article is three months. J. S. Mill.

PROMPT Prompt, v. t.

PROMPT-BOOK Prompt"-book`

Defn: A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.

Defn: Of or pertaining to preparation. Bacon.

Defn: That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.

PROMPTURE Promp"ture, n. Etym:

Defn: Suggestion; incitement; prompting. Shak. Coleridge.

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